Edmund Charles Dunne
The son of Patrick John Dunne I and Jane Murphy, born 24 November 1861 in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales. At one stage in 1861, the family was residing at 220 Riley Street and it is likely that this was where Edmund was born.
Photograph taken at Euston
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Two brothers, Edmund (left) and Peter
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Edmund and his older brother Peter Augustus Dunne were employed in the New South Wales post and telegraph service. They were both appointed to Deniliquin between 1 January 1879 and 8 September 1881. Young Edmund was a "probationer" while the older Peter was a "line repairer". It is reported that they repaired the telegraph line at Jerilderie after it was cut by the Ned Kelly gang in February 1879.
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His first wife was Eliza O'Mara (this is spelling on death certificate but name also reported as "O'Meara" from other sources) whom he married at Kiama, NSW, on 17 March 1886. Eliza was the daughter of Patrick O'Mara (a farmer of Jamberoo, NSW), and Eliza McDermott.
Eliza and Edmund's children were :
- Jane Ellen Dunne (born 2 March 1887; married Christopher Hewson on 30 May 1906 at Bowen, Qld.)
- Eva May Dunne (born 1 September 1888; never married.)
- Eliza Mary Cecelia Dunne (born 14 September 1890; married John Joseph Kelly on 16 July 1914 in Brisbane, Qld. )
- Peter Edmund Langton Dunne (born 19 December 1892; married Elizabeth Mary Akers on 23 September 1931 in Melbourne.)
- Ethelreda Josepha Dunne (born 2 March 1895; married Thomas Torpie on 11 June 1921 at Nundah, Qld.)
Eliza died of acute peritonitis on 17 December 1895 at Jamberoo, near Kiama, NSW. Her brother, T.J. O'Mara was the informant when the death was registered.
On 7 January 1897, Edmund married Anne Seery. The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has the marriage registered twice in two separate locations. Marriage registered as no. 1839 in the year 1897 between Edmund C. Dunne and Annie Seery took place at Redfern NSW while marriage registered no, 1849 in the same year took place at Robertson NSW. Family tradition placed the marriage at Burrawang, NSW (near Robertson).
Edmund resigned from the NSW Post and Telegraph Service on 10 December 1897. Edmund and Annie moved to Bowen, Queensland. Edmund commenced employment with the Queensland Post Office on 7 July 18980
Children of Edmund and Annie were:
- Thomas Patrick Michael Dunne (born 28 February 1900, died 3 March 1900)
- Edmund Joseph Dunne (born 27 March 1901)
- Letitia Anne Seery Dunne (born 30 July 1902, died 28 May 1903)
- Gerald Francis Dunne (born 9 March 1904)
- Kathleen Violette Dunne (born 21 March 1906)
- Patrick John Dunne II (born 20 September 1908)
- Eileen Winifred Dunne (born 8 May 1911)
Edmund Charles Dunne
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Edmund Charles Dunne died 17 July 1925 in Brisbane, Queensland. His widow, Anne Seery, died on 23 June 1937 at Highgate Hill, Queensland.
Thanks to Patrick Langton Dunne of Tasmania, who provided photographs and some of the above information.
