Mary Ann Bugg and her husband James McNally
(1855-1860)
Mary Ann Bugg was born in 1834, the daughter of James and Charlotte Bugg. For information about her early years, see:
James and Charlotte Bugg and their family
Mary Ann Bugg and her husband Edmund Baker (1848-1849)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" John Burrows (1850-1855)
See also: Searching for Mary Ann Bugg's children
1815 circa Born Cork IRL; pre-1834: received a six-month sentence for an unknown crime; 1834: Catholic, literate, single and an ‘indifferent’ tailor; 12 Sep 1834: tried at Cork for committing assault and robbery (with two others, John Callaghan and James Horgan) and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation; 29 Sep 1835: James McNally arrived per convict transport Backwell; late 1835: assigned to Thomas Bortie of the Paterson district (evident because he received a ticket-of-leave four years later which indicated only one master); 1837: one of six convicts working as assigned servants to Thomas Bortie in the Paterson; 1839: received a ticket-of-leave for Butterwick (north-east of Maitland); 30 Sep 1841: received Certificate of Freedom[1]
1855 circa Mary Ann established relationship with James McNally at Mudgee; McNally listed as farmer of Cooyal in 1860 and also as Cooyal resident in 1863[2]
1856 Mar 10 Mary Jane (illegitimate) born to James McNally and Mary Ann Baker; 8 May 1863: baptised at Mudgee Catholic Church (NB. As Mary Ann was working at Dungog at this time according to Magistrate Thomas Nicholls, this suggests that Mary Jane was residing with her father at Cooyal); 4 Jan 1882: Mary Jane McNally married James Clarke at Brisbane (she listed her parents as James McNally, baker, and Mary Ann Brigg); 23 Feb 1897: ‘Jane Clarke’ died at Rockhampton (parents listed as James McNally, baker, & Mary Jane Bug); offspring: Daniel (1882), Florence May (1884), Mabel (1886), Mary Ruby (1888), James (1889), Charles William (1890), Maud Agnes (1893) and Ada Violet (1895)[3]
1857 Dec 31 Patrick Christopher (illegitimate) born to James McNally and Mary Ann Baker; 8 May 1863: baptised at Mudgee Catholic Church (NB. As Mary Ann was working at Dungog at this time according to Magistrate Thomas Nicholls, this suggests that Patrick was residing with his father at Cooyal). Patrick McNally/McNalley: groom residing at Cooyal in 1880; farmer at Pipe Clay in 1881, drover at Cooyal in 1884, at Home Rule in 1895; married Emma McCabe 18 Aug1880 at Mudgee; offspring: Aubrey James Wilfred (1881), Hildegarde Annie Sabina (1883), Loyal Patrick William (c1886), Eltruder/Altruda M.E. (c1888), Royden Christopher John (c1890), Alton Keith Ormond (1893-1895), Selwyn Troughton C. (c1895), Thlemere E.D. (c1897), etc; 1905: reportedly alive and married[4]
1860 Mar 2 Ellen born to James and Mary Ann McNally; 30 Nov 1860: baptised at St John’s CE Mudgee when father listed as farmer at Cooyal; 10 Feb 1880: Ellen (aged 20, born Mudgee) had illegitimate son James Albert McNally born at Gloucester; 1905: reportedly alive and married[5]
1860 Mary Ann’s relationship with James McNally ended and a new relationship began with Frederick Wordsworth Ward[6]
1865 Jan 30 James McNally committed for trial at Mudgee for stealing[7]
1875 Jun 26 James McNally died at Back Creek, Maitland Road of ‘apoplexy during exposure from intemperance’ and was buried at Gulgong; the coroner acted as informant and listed that he was a shepherd aged 64 and born Ireland but that his marriage and children were ‘not known’[8]
See Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" Frederick Ward (1861-1867)
Sources:
[1] Convict Indent – Backwell, 1835: James McNally [SRNSW X637 p.138; Fiche 714]; Butlin, Return of Convicts 1837 Entry 17308 also 16312, 17647, 18582, 24459, 24939; Ticket of Leave: James McNally [SRNSW 4/4134 No.39/2106; Fiche 934]; Certificate of Freedom: James McNally [SRNSW 4/4368 No.41/1327; Reel 1009]
[2] Baptism: John Burrows [SRNSW Vol.40 No.627; Reel 5014]; Baptisms: Mary Jane McNally & Patrick Christopher McNally in Mudgee RC register and Ellen McNally in Mudgee CE Register (details provided by Lynne Robinson, Honorary Research Officer for Mudgee Historical Society)
[3] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Baptism: Mary Jane McNally in Mudgee RC register (from Lynne Robinson); Marriage Certificate: Mary Jane McNally [RBDM QLD 1882 No.7584]; Death Certificate: Jane McNally [RBDM QLD 1897 No.3522]; Tunchon 182 Years in Australia
[4] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Baptism: Patrick Christopher McNally in Mudgee RC register (from Lynne Robinson); St John’s CE Mudgee: McNally baptisms – Baptisms: Aubrey J.W. McNalley, 24 Dec 1881 & Hildegarde A.S. McNalley, 22 Mar 1884 [SAG Reel 338] & Burial: Alton K.O. McNalley 2 Jan 1895 [SAG Reel 339]; Mudgee Electoral Rolls [SLNSW]
[5] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obit: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Baptism: Ellen McNally in St John’s CE Mudgee (from Lynne Robinson); Birth Certificate: James Albert McNally [RBDM 1880/22869]
[6] Birth Certificate: Marina Emily Ward [RBDM 1861/7193]
[7] Index to Deposition Registers: James McNally 1865 [SRNSW 5/3076 p.5 No.76; Reel 2760]
