Most viewed - Carrucan and Sweeney Picture Galleries

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1900 approx - portrait of Mary Sweeney as a young lady155 viewsMary Sweeney was one of 5 daughters to John Sweeney - Portrait as a young lady, circa 1900.

1916 - wedding of Frank and May Ryan155 viewsFrank Ryan was one of four children born to Ellen Sweeney and John Ryan. Frank was born in 1887 at Coromandel in NZ. He married Mary Ann (May) Smale in 1916 in North Fitzroy and they had 4 children Cecilia (Sheila), Catherine) (Kitty), Eileen (Ellie) and John (Jack). He died in 1965 at the Alfred Hospital in Prahran. May died in 1937 at Black Rock where they lived.

1910 - Sisters Annie Mary Sweeney and Mary Ellen (Nellie or Nessie) Sweeney155 viewsAnnie was the eldest child of Patrick Sweeney and Mary Fitzsimons. Born 25th May 1860 at Eltham, she married John Francis (Jack) Smith in May 1884 at St Brigid's Catholic Church, North Fitzroy. She died on 4th April 1934 in North Fitzroy.

Mary Ellen (Nessie) was youngest child of of Patrick Sweeney and Mary Fitzsimons. She was born on 26th May 1869 at Mt Pleasant in Eltham. In the 1909 Electoral Role, she is living at 51 Bennett St, North Fitzroy, with her father Pat Sweeney. She died on 21st March 1955 in North Fitzroy. She never married.

Peter Cuffley recalls visiting 'Nessie' and her niece Nelly Oliver (Smith) at 577 Rae St, North Fitzroy, with his mother Cath Cuffley, in the late 1940s. It was a weatherboard house with stables out the back and a large walnut tree.

The photograph is inscribed "To Dear Aunt Ellie, with love from Nell, April 10th 1910." Aunt Ellie was Ellen Ryan of Waiki, New Zealand.

2008 Michael Carrucan visit - Michael with Jim and John Martin and Mary Conheady155 views

2014 - Aileen James and Shirley Blomfield with children and some of the grandchildren155 viewsAileen May James nee Carrucan (born 1928) and Shirley May Blomfield nee Carrucan (born 1929) are the two daughters of John Carrucan (1906-1978) and Rebecca Searle. They are great grand daughters of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods. They are pictured here during a family reunion in 2014, along with their children and a number of their grandchildren.

2016 Jim and Bess McMahon of Kinglake155 viewsSadly, we lost our last third generation link to the early Carrucan settlers, when James Peter (Jim) McMahon of Kinglake died on 4th August 2017, aged 97. A grandson of original settlers Peter and Hannah Carrucan, Jim had lived all his life in Kinglake, north of Melbourne. His mother Margaret (Mattie) Carrucan was the youngest of 10 children born to Peter and Hannah. Jim and wife Bess were farmers. Jim is survived by Bess, along with their 6 children James, Noelene, Josephine, Anthony, Peter and Michael, along with 17 grand children and 8 great grand children.
This photo, taken in 2016, shows Jim and Bess on their farm at Kinglake (source http://benetasheroes.com.au/hero/jim-beth-mcmahon/).

1902 - John Francis Ryan and Ellen Elizabeth Sweeney with children Thomas John Margaret and Francis (Frank)155 viewsEllen Elizabeth Sweeney (1845-1932), one of the daughters of Thomas Sweeney, married John Francis Ryan in 1880 in Cormandel, NZ. They are shown here with their 4 children Thomas Joseph "Tom" (born 1882), Margaret Katherine "Tissa" (born 1883), John Desmond "Des" (born 1885) and Francis Michael "Frank" born 1887. They were living in Waihu, NZ, at the time.

The Carrucan Crest - the Eltham Butterfly154 viewsA poor Irish farming family had little use for a family crest - such things were reserved for those families steeped in power, riches and history.
Matthew Carrucan (Peter Line) has come up with a modern Australian interpretation of the family crest. It features the Eltham Copper Butterfly (Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida), an endangered species of local butterfly that is native to the Eltham area where our forebears settled so many years ago.
Matthew comments that he chose it for the obvious association with Eltham and obviously as it is a metaphor for 'the resurrection' and the continuation or transformations of 'Life after Death' (Peace and Life Eternal).

