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- [S2883] Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), 6 2 1894.
Death.— It is with deep regret that
we announce the death of one of the
oldest residents of the district, Mr
Denis Tierney.- Deceased was 83
years of age, and had been ailing for
some time past, hisv end being not un-
expected.He was born in Roscrea
Tipperary, in the year 1811, and emi-
grated to this colony ,in 1838, and he
helped to erect Sir William Macleay's
residance, at Rushcutter's Bay during
that year. -He was shortly afterwards
engaged by the late John Nowland to
take charge, of a settlement at Walla-
robba, which position he held for three
years. He came to reside in Dungog
when there: were only a couple , of
housess here; and had been living in the
district for 55 years. He was a car-
penter by trade, aud was the first under-
taker in the district. As a young-man
he was a well known figure in. the dis-
trict, being a great lover of racing, and
all outdoor sport. He held the po-
sition of starter for the local Racing
Club for many years, and generally
had one or two race horses of ther old
stamp, viz. : horses that ran their two
and three miles. He always took a
deep interest in all public matters af-
fecting -the welfare-of the town. He
leaves a son, Mr - John Tierney, of
Dungog, and one daughter, Mrs
Thompson, of Bourke, to mourn their
loss. His funeral took place yesterday
afternoon, and was one of- the largest
ever seen in Dungog. His remains
were interred in the Roman Catholic
portion of the cemetery, the Rev
Father Flynn conducted the burial
service. His death occurred on Satur-
day night last at 12 o'clock. -
Says born 1811
- [S2857] The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) (, Sat 21 Dec 1839 Page 2 .
From Waterford (Ireland), via the Cape of
Good Hope, same day, having left the former
port the 28th July, and the latter 17th October
the ship China, Captain Phillips, with 264 Go-
vernment Emigrants, under the superintendence
of Christopher O'Brien, Esq., Surgeon R. N.
Passengers, Captain Jobling, of the 104th Regi-
ment, Lady, and three children, from the Cape.
- [S2813] SRNSW, TIERNEY Dennis 26 - China 19/12/1839 374 2654 [4/4780].
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1300.
Name: Dennis Lierney
Birth Year: abt 1813
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: 20 Dec 1839
Vessel Name: China
Origin Location: Lemplemore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Transcription errors for name and place
- [S2813] SRNSW.
Engaged by Denis Danheen, Dungog. 52 pounds. 1 year. Rations:with
- [S2883] Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), 6 2 1894.
Death.— It is with deep regret that
we announce the death of one of the
oldest residents of the district, Mr
Denis Tierney.- Deceased was 83
years of age, and had been ailing for
some time past, hisv end being not un-
expected.He was born in Roscrea
Tipperary, in the year 1811, and emi-
grated to this colony ,in 1838, and he
helped to erect Sir William Macleay's
residance, at Rushcutter's Bay during
that year. -He was shortly afterwards
engaged by the late John Nowland to
take charge, of a settlement at Walla-
robba, which position he held for three
years. He came to reside in Dungog
when there: were only a couple , of
housess here; and had been living in the
district for 55 years. He was a car-
penter by trade, aud was the first under-
taker in the district. As a young-man
he was a well kuown figure in. the dis-
trict, being a great lover of racing, and
all outdoor sport. He held the po-
sition of starter for the local Racing
Club for many years, and generally
had one or two race horses of ther old
stamp, viz. : horses that ran their two
and three miles. He always took a
deep interest in all public matters af-
fecting -the welfare-of the town. He
leaves a son, Mr - John Tierney, of
Dungog, and one daughter, Mrs
Thompson, of Bourke, to mourn their
loss. His funeral took place yesterday
afternoon, and was one of- the largest
ever seen in Dungog. His remains
were interred in the Roman Catholic
portion of the cemetery, the Rev
Father Flynn conducted the burial
service. His death occurred on Satur-
day nightt last at 12 o'clock. -
- [S13] WWW, http://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php.
52927 Tierney - - 1840 Wallarobba An Organised Banditti, p.77
Overseer employed by Timothy Nowlan
- [S2934] Ancestry.com.au, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, NSW, Australia; Archive Reel: 1742; Series: 1216; Description: Copies of Deeds of Grant to Land Alienated by Grant, Lease or Purchase Volume 109 Town Purchases 1848-1849.
