Mary Farrell (c.1883 - date of death unknown)

Mary Farrell

Mary Farrell was born on 30 September 1883 in Geraldine, New Zealand. She was the daughter of Thomas Farrell, aged 30, reportedly from Tomocork* , Co. Wicklow in Ireland, and Mary O'Connell, aged 23 from Lixnaw, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

* no place of that name has been identified, but it is probably a variation Tomhaggard, a town in Co. Wicklow.

picture of young Mary
young Mary Farrell

jfcleary and mary farrell

Mary Farrell married James Francis Cleary. They were the parents of eight children <

James Francis Cleary (jnr)
Bernard
Tom
Gerald
Frances
Joan
Eileen (Purcell) and
Monica (Brick).

picture of mary and children
Mary (second from right) with children (from left) :
Bernard, Frances, Gerald, Joan, Jim. Photograph approx. 1919

picture of children
The first five children.

Thanks to Brigid Baker, of Brisbane, Queensland,
(grand-daughter of James Francis Cleary Snr)
for providing pictures and information.

Mary Farrell in the

brief family tree of
Mary Farrell