William Dagg and Catherine Hayes

Tipperary to Australia

Contributor: Kel Dagg, of Australia

Contributor: Dr. John Dugdale, Australia

Edited by: Jann Callaghan Cullen

* This file intersects with the family of John Dagg and Jane Jones, of Clarendon, Quebec. William’s son Thomas is known to have emigrated to Canada in about 1850, with his uncle John Dagg (m. Jane Jones), information gleaned from Australian immigration documents for William Dagg . This file is tightly woven amalgam of interlinking research by Kel Dagg, Jann Callaghan Cullen and Dr. John Dugdale. To present the individual researcher separately only dilutes the overall integrity of the family file as a whole.

William Dagg was born approx. 1802, in Modreeny, Tipperary. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Dagg. He married Catherine Hayes, on November 23, 1824. She was born approx. 1801 in Tipperary. She was the daughter of George and Anne Hayes of Lackeen Park. After their marriage, William and Catherine remained in the Modreeny area for thirty years. Two years after their oldest son George emigrated to Australia, they decided to join him.

William, Catherine and their children went to Australia from Plymouth on the “Caroline”, leaving July 8, 1854 and arriving in Sydney October 13, 1854. William joined his son George in the horse carrying business. Catherine died Oct. 19, 1874. William attested on Catherine’s death certificate that at the time of his wife’s death, they had four boys and five girls living. Family remembers hearing that William and Catherine left behind two sons and one daughter when they left Ireland. The names of the known children of this couple are presented below. William died Nov. 23, 1877, in Camperdown. William and Catherine are both buried at Rookwood cemetery, in Sydney.

Children of William Dagg and Catherine Hayes:

1. George Dagg, baptised Sept. 9, 1827, in Killenane, Modreeny, Ireland, and died on 12 October 1891 at Camperdown, Australia. He married Eliza Stanley, daughter of Henry Stanley and Susan Long on July 30, 1851. Eliza was born in about 1835 in Ireland, and died June 18, 1884 in Camperdown. After their marriage, George and Eliza immediately emigrated to Australia on the ship “Neptune” from Falmouth England arriving in Sydney on 6 or 18 Feb 1852. George and Eliza are both buried in Balmain (Sydney) Cemetery - now non-existent.

At the time of their migration both Elizabeth’s parents were dead. George’s parents were living in Borris-o-Kane. George was shown as a groom and farm labourer and Elizabeth was a nursemaid. George established a (horse drawn) carrying business in Sydney, a business which his father William joined soon after his own emigration in 1854. Eliza’s death certificate shows that at the time she died in 1890, she had 3 boys and 3 girls still living. The names of only four of these are known.

Children of George Dagg and Elizabeth Stanley:

I. Catherine Dagg, b. 1852 in Sydney; married Samuel Elliott in 1880.

Child of Catherine Dagg and Samuel Elliot:

i. Herbert L. Elliott, b. 1888; married Rebecca A. Oldfield, 1916.

II. Elizabeth Dagg, b. 1855 in Sydney; d. 1911; married Arthur Maclean Warland in 1875.

Children of Elizabeth Dagg and Arthur Warland:

i. George T. Warland, b. 1877; d. 1927.

ii. Arthur Irwin Warland, b. 1878; d. 1939; married Elizabeth M Turner in 1898.

iii. Alfred Waller Warland b.1880 married Isabella L Macgee in 1903

iv. Edith Kate Warland, b. 1882

v. Elizabeth S. Warland, b.1884

vi. Ernest S. Warland, b. 1887; married Lillian Fowler in 1914

vii. William Noel L. Warland, b. 1889, d. 1930.

III. George Samuel Dagg b. 1856 in Sydney; d. 1931; married Mary Ann McEwen in 1876.

Children of George Dagg and Mary Ann McEwen:

i. George Thomas Dagg b.1879 d. 1943 married Ethel May Huxley in 1902.