Name: Dennis Tierney
Record Type: Land Deeds, Alienated by Grant, Lease or Purchase
Event Date: 13 Nov 1848
Event Place: Dungog, Durham, New South Wales, Australia
- [S37] Find my past.
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Series: 13846; Roll: 1726.
Name: Denis Tierney
Residence Date: 1861
Residence Place: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Purchase Date: 1861
Purchase Place: New South Wales, Australia
Description: Index to Registers of Town Purchases
Series: 13846
Box Number: 8
Roll number: 1726
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- [S2959] NSW Government Gazette, Fri 21 Aug 1874 [Issue No.203] Page 2521.
[1770] Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 19th August, 1874.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a letter has been received
notifying the election, under the Commons Regulation
Act of 1873, of Mr. Denis Tierney as a Trustee of the Temporary
Common at Dungog, vice Aldrich, resigned.
HENRY PARKES.
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Name: Denis Tierney
Event Place: New South Wales, Australia
Event Type: Theft
Publication Date: 30 Sep 1874
Page #: 273
- [S9] Maitland Mercury, Thursday 9 April 1885.
Very general regret was manifested in this district on hearing that Mr. Tierney, who is employed in the erection of the Public School buildings at Stroud, had been seized with a dangerous illness, for he is one of our oldest inhabitants, and one of the most highly re- spected by all Who know him; and it is pleasing to record that word arrived in Dun-
gog to-day that he is now out of danger, and pine hopes are entertained that he will soon be himself again.
- [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Name: Denis Tierney
Event Date: 8 May 1890
Event Place: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Event Type: Other
Page Number: 3630
- [S9] Maitland Mercury, Saturday 12 December 1891.
The influenza epidemic appears to be abating. We hear that all those who have been suffering are now convalescent. Our old friend, Mr. Dennis Tierney, has been very ill, but I am thankful to hear that he is getting better. He is a good man, and one of the oldest residents, and justly esteemed. We will be pleased to- see him moving about again.
- [S24] Death Certificate.
- [S2883] Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), 23 February 1894 P2.
The Late Mr. D. Tierney.
(BY A DISTANT FRIEND.)
In the death of Mr D. Tierney. re- corded in your issue of the 6th inst., just received, Dungog loses one of its most characteristic members. At once one of the oldest residents and a man of pronounced individuality, the late Mr Tierney commanded much atten- tion on the part of his fellow towns- folk and might be said to have occupied
a privileged position among them. He had for years past the undisputed right to criticise the sayings and doings of all Dungog and district, and dearly did the old gentleman love to exercise this right. Few have escaped his censure, and that pronounced in the most vigorous and explicit terms, but com- ing from Tierney it was always taken calmly, or at least with the best grace possible. For one reason, perhaps, the old man possessed a caustic wit that it was just as well not to provoke, though in nine cases out of tea I honestly believe no harm was meant, and the criticism merely resulted from the very pleasure of exercising his pri- vileges and creating amusement. Many amusing stories might be related of Tierney's onslaughts on those who dif- fered from him in politics or religion, traceable, as we all know, not to any inherent bigotry in the man, but purely and simply to the feeling and dispose- tion just mentioned. It not unfree- quently happened, in fact, that those he "tackled" (to use his own expres- sion) the oftenest, be valued very highly, and never missed an oppor- tunity of rendering them a service. Typically Irish as he was in his appre- ciation of humor, he was none the less so in his warm-heartedness and whole- souled generosity. Tierney's house and property were well known to be parish institutions, available to all, without class or distinction, who chose to make use of them. Everyone un- derstood him, and to understand him was to appreciate him. I venture to say, further, that those he so often "tackled" on Home Rule and kindred topics will feel his loss and miss his familiar figure quite as much as his immediate friends. Nor do I think I exaggerate if I state my conviction that the old man will be missed as much by one and all for his harmless vanity and other little foibles as for his originality, his wit, his candor, and his many other merits. Who will not remember kindly his claims to be an Irishman of uncommon mould, and the only local authority on time and time pieces ? Or who will evev forget the pride with which he exhibited his in- comparable blackthorns, and related their history, as the gifts of distin- tinguished admirers, in one as being the very stick that Daniel