[8] Death Certificate: James McNally [RBDM 1875/7966]
James and Charlotte Bugg and their family
Mary Ann Bugg and her husband Edmund Baker (1848-1849)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" John Burrows (1850-1855)
See also: Searching for Mary Ann Bugg's children
1815 circa Born Cork IRL; pre-1834: received a six-month sentence for an unknown crime; 1834: Catholic, literate, single and an ‘indifferent’ tailor; 12 Sep 1834: tried at Cork for committing assault and robbery (with two others, John Callaghan and James Horgan) and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation; 29 Sep 1835: James McNally arrived per convict transport Backwell; late 1835: assigned to Thomas Bortie of the Paterson district (evident because he received a ticket-of-leave four years later which indicated only one master); 1837: one of six convicts working as assigned servants to Thomas Bortie in the Paterson; 1839: received a ticket-of-leave for Butterwick (north-east of Maitland); 30 Sep 1841: received Certificate of Freedom[1]
1855 circa Mary Ann established relationship with James McNally at Mudgee; McNally listed as farmer of Cooyal in 1860 and also as Cooyal resident in 1863[2]
1856 Mar 10 Mary Jane (illegitimate) born to James McNally and Mary Ann Baker; 8 May 1863: baptised at Mudgee Catholic Church (NB. As Mary Ann was working at Dungog at this time according to Magistrate Thomas Nicholls, this suggests that Mary Jane was residing with her father at Cooyal); 4 Jan 1882: Mary Jane McNally married James Clarke at Brisbane (she listed her parents as James McNally, baker, and Mary Ann Brigg); 23 Feb 1897: ‘Jane Clarke’ died at Rockhampton (parents listed as James McNally, baker, & Mary Jane Bug); offspring: Daniel (1882), Florence May (1884), Mabel (1886), Mary Ruby (1888), James (1889), Charles William (1890), Maud Agnes (1893) and Ada Violet (1895)[3]
1857 Dec 31 Patrick Christopher (illegitimate) born to James McNally and Mary Ann Baker; 8 May 1863: baptised at Mudgee Catholic Church (NB. As Mary Ann was working at Dungog at this time according to Magistrate Thomas Nicholls, this suggests that Patrick was residing with his father at Cooyal). Patrick McNally/McNalley: groom residing at Cooyal in 1880; farmer at Pipe Clay in 1881, drover at Cooyal in 1884, at Home Rule in 1895; married Emma McCabe 18 Aug1880 at Mudgee; offspring: Aubrey James Wilfred (1881), Hildegarde Annie Sabina (1883), Loyal Patrick William (c1886), Eltruder/Altruda M.E. (c1888), Royden Christopher John (c1890), Alton Keith Ormond (1893-1895), Selwyn Troughton C. (c1895), Thlemere E.D. (c1897), etc; 1905: reportedly alive and married[4]
1860 Mar 2 Ellen born to James and Mary Ann McNally; 30 Nov 1860: baptised at St John’s CE Mudgee when father listed as farmer at Cooyal; 10 Feb 1880: Ellen (aged 20, born Mudgee) had illegitimate son James Albert McNally born at Gloucester; 1905: reportedly alive and married[5]
1860 Mary Ann’s relationship with James McNally ended and a new relationship began with Frederick Wordsworth Ward[6]
1865 Jan 30 James McNally committed for trial at Mudgee for stealing[7]
1875 Jun 26 James McNally died at Back Creek, Maitland Road of ‘apoplexy during exposure from intemperance’ and was buried at Gulgong; the coroner acted as informant and listed that he was a shepherd aged 64 and born Ireland but that his marriage and children were ‘not known’[8]
See Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" Frederick Ward (1861-1867)
Sources:
[1] Convict Indent – Backwell, 1835: James McNally [SRNSW X637 p.138; Fiche 714]; Butlin, Return of Convicts 1837 Entry 17308 also 16312, 17647, 18582, 24459, 24939; Ticket of Leave: James McNally [SRNSW 4/4134 No.39/2106; Fiche 934]; Certificate of Freedom: James McNally [SRNSW 4/4368 No.41/1327; Reel 1009]
[2] Baptism: John Burrows [SRNSW Vol.40 No.627; Reel 5014]; Baptisms: Mary Jane McNally & Patrick Christopher McNally in Mudgee RC register and Ellen McNally in Mudgee CE Register (details provided by Lynne Robinson, Honorary Research Officer for Mudgee Historical Society)
[3] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Baptism: Mary Jane McNally in Mudgee RC register (from Lynne Robinson); Marriage Certificate: Mary Jane McNally [RBDM QLD 1882 No.7584]; Death Certificate: Jane McNally [RBDM QLD 1897 No.3522]; Tunchon 182 Years in Australia
[4] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Baptism: Patrick Christopher McNally in Mudgee RC register (from Lynne Robinson); St John’s CE Mudgee: McNally baptisms – Baptisms: Aubrey J.W. McNalley, 24 Dec 1881 & Hildegarde A.S. McNalley, 22 Mar 1884 [SAG Reel 338] & Burial: Alton K.O. McNalley 2 Jan 1895 [SAG Reel 339]; Mudgee Electoral Rolls [SLNSW]
[5] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obit: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Baptism: Ellen McNally in St John’s CE Mudgee (from Lynne Robinson); Birth Certificate: James Albert McNally [RBDM 1880/22869]
[6] Birth Certificate: Marina Emily Ward [RBDM 1861/7193]
[7] Index to Deposition Registers: James McNally 1865 [SRNSW 5/3076 p.5 No.76; Reel 2760]
[8] Death Certificate: James McNally [RBDM 1875/7966]