Hugh MILLIGAN : Short Biography

Hugh MILLIGAN emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand in 1858 as an assisted emigrant aboard the ship ‘Clontarf’.  The ship's passenger list shows Hugh aged 44 and his wife Margaret aged 42 from Ireland, 9 children and a niece. 

We believe Hugh's first wife was Letitia or Elizabeth Gray; together they had 8 children.  We have no information about her, and no record of their marriage or her death.

Margaret was Hugh’s second wife. They married in 1851 and I have obtained a transcript of the marriage -  “At Kilmacrenan, on Monday, the 20th inst., by the Rev. Henry C. Cochran, Hugh Milligan, Killygarvan, farmer, Widower, son of Hugh, Farmer, married Margaret Hood Clarke, Drumhalla, dau of John, Farmer, 20 Jan 1851. Witnesses David Cleland and Grace Henderson.”

Hugh and his family lived in Kaiapoi and Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand.  

Hugh died in Sydney, Australia on 22 April 1892; he had been living there with his son Thomas for about 4 years according to his death certificate. He is buried in Sydney.