29 September 1851 - John Killion and Jane Feeney marry in Port Macquarie
It appears that John Killion was living in Port Macquarie and working for John Dillon by 1837. Eleven years later, in 1848, John obtained his conditional pardon. Just over a year later, Jane Feeney arrived in Port Macquarie. On Monday 29 September 1851, the 45 year old John married the 18 year old Jane at the home of William and Elizabeth Killion. William McKee, a minister of the "Scots Church", performed the ceremony and William and Elizabeth were the witnesses. John and Jane's marriage registration shows that she's a member of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and he's a Roman Catholic. Martyn Killion's research has uncovered references to John and Jane in the diary of Robert Heath Hall which is held at the Port Macquarie Historical Society. Hall was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1827 and transferred to Parramatta in 1838 with a ticket of leave. He was subsequently twice imprisoned at Port Macquarie, and finally pardoned i...