Children of George Dagg and Ethel Huxley:

a. Doris May Dagg b.1903 married James Walter Gigg 1938

b. George Ernest Dagg b.1905 married Mildred D Tattler 1932

c. Ida M. Dagg b.1910

d. Arthur Albert Dagg b.1913 married Muriel Grace Long 1944.

ii. Charlotte Elizabeth Dagg b. 1880; married James H Galway in 1902.

iii. Kate Louisa Dagg b. 1882; married John Brown in 1902

iv. William Raymond Dagg b. 1884; married Mary Lynch in 1913

v. Ivy Dagg b. 1892; d. 1929; married John Dowers in 1910.

Children of Ivy Dagg and John Dowers:

a. Lottie Victoria Dowers, b. 1920 married Sidney William Charles Walker in 1941.

b. Ivy May Dowers, b.1921; married (1) James William Harrison 1942. Ivy married twice more to ?? Pope and ?? Hardy. No further children.

Children of Ivy Dowers and James Harrison:

i) William Harrison

ii) Richard Harrison

b. John Dowers, b. 1924

d. Ellen Dowers, b. 1928

IV. Thomas Henry Dagg. b. 1858 in Sydney; d. Mar. 13, 1920; married Charlotte Elizabeth McEwen in 1879, at Newtown.

Children of Thomas Dagg and Charlotte McEwen:

i. Charlotte May Dagg b. 1879; married James R Smedley in 1900.

ii. Susan Elizabeth Dagg b. 1880; married George S Dwyer in 1902.

iii. Ethel Florence Dagg b. 1882; married Albert Legg in 1913.

iv. George H. Dagg b. 1884; d. 1915; married Emily J Molan in 1908.

Children of George Dagg and Emily Molan:

a. Thelma May Dagg b. 1908; married John Paul Hutchison.

b. George T. Dagg b. 1910.

c. Margaret Charlotte Dagg b.1912; married John Timothy Fitzgerald in 1941

d. Eileen Dagg b.1914; married George William Anderson in 1940

v. Elsie M. Dagg b. 1888; married James Nolan in 1906.

vi. Violet Dagg b. 1891; married David Kidd in 1910.

vii. Thomas H. Dagg (twin), b. 1893; married Lydia K Murphey in 1916.

Children of Thomas Dagg and Lydia Murphey:

a. George Henry Dagg b. 1916; married Pearl Day in 1940

b. Phyllis Florence May Dagg b. 1916; married Victor Hoseph Maigre in 1941.

c. Thomas Clarence Dagg b. 1933; d.1980.

viii. James (twin) Dagg b. 1893 d.1893.

ix. Gladys Dagg b.1895 married Daniel Bradshaw 1916

2. Richard Dagg, b. Jan. 13, 1828, in Tipperary, Ireland. He emigrated with his parents to Australia in 1854. He married Elizabeth Belcher , daughter of James and Mary Belcher. She was born about 1830 in Combin, County Down IRE. They were married at St Stephens Church of England, Camperdown, Sydney, on March 24, 1856. Elizabeth and her parents, a brother and two sisters emigrated to Australia on “Andromache” arriving in Sydney October 31, 1837 from Plymouth. After the birth of their first four children they moved to the Casino area in northern New South Wales, where their next child was born. They then selected property on the Lower Richmond River area at Kilgin where the next 5 children were born. Elizabeth died June 18, 1884 in Camperdown, Sydney and is buried in the Cemetery at St. Stephens Churchyard. Richard died at Kilgin, on February 12, 1921 and is buried in the Anglican Cemetery at Woodburn, NSW.

Children of Richard Dagg and Elizabeth Belcher:

I. Mary Jane Dagg was born 1857, in Sydney; she died June 5, 1894. She married David McAndrew; he was born Feb. 2, 1841 in Fifeshire, SCT., and died July 25, 1928 in Sydney. They lived in Woodburn, NSW in 1881.