There are two forms of the crest.
The second version shows the butterfly inside a circle with the final stanzas of our family prayer surrounding it. This version contains 3 symbols, each representing one of our major family lines
Saint Bridget Cross - Bridget Line
Keys - Symbol of Saint Peter - Peter Line
Trefoil - Shamrock - Trinity Symbol Saint Patrick - Patrick Line"

1962 - Patsy, Breada, Noela, Anna, Mary Carrucan in Fanore154 views

1880s late - Patrick Carrucan and Mary Carrucan (nee O'Brien)154 viewsPatrick CARRUCAN (1831-1894) married Mary O'BRIEN (1838-1927) some time around 1856 at Ennistimon, County Clare, Ireland. She was 19 and he was 27.

Later in that same year of 1856, they left Ireland, bound for Australia. Once there, they joined Patrick's sister Bridget and her husband John Coleman in Eltham.

This photo, taken some time in the late 1880's shows an elderly couple formally posing for a Richmond photographer. Is this Patrick and Mary? Investigations are continuing.

1925 - Carrucan Family at Black Rock154 viewsHolidays or excursions of even a day were few and far between for the Carrucan family of Eltham but the following photo shows one such occasion, at Black Rock visiting the Ryans. Pat, Ken and Jack Carrucan are in suits and hats in the front. Betty Carrucan is in the white dress second from left.. Mary Carrucan (nee Sweeney) is the lady kneeling back right. On the far left is Nellie Murray, the sister of Jim Murray who was the last of the old Eltham relatives to die.

1927 - Mary Carrucan (nee Sweeney) with children at Dalton St Farm Eltham154 viewsThis photo is taken around 1927 at the family house in Dalton St, Eltham, and shows the old kitchen behind the fence. The picture shows

Back: Ken Carrucan (1916 - 1997)
Front: Betty Carrucan (1915 - 1990), John Carrucan (1913-1976), Mary Carrucan nee Sweeney (1876-1961), Patrick Carrucan (1911-1991)

1941 - Joe Kelly, Peg Ganly, Bernard and Molly Kelly nee Ganly154 viewsMary Frances (Molly) Ganly, a grand daughter of Patrick Carrucan, was born at Flemington on 25 June, 1916 and Bernard Thomas Kelly at St Patrick's, Mentone, on 9 August 1941. They are shown on the right. The photo also shows Joe Kelly and Peg Ganly.

1950s - Mick Ganly convalescing after heart attack154 viewsMary Jane (Girlie) Carrucan (1889-1961), a grand daughter of Patrick Carrucan, married Michael Joseph (Mick) Ganly (1881-1955) in 1911 and they had eight children: John (Jack), Ellen (Toppy), Mary F. (Molly), Kathleen, Margaret (Peg), Michael (Mick), Malachi and Alicia.
Born in Cappagh, Baylin, Athlone County Westmeath, Ireland on 6th April, 1881, Mick was about 17 when he arrived in Australia.
An electrician by trade, he was always pottering on new projects. Even as his heart started to fail, he could still be found in the backyard working on bits and pieces. This photo, taken in the early 1950s, shows him tinkering while convalescing after a heart attack.

1950 - Mick and Terry Erickson at the Eltham farmhouse at Dalton St154 viewsIn 1950 when Elizabeth Agatha (Betty) Erickson (nee Carrucan) was expecting her third baby (Timothy), she returned with her two older boys (Michael and Terence) from Captain's Flat to the relative safety of the Carrucan family farm in Eltham. The 3 boys were subsequently all brought up there on the Dalton St farm. This photo was taken outside the back door of the old farm house which I am sure is fondly remembered by many Carrucan relatives.

2007 - Fr Pat Smith154 viewsMyles Patrick (Pat) Smith (1935 -) entered the Christian Brothers' Juniorate at 15 and subsequently taught in various States in Australia and in New Zealand. Due to his health he eventually moved north and worked as a pastoral associate in Charleville, Queensland and then in Texas where he celebrated his Golden Jubilee in 1999. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003, and has now retired to Toowoomba.

1950 - Mary Leo and Dorothy Carrucan154 viewsLeo Carrucan, the fourth child of Margaret and Michael Carrucan of Kew, was born on 23rd December 1901. He met Mary Ellen Angus from Hawthorn in 1927 and they married in January 1935 at Immaculate Conception Church, Hawthorn. Mary and Leo had one daughter, Mary Therese, in April 1938 but, ten days after giving birth, Mary died of cancer. In 1940, Leo married Dorothy Hopper and they lived happily as a family at 73 Edgevale Rd, Kew. This photo shows Leo in relaxed mode with his daughter Mary and his wife Dorothy, sometime around 1950.
Leo died suddenly on 27th March 1958 from a heart attack while sitting in his truck at the Alphington Quarries. He was only 57 years of age. He was buried in the Kew Cemetery. Leo is remembered fondly by his daughter Mary as a wonderful father and a wonderful husband to Dorothy who subsequently died in 1979.
Leo was a grandson of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods.

