Patrick Gannon

Catherine Field-Dodgson Ancestry tree: in contact with her 8/5/2020 and received lots of photos and certificates, for which many thanks: her mother, Mary Conly, was a daughter of Eleanor R Gannon, and a 1st cousin of Catherines's . She produced a photo book of the Gannon family history, cover and 4 pages above, of which Catherine has a copy

Elizabeth Gannon Ancestry tree has the incorrect 1851C for him! & the wrong wife for Michael Joseph, as do some other trees, & therafter completely different children !

Surveyor. Born Ballymore, Ireland. Roman Catholic. Likely had a brother, Thomas Gannon ~1833

~1821. Patrick Gannon was born to Michael Gannon, gentleman and Unknown wife, ?Bridget in Ballymoe, Galway: this from his obituary

1841C. Liberty of Saffron Hill, Holburn, a Patrick Gannon, 20, labourer- maybe he but doubt it!. Have done wide searches with wild cards on both FMP & Ancestry- cannot find him

1841. Patrick Gannon, land surveyor, married Julia Rogan St Geo Southwark Sep 1841 - 1/8/1841 in the R.C. Belgian Chapel, Islington . His father Michael Gannon, gentleman: hers Christopher Rogan, mariner . Both were living Frederick Place, Southwark Bridge Road. One of the witnesses was Loughlin C ounsel, Julia's stepfather

1843. Catherine Mary (Kate) Gannon born Southampton Jun 1843 . Married X Young, died 1912

1847. Julia Ann Gannon born Rochford Dec 1847. She died 1868. So, Patrick did register his 1st 3 children!

1851C. Patrick Gannon , 30, lodger, sawyer/surveyor?? ( certainly looks like sawyer!) was living 51 Siddalls Lane, St Peter, Derby

John	Cook	Head	Married	Male	45	1806	Joiner	Norwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Ann	Cook	Wife	Married	Female	44	1807	House Work	Nottinghamshire, England
Charlotte	Cook	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	20	1831	At Home	Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England
John	Cook	Son	Unmarried	Male	17	1834	Railway Station	Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Henry	Cook	Son	-	Male	12	1839	At Home	Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Selina	Cook	Daughter	-	Female	10	1841	Scholar	Derbyshire, England
Patrick	Gannon	Lodger	Married	Male	30	1821	Sawyer	Ireland
Julia	Gannon	Lodger	Married	Female	30	1821	House Work	Ireland
Kate	Gannon	Lodger	-	Female	8	1843	At Home	Southampton, Hampshire, England
Bridget	Gannon	Lodger	-	Female	5	1846	At Home	London, Middlesex, England
Ann M	Gannon	Lodger	-	Female	3	1848	At Home	Essex, England
Thomas	Gannon	Lodger	Unmarried	Male	18	1833	Labourer	Ireland
John	Quin	Lodger	Unmarried	Male	30	1821	Labourer	Ireland

1851. Mary J Gannon born, 1851-1861- on an Ancestry tree but no bmd entry for her!!

1851-1854. Despite EXHAUSTIVE searches, can find no trace of a birth/baptism for his son Michael Joseph Gannon, reportedly born in Richmond, N. Yorkshire . Could he have been born just days before the family emigrated??- or even on the boat?

There is a Liverpool registration of a Michael Gannon in 1854 : think Elizabeth Gannon- who has a funny Ancestry tree- may be descended from him

1851-4. John M Gannon born - presumably England but no record: maybe a twin? He died 1919, was a butcher in Jumbunna and had a son John Anthony Gannon b.~1892

So, Patrick Gannon is a bit of an enigma during the period 1841-1854: a Land Surveyor on his 1841 m.c but then a sawyer by 1851; 3 children whose births he seemed not to register : yet seemingly had a reputation as an experienced surveyor by the time he got to Australia!!

His obituary states he had spent 'an active life in the ordnance Department of England, surveying many of the lines that now radiate all over that country' before arriving in Australia in the early fifties

1855 or earlier. Family went out to South Gippsland, Australia . No travel records on Ancestry & none on FMP

1858. James Malachy Gannon 1858-1904( see his death notice on Michael Gannon page) & Thomas Ignatious Gannon 1858-1870/1887 born .

1861. Patrick Gannon was Licensed as a Surveyor in the Ballarat Region - 115 k NW of Melbourne . Ballarat is where a Bridget Gannon died in 1876

An authorised Surveyor working on the Victorian Railways for many years . Asssitant Surveyor for the Land Department

1895. Patrick Gannon, surveyor, 75, died 25/5/1895 in Bena, Australia.. Buried Poowong, in an unmarked grave #47B . His wife's brother, Judge Rogan, lives in Auckland . I would love to get some confirmation that he actually was a surveyor in the Ordnance Dept. in England before he emigrated!