Children of Mary Jane Dagg and David McAndrew:

i. William James McAndrew b. 1881; married Ruby McAndrew in 1937.

ii. Edith Isabella McAndrew b.1883; d.1976 married Frederick W Murphy in 1904. 3 children.

iii. David McAndrew b. 1885; d.1885.

iv. Elizabeth Charlotte McAndrew b.1886; d.1967 married Stanley Orten Duncan in 1906. They had 5 children.

v. Alfred George McAndrew b. 1888; married Adleigh Bertha Walker in 1915. 6 children.

vi. Arthur Thomas McAndrew b.1890; d.1971 married Catherine Anderson in 1917. They had 3 children.

vii. Henrietta Ruth McAndrew b. 1892; d. 1976.

II. Charlotte Ann Dagg b. 1859 in Sydney d. 1951 Lismore NSW married Aaron Morgan (b.18 June 1841 d.5 April 1926) in 1878.

Children of Mary Jane Dagg and David McAndrew:

i. John Richard Morgan b. 1878 d . 1949 married Ethel A Richards in 1910. 7 children.

ii. Elizabeth Mary Rebekah Morgan b. 1880 d 1948. Unmarried.

iii. William Percy Morgan b. 1883 married Mary Vivian Sarah Goodwin in 1932. 2 children.

iv. Herbert George Morgan b. 1885 d.1969 married Clara Freda Dagg (1st cousin) in 1916. They had 2 children.

v. Rose Ada Isabella Morgan b. 1888 d.1976. married Thomas G Giggins in 1925. 1 child.

vi. Rebecca Mingetta Morgan b. 1892 married Henry Albert Gollan in 1921. 6 children.

vii. Edith Lucy Morgan b.1898 married Francis James Gollan in 1918. (Uncle of Henry Albert Gollan above). They had 5 children.

III. William Thomas Dagg b 19 August 1860, in Glebe, Sydney ; d. August 22, 1900 in Kilgin, NSW. He is buried in the Anglican Cemetery in Woodburn, NSW. He married March 17, 1885 to Grace Elizabeth Bramma. She was born Feb 13, 1856, in Wooloomooloo, Sydney, daughter of William Bramma and Clara Evans. She died November 23, 1905, in Camperdown, Sydney.

Children of William Dagg and Grace Bramma:

i. Clara Freda Dagg b. 1 July 1886 d. 19 December 1942 Sydney; she married in 1916, Herbert George Morgan (1st Cousin). They had 2 children.

ii. William Lewis Dagg b.1887 d. 1956 unmarried

iii. Constance Mary Dagg b. 1889 d 1922 unmarried.

iv. Roy Edward Dagg b. 1891; d. 1970; he married (1) Elsie Rose Gale in Kent, ENG in 1919; Elsie, and both of her children all died in 1922. Roy remarried in (2) Christina Clarabelle Marsh in 1923. She was born July 28, 1892, Palmers Channel, NSW., daughter of Albert Marsh and Christina McLennan; she died August 24, 1969 in Brisbane, QLD.

Children of Roy Dagg and Elsie Gale:

a. Edward Richard Dagg b. 1920; d. 1922.

b. Leonard Thomas Dagg b. 1921; d. 1922.

Children of Roy Dagg and Christina Marsh:

c. Albert Roy Dagg b. 1931 married Norma Mae Reid in 1958. 3 children.

d. Kelvin Lewis Dagg b. 1933 married Enid Dorothy Fox in 1952. 4 children.

v. Dulcie Annie Dagg b. 1898; d. 1938; she married Robert Archibald Standfield in 1920. They had 4 children.

IV. Elizabeth Dagg, b. 1861, in Sydney; d. 1943 in Maclean, NSW.; she married James Thomas Colley in 1884, in Woodburn, NSW.

Children of Elizabeth Dagg and James Colley:

i. Margaret L. Colley, b.1885; d. 1891.

ii. Selina Elizabeth Colley b. 1886; d.1952; she married John Alexander Warrell in 1911. They had 7 children.

iii. Samuel James Colley b. 1888

iv. Walter Frederick Colley b. 1891.

v. Mallina Colley b. 1895; she married Henry Dwarte in 1916.

vi. Jane Colley b. 1900; d.1900.

