David McConachy (abt. 1840 - 1891)

Born about 1840 in Claudy, Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 24 Jun 1891 at about age 51 in Hamilton, Colony of Victoria, Australia

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Biography

David McConachy was born about 1840, reportedly at Claudy, County Londonderry, Ireland . He was the son of John McConachy and Jane McGuinnes.

David, aged two, arrived with his parents John and Jane, and sibling, Mary aged 3, in Australia at Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip District, New South Wales onboard the Catherine Jamieson on 22 October 1841.^[1]

David died on 24 June 1891 at Hamilton, Colony of Victoria, Australia^[2]. Family history remembers that, whilst working as a butcher, David was bitten by a pig, his wound became infected with tetanus and he died at the Hamilton Hospital. He was buried at the Hamilton Cemetery on 27 June 1891^[3].

Research Notes

There is a very extensive website and downloadable family tree available at the site named The McConachy Clans which is strongly recommended for any member of the McConachy family in Australia, and elsewhere. A book is available to be purchased digitally from this site which contains a lot of detail about the activities of the early McConachy arrivals in Australia.^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kingdom. Microfiche VPRS 14. Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria. *Link to search https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/assisted-passenger-lists
   • Link to image https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E289FC3D-F1B1-11E9-AE98-4F5884FEEC7B?image=152
2. ↑ Victorian Government, Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Search historical indexes, https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history,
   • Event: deaths
   • Registration number: 6419 / 1891
   • Family name: MCCONOCHIE
   • Given name(s): David
   • Place of event: Hton, Australia
   • Mother's name: Unknown
   • Mother's family name at birth: UNKNOWN
   • Father's Name: Unknown
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211615775/david-mcconichie: accessed 08 January 2024), memorial page for David McConichie (unknown–26 Jun 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211615775, citing Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).
4. ↑ Book - "One Man's Family"-Thomas McConachy and His Descendants, ISBN 0 9589608 0 1, page 23, Copy 312/700 in possession of Peter Cogan.