Freestone, Charlotte (b. 25 Feb 1861, d. 10 Jun 1919)

Given Name: Charlotte

Change: Date: 3 Feb 2005

Given Name: William

Change: Date: 22 Jan 2005

Note: Naomi Earl McMullen remarried on 22 May 1871 to Charles Singleton. She died in Queensland on 12 February 1923.

Given Name: Naomi Earl

Change: Date: 14 Mar 2005

Given Name: William

Change: Date: 22 Jan 2005

Given Name: Sarah

Change: Date: 3 Feb 2005

Given Name: John

Change: Date: 21 Jan 2005

Given Name: Catherine

Change: Date: 22 Jan 2005

Note: Edward Keegan arrived at Sydney on 4 March 1835 on convict ship Lady Kennaway from Ireland via Hobart Town. Thomas Bolton was Master and Thomas Bell was Surgeon-Superintendent.



Records show Edward was aged 26 Years, Roman Catholic, could read and write, was married with one female child, worked as a Soldier Officer's servant and his Native Place was County Longford.



Other descriptive information was height 5 feet 8 inches, dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, eyebrows partially meeting, scar at back of forefinger and thumb of his left hand.



Edward's crime was robbing Government Stores, he was tried at Dublin Barracks court-martial and sentenced to 7 years. There had been a former conviction for which he had received 300 lashes.



Certificate of Freedom is recorded as 41/1134.



The following appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 -

"Seeking information about William Henry Keegan [born 1844, East Maitland], married Eliza Cooper [born 1846, Murrurundi] at Murrurundi on 28 April 1865. Their children were William Henry [1866], Mary Ann [1867], Catherine [1868], Bridget
[1871], Eliza Ellen [1873], Edward [1874], John [1876], Jane [1878], Dennis [1882], Blanche [1884], Harriet [1886], and Perlie [1889].



"William and Eliza and their family lived in Narrabri during the late 1880s. The story handed down through the generations is that William Henry went out to buy a loaf of bread and was never heard of again. Eliza Keegan died in Manly in 1935.



"Any information on William Henry or on William and Eliza's descendants would be appreciated".



The contributor was Karlyn Robinson, a Granddaughter of Blanche Keegan.



As Keegan/Cooper/Murrurundi was already part of the Sellwood Family Tree and as William Henry Keegan appeared to be related to John Thomas Keegan, Karlyn Robinson was contacted and the following additional information was supplied by her
showing in fact that WHK and JTK were brothers -



William Henry Keegan married Eliza Cooper in 1865

John Thomas Keegan married Harriet Cooper in 1869

Ellen Keegan married William Cooper in 1871

Robert Edward Keegan married Catherine Cooper in 1874.



The Coopers were all part of the one family.



Date and place of death of William Henry Keegan have not been found.



There is a Pedigree Chart held in Family Tree files which was supplied by Judith Glyn Keegan Donnelly. Her father was Glenas Dorsey Keegan, born 30 October 1917 at Roma Qld, married Grace Hando on 9 May 1940, assumably at Roma Qld. Glenas was a
brother of William Leonard and John Thomas Keegan.

Given Name: Edward

Change: Date: 4 Jul 2007

Given Name: Julia

Change: Date: 3 Feb 2005

Given Name: Thomas

Change: Date: 21 Jan 2005

Given Name: Catherine

Change: Date: 21 Jan 2005

Note: Records show 4 convicts named Matthew Smith.

Given Name: Matthew

Change: Date: 3 Feb 2005

Given Name: Nancy

Change: Date: 3 Feb 2005

Given Name: Stewart

Change: Date: 22 Jan 2005

Note: Name also spelt as Brewster.

Given Name: Ann

Change: Date: 7 May 2008

Given Name: William Melbourne

Change: Date: 7 May 2008

Note: Record of death shows Susan Freestone.

Given Name: Susannah

Change: Date: 7 May 2008

Given Name: Charles

Change: Date: 22 Jan 2005

Given Name: Mary A.

Change: Date: 11 Feb 2005

Given Name: Henry

Change: Date: 25 Jan 2005