Mary Ellen Fairbairn (nee McNamara)
1881-1955:
Mary Ellen’s story and the story of her extended families of
Casey, Keane, Lydon, McNamara and Rorke.
Compiled and published by Ann Rackstraw
Publication Details; Acknowledgements
Introduction
Photograph of grave of Mary Ellen Fairbairn (nee McNamara)
and family
Chart: Ancestors and Descendants of Mary Ellen Fairbairn
(nee McNamara)
Research methodology
From
Ireland to Australia
Information for Emigrants
The voyage on the Standard
Mary
Ellen’s paternal grand-parents:
John McNamara and his wife Bridget (nee Hart)
Chart: Descendants of John McNamara (one generation)
John & Bridget McNamara’s
children:
1.
Denis McNamara married
Sarah Anderson; their children
2. Mary McNamara
married Patrick Casey; their children
3.
Thomas McNamara married
Mary Agnes Hooben; their children
4.
James McNamara married
Bridget Keane
James & Bridget McNamara’s children
B. Catherine McNamara
Their children:
a. Richard John McNamara
b. Ethel May McNamara
c. Rita Margaret McNamara
d. Leslie John McNamara
a. William James Rorke
b. Albert John Rorke
c. Laurence David Rorke
d. Kathleen Helena Rorke
e. Eileen Ceceila Rorke
f. Marie Lillian Rorke
Significant places
in County Clare for the Keane family
Muckinish, Ballyvaughan and The Burren
Mary Ellen’s
maternal grand-parents:
Laurence Keane and his wife Catherine
(nee Keane)
Chart: Descendants of Laurence Keane (one generation)
Laurence & Catherine Keane’s
children:
1. Bridget Keane married
James McNamara; their children
2. Mary Ann Keane married
John Joseph Leyden/Lydon; their children
