The Killion, Quinn and Hand Families of Port Macquarie and Kempsey and their Feeney Family

Mary Jane Killion is the fourth child and second daughter of John and Jane Killion.  She was born on 25 October 1859 at Port Macquarie, NSW.  On 28 October 1878, Mary Jane married Thomas Newton at the Church of England Parsonage, West Kempsey.  Born on 23 March 1850 in Sydney, Thomas was the son of Thomas Newton and Mary Ryan who had married in Ireland prior to immigrating to New South Wales in 1848.  Mary Jane had just celebrated her nineteenth birthday and Thomas was 28 when they married.  Their marriage registration shows that Thomas was a bootmaker in West Kempsey and Mary Jane had no occupation and lived in Kempsey.  It bears the signatures of Mary Jane and Thomas.   Copy of 1878 marriage certificate Mary Jane Killion and Thomas Newton William and Sarah Hefren were the witnesses to the marriage.  Sarah, the older sister of Thomas Newtown, was born at sea on their parents' voyage to Australia.  In 1871, William Hefren and Sarah Newton married in the Macleay River district.

Thomas is the middle child and younger son of John and Jane Killion.  He was born on 10 April 1857 on the "North Shore opposite the Town of Port Macquarie" - the site of the Killion farm.  On Thomas's birth registration, John shows his occupation as "Settler" and age "about 50".  While, Jane is aged 25. Little is know about Thomas's young life in Port Macquarie and Kempsey.  In October 1876, when Thomas was 19, he was injured in a horse riding accident at Long Flat, about 50 kms west of Port Macquarie. MACLEAY RIVER. (1876, October 28). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 11. Retrieved May 23, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18812063 By 1880, Thomas had moved from Port Macquarie to the Kempsey area.  The 08 December 1880 NSW  Police Gazette reports that Tom Henry Oakes alleged that Thomas had stolen a horse.  The following week, we read that "Suspicion no longer attached to

Rosanna (Rose or Rosa) Killion is the second child and oldest daughter of John and Jane Killion. She was born in about 1855 in Port Macquarie, NSW. At this time, we can't locate either a photo or a NSW birth registration for Rose. On 06 September 1882, Rose married Henry Porter in Kempsey, NSW. Henry, the son of Clement and Mary Jane Porter, was born on 21 January 1853 in Port Macquarie. Rose and Henry had five children - Margaret Mary (Cissie), Clement William (Clem), Mary Jane (Dattie), Henry Joseph (Harry) and Walter Leo (Wal). The family of Rose and Henry Porter The 1913 Australian Electoral Roll shows that Rose and Henry were living at 21 Talfourd Street, Glebe, NSW. The three oldest children were married by this time. All were living in the inner west of Sydney. 1919 was a tragic year for the Killion family On 3 February 1919, Premier Nolman, referring to the Spanish Flu Pandemic, wrote- "A greater danger than war faces the state of New South Wales

Edward John (Jack) Killion - Angus McNeil Collection, Macleay District Historical Society Edward John (Jack) Killion is the oldest child of John and Jane Killion. He was born on 20 October 1854 in Port Macquarie, NSW.  On 24 August 1893, Jack married Ellen Johnson at Vella near Nambucca, NSW. Jack and Ellen had one daughter, Mary Josephine, who was born on 25 August 1894 in West Kempsey, NSW. The 1913 Australian Electoral Roll shows John and Ellen living at Jerseyville which is now a "satellite suburb" of South West Rocks between Spencer Creek and the Macleay River. Jack's occupation is shown as a "punt man". During this time, coastal shipping was the main method of transport between the major Australian cities and the Macleay River Valley, a timber production, farming and grazing area. Thought to be Jack Killion, Mary Killion and Willie Ryan  Angus McNeil Collection, Macleay District Historical Society The photo above has been provided