V. Catherine Dagg, b. 1864; d. 1956; she married William Joseph Moxham in 1888.

Children of Catherine Dagg and William Moxham:

i. William Richard Moxham b. 1889; d. 1929; he married Margaret Emma Baggs in 1913. They had 5 children.

ii. Bertha M Moxham b. 1890; d. 1969; she married James Thompson in 1924.

iii. Charles Herbert Moxham b. 1893; d. 1971; m. Mary Adeline Brooks in 1919. 4 children

iv. Catherine Mabel Moxham b. 1895; married Hector H Muston in 1920. 1 child.

v. Violet Moxham b. 1898; married Samuel A St Clair in 1921. 1 child.

vi. Edith A Moxham b. 1900; d.1968; married Harold H L Laroux in 1924. 3 children.

vii. Pearl Vera Moxham b.1903; married Ernest R. Linklater in 1923. 3 children.

VI. George Dagg, b. 1867, Kilgin, NSW.; d. 1946; married Rachael Mason in Lismore, NSW in 1889.

Children of George Dagg and Rachel Mason:

i. Alfred Dagg unmarried.

ii. Albert Dagg unmarried.

iii. Annie Dagg b. 1890; d. 1893.

iv. Ruth I Dagg, (Twin) b. 1892; married William J Brown in 1919. 2 children.

v. Lillian M Dagg, (Twin) b. 1892; d 1894

vi. Ernest Dagg b. 1893; d. 1991; married Rosa Louise C Burns in 1930. 6 children.

vii. Charles Dagg b. 1895; unmarried

viii. Mabel E Dagg b. 1897; married James McGellicott in 1921.

ix. Norman Dagg b. 1898; unmarried.

x. Berty George Dagg b. 1899; d. 1959; married Margaret Ann Hogg in 1925. 5 children.

xi. Pearl Dagg b.1901; Unmarried.

xii. William J Dagg b.1903; married Lena ?

xiii. Violet Dagg b.1905; married John A Lovell in 1927.

xiv. Jessie Dagg b.1906; married Frederick M Smith in 1930. 1 child.

xv. Richard John Dagg b. 1907; d. 1992; married Annie J H Smith in 1934. 2 children.

xvi. Muriel Dagg b. 1910; married Clarence W Clifford in 1929. 3 children

VII. Ruth Isabella Dagg b.1869; d. September 23, 1942 in Kilgin, NSW; unmarried.

VIII. John Dagg b. 1871; d. September 14, 1919, in Kilgin, NSW.; unmarried.

IX. Albert Richard Dagg b. September 8, 1874 in Kilgin, NSW; d. June 29, 1961 in Kyogle, NSW.; married in 1900, in Casino, NSW, to Elizabeth Farrell.

Children of Albert Dagg and Elizabeth Farrell:

i. Ada Dagg b. 1901; d.1977; married James MacDonald in 1927. 6 children.

ii. Vera Dagg b. 1902; d. 1999; married George T Johnson in 1925. 5 children.

iii. Annie Dagg b.1905; d. 1963; married George Kalachoff. 2 children.

iv. Beatrice Dagg b. 1908; married Vivian C Stanford in 1926. 1 child.

v. Albert Clement Dagg b. 1918; d. 1984; married Edna Joyce Evans in 1941. 5 children.

vi. Kevin Dagg b.1923; d.1986; 3 children.

3. Thomas dagg, born in Tipperary on Jan. 14, 1832. Thomas emigrated to Canada in about 1850, probably with his Uncle John Dagg and Aunt Jane Jones. His descendancy is not known at this time.