2011 - Martin and Eileen Hogan Headstone St Kilda Cemetery Melbourne154 viewsMartin John Mowlam took this photo at St. Kilda Cemetery in November 2011. It shows the gravestone of Eileen Bedelia Carrucan (1886-1945) and Martin Denis Hogan (1881-1936). Eileen was a grand daughter of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods. Photo provided by David Reinger, the husband of Meron Mildred Reinger nee Renault, who is a great grand daughter of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods.

2012-06-02 Andrew and Claire Carrucan with twin sons Sam Timothy and Jack Andrew Carrucan154 viewsAndrew Carrucan, who lives in Melbourne, is the great great great grandson of Patrick Carrucan who migrated from Co. Clare to Eltham in the 1850's. He is shown here in 2013 with his wife Claire and twin sons Sam and Jack. Andrew is the son of Frank and Kath Carrucan of Ballarat. Frank has been one of the stalwarts of our genealogical group.

1895 circa Eltham State School No. 209 Dalton Street Eltham154 viewsThe Eltham Elementary School in Dalton Street (School Number 209) had been started in the 1850s and all the Sweeney children attended. At its peak, 2 teachers had to teach up to 100 children ranging in age from 3 to 14 in the old sandstone schoolroom. The early schooling was general in nature and focused on rudimentary reading and writing and basic farming capabilities.
Sourced from the Eltham District Historical Society.

1907 circa - Thomas and Kathleen Sweeney, postcard to Mary and Fran in WA154 viewsThis is the back of the photo of Kathleen (Kas) and Thomas (Tom) Sweeney which was sent as a postcard to older siblings Tom and Mary in Western Australia. It says in part

"Tom Prior took it as we were returning from a ride. You will recognise the hill; our young stock.....Pigs send their love. Only another 3 weeks to live....Tell Frank to try and come home this year. Anxiously waiting for your next letter. Dad's neck is a bit troublesome now. He is making a new fowl house and it is nearly finished. Went for a ride on my own today."

1895 - Kate Coleman childhood home153 viewsJohn Vincent Coleman, the grandson of Bridget Coleman, was born on 28th April 1892 in Malvern and died on 2nd November 1970, aged 78. On 18 Oct 1917, when he was 25 years of age, he married Kate Jones (1896-1990).
Kate was born on February 20, 1896 in her family's log cabin home in Yarra Street, Warrandyte. The simple family home had a bark roof. Clothes were washed in the river and cooking was done on a wood-fired stove. The site is where the squash courts now stand.
The photo shows the primitive house in which Kate grew up. It shows Freda Jones and children (from left): Mary, Freda, Tom, Ben, Bill and Rachel. Charlie and Winifred are not pictured. Freda was expecting Kate at the time.

Colemans Corner, Eltham - site or original house of John Coleman and Bridget Carrucan153 viewsJohn Coleman's block was on what used to be called Coleman's corner in North Eltham. You travelled some 2-3 km from the Eltham Township towards Research on Main Road until you encountered a sharp corner in the road at the turnoff to Diamond Creek. The Coleman block was on the left side of Main Road. Continued in next photo.

Annaly House153 viewsAnnaly House, in Fanore, is the farmhouse B&B run by Pasty and Ann Carrucan

1890s Ned Kent and wife Susan (nee Carrucan) with adopted child John Thomas Flanagan153 viewsSusan Carrucan (1862 - 1943), the third eldest child of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien, married Edward Shae (Ned) Kent (1858 - 1907) in 1881. Susan and Ned had no children of their own so they adopted John Thomas Flanagan who was orphaned at the age of 8 years, in 1887. He grew up with Sue and became a solicitor, working in Middle Brighton.

1905 approx - Carroll Family: Ellen Carroll married Patrick Carrucan153 viewsNot specifically a Carrucan photo but a connection via marriage. Ellen Mary Carroll (back left) married Patrick Carrucan (born 1864 Eltham) in 1885 at Hawthorn and produced a large family of 13 children. The photo shows the Carroll siblings - yes, families were generally large in those days!
Ellen Mary Carroll, Doll Hagen, Nan Carroll, Poll Shaw in back row.
Bob, Chris, Pat, Jim and Bill Carroll in front row.

