Stories of Agnes Cahill

One hundred and forty years after her birth, we've reunited Annie with her Cahill family with traditional family history and DNA research. We're still looking for Annie's brother, Charles. If you are a descendant of any of the Cahill siblings, please use the blog's contact form to see if you can assist in the search. For the last five years, we've been researching the eleven children of James Cahill and Eliza Dunn who were born in the Hunter region of NSW between 1856 and 1870. Johanna Cahill, known as Hannah, was their fifth child. We've been searching for her birth and death registrations. You can read the full story  HERE.   Hannah married Charles Montague in 1883. They had one son, Reginald, the following year. He becomes known as Charles. Hannah, a widow, married Dominic Ceci in 1885. She's then known as Hannah or Minnie Ceci. We can't find any trace of Dominic after 1887. The last trace we have of Hannah is in 1899 Here's the first evidence we ...

Over the last five years, we've used traditional and DNA research to find out more about the eleven children of James Cahill and his wife, Eliza Dunn . The search continues for the birth and baptismal records of Johanna and Agnes, my great-grandmother. Was Johanna a twin to Mary or Alice? Was Agnes a twin to Thomas or Michael?  We've followed the lives of Bridget, Thomas, Michael and Mary in that time. We've lost trace of Johanna after 1899. If you are a descendant of any of the Cahill siblings, please use the blog's contact form to see if you can assist in the search for Johanna. Johanna (also known as Hannah) was born about 1863 in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Newspaper reports show that in 1878 she was working for Walter Alexander McDougall (1854 to 1905) who was a grazier. His property was "The Pinnacle" situated near Singleton. Hannah was probably working as a domestic servant as Walter and his wife, Emily Alcorn (1858 to 1939), married in 18...