4. Jane Dagg, born about 1836, possibly in Dublin. Conflicting information exists on the parentage of Jane. Her marriage documentation lists her parents as William Dagg and Catherine Hayes, but on her death certificate her parents are listed as John Dagg, a dairyman of Dublin, and his wife Mary Lyons; her place of birth is given there as Dublin. One speculation is that Jane may have been a neice, who was adopted by William and Catherine Dagg and raised as their own. There are many missing pieces of this puzzle, including when and how did Jane get to Australia. She does not appear on immigration lists with any of her family. Jane married Henry Jeffries on August 31, 1857, at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, at Camperdown, in Australia. Henry was born in about 1832, in Rochester, Kent, England, the son of Charles Jeffries and Martha Hoveright; he died in 1895. At the time of their marriage, Henry was listed as a ‘soap boiler’, living in Newtown. Jane died Aug. 26, 1933, and is buried at Rookwood cemetery, in Camperdown. Dr. John Dugdale provided the information on this Jane.

5. Rosanne ‘Annie’ Dagg, born about 1839, in Ireland, and emigrated to Australia with her parents in 1854. She married Samuel Lewis in 1857. Rosanne died in Aug. 6, 1907 and is buried in Rookwood Cemetery. Sam died June 12, 1892.

Children of Roseanne Dagg and Samuel Lewis:

I. Samuel Lewis b. 1858, at Granville

II. Rosannah Lewis b. 1859 married William Boyd in 1878.

III. Sarah J. Lewis b. 1862.

IV. Elizabeth Lewis b. 1864 married William Coleman in 1884.

V. Thomas Lewis b. 1868.

6. Sarah Dagg, born about 1841, in Ireland, and emigrated to Australia with her parents in 1854. She married John Henry Harper on July 14, 1871. Sarah had an unfortunate and brief life; both her children died in infancy, and she herself died only a few years later, on March 5, 1882 at Sydney Hospital. John died in abut 1894. They are buried at Rookwood cemetery.

Children of Sarah Dagg and John Henry Harper:

I. Sarah R. Harper, born in 1875; died in 1876.

II. John Harper born in 1877; died in 1878.

7. Eliza Dagg, born about 1843, in Queen’s County, Ireland, and emigrated to Australia with her parents in 1854. She married Charles Coles on Sept. 4, 1860, at St. John’s Glebe, Sydney, Australia. Charles was born in about 1838, in Huntingshire, England. Eliza died Sept. 8, 1906. Charles died June 27, 1917. They are both buried at Rookwood cemetery, in Sydney.

Children of Eliza Dagg and Charles Coles:

I. Catherine Coles b. 1861 d.1863.

II. Frances Coles b. 1863 d. 1864.

III. Emma J. Coles b. 1864

IV. William G. Coles b. 1866

V. Martha Coles b. 1868

VI. Charles Coles b. 1869

VII. Eliza Coles b. 1871.

VIII. Catherine Savoy Coles b. 1873

IX. Richard Coles b. 1877 d.1878.

X. Arthur Richard Coles b. 1879.

The North Tipperary Heritage Centre, Nenagh, held a list of Tipperary Emigrants entering the Port of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia between the years of 1845 to 1855. It records the following entries for this family:

In 1852:

Dagg, George, age 22, of Modreeny. Father & Mother – William /Catherine. Living at Borrisokane. Relations – none. Husband of Eliza, 24. Ship= Neptune.

Dagg, Eliza, age 24, of Finnae. Father & Mother, Henry Stanley/Susan Long. Both dead. Relations – none. Wife of George, 22. Ship = Neptune.

In 1854:

Dagg, William, age 41, from Modreeny. Father & Mother – Thomas/Sarah. Both dead. Son – George Dagg, in Sydney. Ship = Caroline.

Dagg, Catherine, age 42, from Modreeny. Father & Mother – George/Anne Hayes. married at Borine?, King’s County. Wife of William & 4 children; Richard, 18; Anne, 15; Sarah, 13; Eliza, 11. Ship = Caroline.

Jann Callaghan Cullen

Jan. 31, 2004