O'Connell pointed out with scorn in opening his famous encounter with Biddy Mori- arty ? Above all, what visitor to his domicile will ever lose recollection of the supreme satisfaction it gave him to show his "patriotic art gallery" as he proudly termed it, where hung in state (the room being consecrated thereto) large sized portraits of Grat- tan, Emmett, O'Connell, etc., ranged as he stoutly maintained against all- comers in the true order of their merit? So much for the humorous side of the old man's character. Turning to what was practical in him, he enjoyed the reputation in his younger days of being a skilful tradesman, and one who brought a good deal of ingenuity to bear upon whatever he undercook to do. Of late years, however, he was unequal to the strain of continuous labor, and worked very little at his trade. Like many other of the old pioneers of the district, he may not have been very successful, but per- haps, as it is said of a fellow-country- man, "his heart and hospitality had much to do with that." After all, the measure of a man's success is not al- ways the measure of his worth in this luck-influenced world. But, as a sportsman, few will deny his claims to rank among the very first in the dis- trict in which he spent more than half a century of his existence. In days gone by it might almost be said that horse racing, at least, was impossible without Tierney's guidance and assis- tance. Even to the last he was no mean judge of horsflesh. It was only a couple of years ago that, as he and I were standing together on the Dun- gog course, he tipped the first and se- cond horses as they cantered by, and all have heard him tell how he did the same thing at Randwick on a particular occasion. As a marksman also, he owned few equals in the Williams River district. His William Tell-like performances with the rifle well-known to all Dungogites, how he put a bullet through a bucket of water carried on the head of one man, to that individual's great discomfiture, and broke a bottle by the same means on the stump- protected cranium of another, for I think a five-pound wager. All his actions in those days proclaim him to have been a man of nerve and vigor, and one of a class fast dying out. Nor in milder forms of pastime was he less proficient, being for one thing a draught- player of the very toughest order, as those who have encountered him in a game will readily admit. His exten- sive taste also included a turn for mathematics, at which he was originally n0 mean hand. Well do I remember him putting his "posers" from the old Irish mathematicians to groups of us boys coining home from school, and the strictures passed upon us and our teachers when, as often happened, we were obliged to own ourselves "licked." His talented daughter, Jane, inherited this mathematical bent from him, as well as other intellectual gifts the old man possessed. But like her, and his wife, and other relatives, he has now been laid to rest in Hanley's Flat — that peaceful spot in which he has himself laid so many. Yet he shall not be soon forgotten, and I for one will feel, when I visit Dungog again,
that it possesses for me one charm the less, and one sad memory the more.
- [S37] Find my past, New South Wales Deaths 1788-1945 Transcription.
First name(s)
Dennis
Last name
Tierney
Birth year
-
Death year
1894
Registration year
1894
Age at death
-
Registration district
Dungog
State
New South Wales
Country
Australia
Father's first name(s)
Edward
Mother's first name(s)
Margaret
Registration number
4907
- [S3024] NSW Death Index, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 4907 / 1894 .
TIERNEY DENNIS 4907 / 1894 EDWARD MARGARET DUNGOG
- [S53] Jill Patricia Curry.
- [S2825] Headstone.
Inscription : Also/Denis Tierney/Died 2nd Feb 1894/Aged 83 years/R.I.P.
- [S2813] SRNSW, http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?Page=NRS5313/4_4780/China_19%20Dec%201839/4_478000164.jpg&No=2.
- [S2813] SRNSW, http://api.records.nsw.gov.au/items/199187.
Dennis Tierney - Date of Death 03/02/1894, Granted On 05/01/1932
Item number:
Series 4-178355
Date range:
unknown
Descriptive note:
Dennis Tierney - Date of Death 03/02/1894, Granted On
05/01/1932
Access direction:
359
Availability:
Available
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Date of Marriage: 17-Apr-1839
Parish / District: TEMPLEMORE County: Co. Tipperary
Husband Wife
Name: Denis Tierney Elizabeth Darcy
Address: Not Recorded Not Recorded
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic
Occupation: Not Recorded Not Recorded
Age:
Status:
Husband's Father Wife's Father
Name: Not Recorded Not Recorded Not Recorded Not Recorded
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation: Not Recorded Not Recorded
Husband's Mother Wife's Mother
Name: Not Recorded Not Recorded Not Recorded Not Recorded
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1 Witness 2
Name: Richd Laffan Mary Darcy
Address:
Notes:
** Eliza
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