1942 - Mary Dempsey nee Carrucan marries Wal Dempsey153 viewsMary Cecilia CARRUCAN (1917-) married Walter McInnes DEMPSEY (1910-) at Kew in Melbourne in 1942.
Photo shows Eileen O'Sullivan nee Carrucan (bridesmaid), Wal Dempsey, Mary Dempsey nee carrucan), John Carrucan (Mary's father) and John Kelly

1942 Sept 19 - Mary Carrucan (left) marriage to Wal Dempsey - with her sister Eileen153 viewsMary Cecilia CARRUCAN (1917-) married Walter McInnes DEMPSEY (1910-2010) in 1942.
Also shown is Mary's sister Eileen Carrucan (1919-2000) who married John O'Sullivan in 1953.
Mary and Eileen were great grand children of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien.

1945 - Eileen Carrucan with children Ivan (1933) and Kathleen (1935)153 viewsJoseph Thomas Carrucan (1903-1960), third youngest child of Patrick and Ellen Carrucan, was born in 1904. In 1929 he married Eileen Mary Farrelly the only girl in a family of seven boys and they lived in 60a Gold Street Collingwood. They had six children: Helen (1932), Ivan (1933), Patricia (1935), Kathleen (1937), Michael (1942) and Maree (1947).
This photo shows Eileen with her daughter Kathleen when they visited her son Ivan, who was in training with the Christian Bros at Strathfield in NSW.
Eileen and Ivan are great grand children of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien.

1950s - Eileen O'Sullivan nee Carrucan153 viewsEileen Carrucan, born in 1919 in Ballarat, was the grand daughter of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien. She married John O'Sullivan in 1953 in Kew and they had 3 children - Timothy (1954), Carmel (1957) and Michael (1964). Eileen died in 2000 in Ringwood.

1976 - marriage of Vin Ventura and Theresa Kelly153 viewsMary Frances (Molly) Ganly married Bernard Thomas Kelly at St Patrick's Mentone on 9th August 1941. They had 7 children as follows:
Bernie (1942), Maureen (1944), Tony (1945), Peter (1947), Mick (1948), Theresa (1951) and Christopher (1953).

This photo shows Molly and Bernie at the wedding of their daughter Theresa to Vincent Ventura in 1976 with nearly all of their extended family.

L. Back: Peter with his wife Maree, Mick with his wife Margaret, Bernie
L. Front: Tony with his wife Kitty, the newly weds Vin and Theresa Ventura, Bernie and Molly, Pauline (Bernie's wife) & Maureen.

Only Chris is missing.

1980 Robert Edward Calnin - policeman at Buchan153 viewsRobert Edward Calnin, born in 1929, was the the eldest (along with his twin brother John) of the children born to Maurice Calnin. He was a great grandson of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien. He became a policeman, served in the Bundoora Mounted Branch and then at Buchan. Riding a horse was essential for policing in the rugged mountain country of that area. When he retired, he took up farming at Buchan. He and his wife Betty had 2 children, Dale and Robyn. He died in 2010.
This is a photo of Bob when he was about to lead a procession through Buchan at the opening of a local festival. The year would be around 1979 to 1980.
Photo from Maurice's grandson Dale Calnin.

1988 - Greg and Ivan Carrucan153 viewsTaken in October 1988 in Adelaide, this photo shows Greg Carrucan (b 1929 in Beechworth) and Ivan Carrucan (b 1913 in Creswick), two of the children of John Francis (Jack) and Margaret (Maggie) Carrucan of Cheswick.
Ivan and Greg were 2 of 7 siblings and are great grandsons of Patrick Carrucan who migrated from Co. Clare to Eltham in the 1850s.

1998 - Clare Carrucan (nee McAradle) on the right with her sister Lil on the left153 views1998 - Clare Carrucan (nee McAradle) on the right with her sister Lil on the left

2005 - the site of the old Carrucan farmhouse on the corner of Dalton and Bible Sts Eltham153 viewsAlas, now the original houseblock of Patrick Carrucan's farm hosts a modern building. The only clue to its previous life is the old cyprus tree which still lives!

1921 - Wedding of Frank Carrucan and Mary (Mollie) McMahon153 views1921 - Wedding of Frank Carrucan and Mary (Mollie) McMahon

1960 - Irene Rita Hayes nee Norris, Selwyn Hayes and Mary Agnes Hayes153 viewsAgnes Mary Carrucan (1881-1917), the youngest child of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods, marked Thomas Albert HAYES (1876-1952) in 1900 at Heidelberg. They had 6 children as follows
Francis Vincent (1901-)
John Joseph (1905-1985)
Thomas Albert (1907-1954)
Percival (1909-)
Selwyn James (1912-1986)
Mary Agnes (Molly) (1915-1991)
This photo, from Pam Hayes (nee Allsopp), shows Selwyn Hayes with his wife Irene Rita Hayes nee Norris (left) and his sister Mary Agnes Molly) Hayes (right).

