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

We've tracked five births and one death to this date so far....let us know if we've missed any or if you have photos! Hastings (Austie) Killion was born in 1895 at Smithtown, Macleay River, NSW - 123 years ago today - the sixth child and third son of Thomas Killion and Mary Jane Wood.  Austie died in 1950.  He is the father of Ann, a cousin in our Facebook group. John Henry (Jack) Austin was born in 1916 at Glebe, NSW - 102 years ago today - the second child and only son of Mary Jane (Dattie) Porter and John Alexander Austin.  Jack died in 1985. Cecil Joseph Quinn was born in 1932 at Kempsey, NSW - 86 years ago today - the fifth child and fourth son of Henry James (Harry) Quinn and Ivy Olga Husdon.  Cecil died in 1997.  He is the father of Jo, our "Facebook cousin". Maureen Anne Matilda Hand was born in 1936 - 82 years ago today - the second child of Bernard James Hand and Alice Roseanne Clarke.  Maureen died in 2010. Mark Anthony Quinn wa...

Matilda is the third child of Thomas and Jane Seward.   She was born on 27 December 1869 at Port Macquarie. She was baptised at St Thomas' Anglican Church, Port Macquarie on 19 October 1870.  The birth registration records that Thomas is a boatsman, aged about 50, from England and the Jane is aged 36, from Ireland. Between 1873 and 1878, Matilda moved with her mother and siblings to the Kempsey region. Family Notices (1905, April 8).  Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 - 1907; 1909 - 1910; 1912 - 1913; 1915 - 1916; 1918 - 1954) , p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233764269 On 01 March 1905, Matilda married John Hand at All Saints' Catholic Church, West Kempsey.  John was born on 14 July 1871 at Macleay River.  He was the oldest child of John Hand and Ann Kenny. John was 33 and Thomas was 35 when they married. Matilda and John Hand's three sons -  John Thomas, William Bede and Bernard James -...