Cahill Family

My ancestors

  1. Unravelling my family name: Woodlands - published 26 August 2021

Francis Woodlands, my father

James Woodlands, my grandfather

Agnes Cahill, my great-grandmother 

  1. Agnes Cahill - My Woodlands great-grandmother... - published 10 July 2017
  2. Children of Agnes Woodlands (nee Cahill) - published 12 July 2017

Lorna Woodlands, Agnes's daughter

  1. Agnes's youngest child - Lorna Mae Bisgrove (nee Woodlands) - published 17 July 2017

Myra Cahill, Agnes's daughter

  1. The "mysterious" Myra (Part 1) - Born Myra Cahill, Known as Myra Woodland(s), Marie Constance Woodland and Jean Olive Whitworth - published 01 August 2017

James Cahill and Eliza Dunn, Agnes's parents

  1. On this day 140 years ago, James Cahill, our many times great-grandfather died - published 19 August 2017

Agnes's siblings and their partners

Agnes's nieces and nephews and their families

  1. Agnes Teresa Dries and The Palm Island Tragedy - published 31 January 2018
  2. Anzac Day 2018, James Oswald Woodlands, his cousin, Alphonsus Cahill, and his son, Francis James Woodlands - published 24 March 2018
  3. Remembering the story of Agnes Dries on the centenary of the birth of of her son, Robert Henry Curry - published 11 March 2019
  4. Stories of Annie Element (nee Montague) - daughter of Johanna Cahill - first published 8 June 2022

Agnes's grandparents

General

  1. The Golden State Killer and DNA - published 05 May 2018

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How a DNA match led to finding Agnes's older brother, Thomas Cahill. Or is it Carroll?

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Thomas John Cahill was born on 26 August 1866 at Black Creek (near Singleton), NSW. He's the eight of the eleven children of James Cahill and his wife, Eliza Dunn. Agnes was the next child born. Cahill family historians have been searching for Thomas for years. In May 2018, twelve trees on ancestry.com.au showed Thomas but none included any details of Thomas's life after his birth. We did think that Thomas was alive at the time of his mother's death in 1890 as he's recorded on Eliza's death certificate as "living" and aged 25.   Genetic genealogy is a tool that I'm using more and more in my family history research. In August 2017, "ER" reported as a match to me and other "Cahill/Dunn cousins" at AncestryDNA. ER's predicted relationship to me was 4th cousin ie predicted that we shared 3rd great-grandparents. I messaged "ER" a number of times but, as is too often the case, no response. "ER" did have a small t
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Agnes Cahill - My Woodlands great-grandmother

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Since early in 2016, I've been looking at my paternal grandfather's family - researching, questioning and sharing with a few of "the cousins" along the way.  There've been a few surprises!  The biggest being that Cornelius Bray was my grandfather's biological father and James Woodland (Snr) was his step-father.  We knew my grandfather as James Oswald Woodlands but his birth name was Oswald Cahill. So it's probably time that I started to record some of what I've uncovered...  After all, there's a lot more to research - my grandfather's biological Bray family and his known (or social) Woodlands family! My grandfather's biological pedigree My grandfather's "social" pedigree Agnes Cahill is at the centre of the story.  Agnes's descendants are a small groups these days - one granddaughter, great-grandchild (including me) and great-great-grandchildren.  Maybe we'll find out how many as more join our Facebook group! Here
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29 April 2021:150 years since the birth of Emily Jane Carroll (nee Hookeywin)

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I couldn't let today pass without letting my Cahill/Carroll cousins know that it was a significant day for the family of James and Eliza Cahill being the 150th anniversary of the birth of their daughter-in-law Emily Jane Hookeywin.  Emily was born on 29 April 1871 near Narrandera to Thomas and Ann (NSW birth registration 18540/1871) .   Emily first entered my family history when I was researching my AncestryDNA match with "ER" as part of my search for what happened to the siblings of Agnes Cahill, my great-grandmother.  You can read about how I unravelled my match with "ER"  HERE.    Agnes's brother Thomas had changed his family name (or it had been changed for him).  He and his family were known as Carroll.   After researching a photo on ancestry.com, I found the article about Emily published in the Koori Mail on 24 October 2007.  Emily and Thomas had married in 1907 in South Grafton (NSW marriage registration 7676/1907) .   I've had a lot of contact wi
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