1972 - Peter McKenna153 viewsPeter McKenna, well-known as an Australian Rules footballer and subsequently as a sports commentator, is married to Marita Browne, the great grand daughter of Peter Carrucan.
Peter wore the number 6 guernsey for Collingwood Football Club from 1965 to 1975. In his 12 year career with the Magpies, he played 180 games, led the club's goal kicking in eight consecutive seasons (1967-1974), won the club's best and fairest player award in 1970, won an All-Australian vest in 1972 and won the John Coleman medal (the most goals kicked in the season by any player in the AFL) in 1972 and 1973.
Regarded as one of the first 'pop stars' in the game, he was a favourite of the Magpie Army due to his supreme skills.

1910 approx - Marriage of Alice Carroll and Hugh Hagan153 viewsThis photo, passed on by Matthew Carrucan, shows the marriage of Alice (Dolly) Carroll and Hugh Hagan. Others in the photo include Joe Carroll (left) , Annie (Nan) Carroll (seated) and Patrick Carrucan on the right (he married Ellen Carroll, sister of the bride). Information supplied by Mary Conheady.

1901 - Ellen Sweeney Dance Invitation153 viewsA dance invitation extended to Miss Ellen Sweeney from the Bachelors of Edenhope.

2008 Michael Carrucan visit - Michael with Jim and Helen and John Martin and Mary Conheady153 views

2016-04-06 Fanore Trip - family gathering 3153 viewsTaken in Fanore when Mary Conheady and Sr. Maureen Kelly were on a trip there in June 2016. From left to right around the table:

Mary Conheady (Australia), Nancy Carrucan, Noela Carrucan, Mary Carrucan (nee Minniter), Sr. Maureen Kelly (Australia), Breada and Anna Carrucan, along with Noela's mother in law Mrs Toher. Noela, Breada and Anna are Nancy's daughters.

Photo from Mary Conheady

1912 - Martin and Eileen and Molly Hogan with Agnes Carrucan153 viewsEileen Bedelia Carrucan (1886-1945) married Martin Denis Hogan (1881-1936) in 1911. Eileen was a grand daughter of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods. They had 3 children, Mary Patricia (Molly) who is shown here, along with Patrick Daniel and Kathleen Maie (Kathy) Hogan. The photo also shows Eileen's mother Agnes Mary Carrucan nee Hardbottle (1864-1944). The Meron referred to in the photo is their grand daughter Meron Mildred Renault nee Hogan. Photo provided by David Reinger, the husband of Meron Mildred Reinger nee Renault, who is a great grand daughter of Peter Carrucan and Hannah Woods.

Te Henga or Bethels Beach152 viewsMatthew Carrucan advises that
'Te Henga is significant because we used to go there with (my Father) and the Auckland athletic club and they would run along that beach and we would head off behind the beach into the truly massive dunes.
A trip to Auckland is not complete with out at least one visit to one of these beaches.
In the 50's at night in West Auckland you could apparently hear the surf breaking.'

This is a scan of a painting done by Matthew Carrucan

1880s late - Patrick Carrucan and Mary Carrucan (nee O'Brien)152 viewsPatrick CARRUCAN (1831-1894) married Mary O'BRIEN (1838-1927) some time around 1856 at Ennistimon, County Clare, Ireland. She was 19 and he was 27.

Later in that same year of 1856, they left Ireland, bound for Australia. Once there, they joined Patrick's sister Bridget and her husband John Coleman in Eltham.

This photo, taken some time in the late 1880's shows an elderly couple formally posing for a Richmond photographer. Is this Patrick and Mary? Investigations are continuing.

1910 approx - Susan (Sue) Kent nee Carrucan152 viewsSusan Carrucan (1862 - 1943), the third eldest child of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien, married Edward Shae (Ned) Kent (1858 - 1907) in 1881. Ned died in 1908 and Susan moved to Brighton in 1910, owing a house called 'Rothwell' at 143 Church St. She lived there until the 1920s and we assume this photo dates from that period.

1926 - Sylvia Barry James Calnin Maurice Calnin Margarita Barry152 viewsMaurice Calnin (second from right) at the marriage of his younger brother James (seated) and Margarita Barry (on right) in 1926. Bridesmaid Sylvia Barry is on the left.
Maurice and James were 2 of the 10 children born to James Calnin and Annie (Babe) Carrucan and were grand children of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien.

1950 - James and Gwen Calnin152 views1950 - James Calnin (1901-1952) with his daughter Gwendolyn, taken at the Royal Observatory next to the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. James was a grand child of Patrick Carrucan and Mary O'Brien.

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