Stories of Agnes Cahill

Last year I pieced together the very sad story of Agnes Curry (nee Dries), my grandfather's first cousin, and her family. Agnes was the niece of my great-grandmother, Agnes Cahill, and her namesake.   While I'm sure that members of the Dries family know the full story, this wasn't shown on any publicly available family trees. Over some weeks, I worked on the story of Agnes and her family  which you can read here. Until recently, I'd though that Agnes had two children, Claude and Edna, prior to her 1917 marriage to Robert Curry who became the superintendent of Palm Island in 1919. Their son, Robbie, was born 100 years ago today. Agnes died on 10 November 1929 in hospital at Townsville with pregnancy complications. Her husband was grief stricken and under investigation by the Queensland Government into a range of allegations which were subsequently found to be unsubstantiated.   On the morning of 3 February 1930, he shot his son Robbie and step-daughter Edna and s...

Too many months have passed since my last post but today is the day to share the story of Agnes Cahill's niece and her family.   Catherine Cahill (1856 to 1913) was the oldest child of James and Eliza Cahill. She was about 12 when her younger sister, Agnes, was born - the 10th of 11 children. Catherine married William Dries in 1873 in Branxton. More about the Dries family in another post. William and Catherine had 10 children. Agnes Dries (1887 to 1929) was the eight born. I was interested in Agnes Dries' life as she was most likely named after Agnes, my great-grandmother, and, at the time, no-one had complete details of her life or death on public trees. I spent many long hours researching to arrive at the point that I could share the details of Agnes Dries and her family. Agnes Teresa Dries was born on 28 October 1887 in Glen Innes, NSW. She died in a private hospital in Charters Towers Road, Townsville, Queensland on 10 November 1929. She was 42. Agnes Teresa ha...