Mrs Delaney

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Importance of Mrs Mary Delaney and her children

A sympathizer who helped the KellyGang

Links to the KellyGang below , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Deaths at Stringy Bark Creek , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers , Jerilderie Robbery , Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family , Photograph

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Family

Children Daniel b1856-1929, Catherine 1857-1940, Francis 1860-1928, Mary Anne 1862-1948, James 1863-1958, William 1865-1930, Margaret 1865-1954, Bridget 1868-1952, Ellen 1869-1940, John 1870-1946, Martin 1872-1941, Martin 1872 -1941, Agnes 1874 -1875. . .
husband John
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Links to the KellyGang

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Escape north

Ass Com Nicolson led a search party after the KellyGang past our place soon after the deaths of the police at Stringy Bark Creek (RC676)

Information was given to Mr Laing by one of his employees that the KellyGang had been seen by my boys near the One Mile Bridge on 3/11/1878. We lived near the Wangaratta railway station. The story given by the platelayer was that that morning, at four o'clock, the KellyGang, instead of going through the railway gate, had swam the One-mile Creek, and crossed by the back of the hospital, behind our house; and that we recognized the KellyGang and that they were armed. (RC13960)

My son John told the police that I called him up at 4 am on 3/11/1878 to see if his horse was being taken away. He looked out and saw four mounted men with hobbles, one saddler driving several horses at a rapid pace through One-mile Creek, towards Peechelba road. They may have gone to Warby ranges"(RC17310) see also(RC17307)

Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878
Jerilderie Robbery 10/2/1879
Prior to his death in 1879, my husband  John had worked at the sawmill owned by Mr Dorkendorff in Wangaratta
Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880

Was my young John at the siege, perhaps wuth his elder brother Daniel. (Herald29/6/80)

Life before the KellyGang
Mr and Mrs Delaney came to Wangaratta in 1859
Later life
In 1887 Mrs Delaney took up land at Boweya where with the help of members of her family she carried on farming successfully for twenty-seven years.
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What happened to the Delaney's family

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At the time of Mrs Delaney's death the family consisted of Daniel (Beckom, NSW), William (Queensland), John (Boorhaman), Martin and Frank (Wangaratta), James (Tatura), Mrs R (Margaret) Fitzgerald (Boorhaman), Mrs Martin Bergin (Barnawartha), Mrs P Murphy (Wangaratta), Mrs Michael Bergin (Thoona) and Mrs T O’Brien (Shepparton). There were 63 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Please enjoy the story of the KellyGang, but also remember that at least 10 people died and many more had their lives changed in ways that may still be painful to some people.
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