Henry and Margaret McAuliffe had two sons, Dennis Mathew b 1854 and Patrick b 1859
Thomas and Bridget McAuliffe also had two sons Denis Francis b 1855 and Patrick b 1857.
All four McAuliffe boys were ardent KellyGang
sympathisers.
In March 1879 William McAuliffe was charged with assaulting police (OMA13/3/79) (Argus13/3/79)
Patrick and Dennis McAuliffe were present with Tom Lloyd when John Lloyd died in April 1879.
In October 1879 there was a report from Sgt Whelan that Mrs McAuliffe got money from the KellyGang.
Our family owned the house in the middle of the Greta Swamp that was used by the KellyGang. (BWC)
The family may have supplied mould boards for the KellyGangs armour.
It is likely that the 3 McAuliffes were part of the KellyGang's team at the beginning of the siege. Two of us were arrested when the civilians were allowed out of Jone's Inn at about 10am. (Age29/6/80)(Argus 28/6/80)
Later
Const Robert Graham reported on 26th
April 1881 relative to sympathizers of late KellyGang.
-I beg to report for the information of the superintendent that a number of
them were here at Greta yesterday,
drinking, viz.: -Jack Quinn, Tom
Lloyd, jun, Paddy McAuliffe, Tom McAuliffe,
John McMonigal, and Jack Nolan; and from
their manner I am led to believe that another outbreak among them is imminent.
Jack Quinn is very anxious to find out who it was that got the sympathizers
arrested in 1879. They all appear to have a great dislike to Pat Quinn,
and speak of him as the black tracker."(RC9870)
At Ned Kelly's committal hearing in beechworth (Herald11/8/1880)
Tom Lloyd and Dennis McAuliffe, two of the most prominent of the Kelly sympathizers, went out voluntarily and helped Const Armstrong when he was stationed at Glenrowan, and looked for a horse down in the bush after Ned Kelly's execution. (RC12181)
A member of the family has been kind enough to supply the following information
about the family
"Thomas and Henry McAuliffe, natives of Limmerick were
tried at Clonmel, Tipperary in 1840 and sent to Tasmania. On the completion
of their sentences they both ended up in Melbourne (Merri Creek, actually
{is this sounding familiar?}) and married two O'Brien sisters who had come
to the colony as part of the Irish Famine Scheme. Thomas marrying Bridget
and Henry marrying Margaret.
"They both had rather large families and named them the same names so it is rather confusing. It is my understanding that Dennis and Patrick were Henry's son. Margaret McAuliffe at the trial of Ned Kelly. Bridget McAuliffe, the widow of Thomas suddenly came into good fortune was. Thomas is buried at Greta.
Denis McAuliffe wife ?... children ?....Winifred home >..
I was born in about 1855 and was 3 years older than my brother Patrick.
Dennis is buried in Wangaratta as is father.
Paddy McAuliffe wife and children
I married Lucy Murdoch and then emigrated to New Zealand. They
had two sons and two daughters. Tom was the eldest. He died on the western
front on Jan 10, 1918. Joe was a good Rugby player. Ena McAuiliffe, was born
in 1912 in Taihape, New Zealand.
I went to New Zealand in 1902 and was a 'Bullochy' for some time, employed
to pull timber out of the bush. During these years much of the land around
Taihape (south central North Island) was virgin bush which was being logged
and cleared for farming. The McAuiffes eventually purchased their own land
and farmed for a while. They then purchased the 'Hotel Grand Central' in Taihape
which was sucessfully run by them for some years.
Tom McAuliffe wife ?... children ?.... home >..
Margaret McAuliffe husband Mr Archibald Children? ....home>..
Was she a 'sweet heart' of Ned Kelly? She attended and was reported
by the press to be Ned Kelly's girlfriend. Margaret married Mr Archibald
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