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Title: Letter from Carroll Crosbie
Author: Carroll Crosbie
Publication: Letter from Carroll Crosbie, grand-daughter of Denis and Ellen Moloney, to W.D.Moloney in response to his request for information on any Moloney's still in Ireland.
Text: May 14 (1978) 171 Layard St., Invercargill Dear Bill, After as many years it was good to receive word from you and to know that through the Dominicans the Moloney clan can still keep in touch. Yes, we are indeed widely scattered throughout New Zealand and there are so many whom I don�t even know about. Maybe some day I�ll make it to Auckland and to the north. But that day is not yet. Mary, eighteen in August, is doing the new Polytech nursing training which is new to Invercargill this year. They have had an excellent pass rate here in the past, so they are all working desperately to make a success of this new venture. So far, Mary�s tutors tell me they are pleased with her so I hope she makes the grade. John is still at secondary but causes us some worry because he has so far failed to make much use of the good brain he has. Please goodness he�ll make a move before it is too late. John, my husband, is at home now and I teach at Southland Girls�High School. I�ve been back there for about six years after a gap of nearly twenty . It�s a busy life and there are times when I think I�d agree with your daughter. But I enjoy teaching really and it has it�s rewards. Now, information about the Moloneys and Ireland. I have nothing recent of course xcept that one of the Lumsden Crosbies, Nelson, did find a kind of cousin somewhere. For what it is worth, here is what I know, and it comes from odd bits and pieces which Mum had saved. There are some records copied from the Parochial Register in Newport, Co. Tipperary and signed by James Canon Howard, Parish priest in 1914. They state that � Denis, son of Michael Moloney and Mary Humphrys was born in that parish on Jan24. 1829. Ellen, daughter of Patrick Kennedy and Ellen Ryan was born in the same parish on May 4` 1840( Grandma�s actual place of birth was the town of Tourien Brien, Tipperary ) Denis and Ellen were married in the presence of Patrick McGrath and Bridget Kennedy in the Newport Parish on March 6 1859. The next information is taken from a copy of Grandma Moloney�s obituary notice. With one son Michael, they left Ireland in 1861 and came to Melbourne in the sailing ship � King of Algiers � In 1862 they went to Launceston where they lived for nine years.. They left for New Zealand in the � Claud Hamilton � whichhad to turn back after three days and they eventually arrived in Port Chalmers by the �Tararua�. They left Dunedin immediately by wagon for Queenstown, a three week trip. There they built the Arthur�s Point Hotel. The four younger children were born there. About 1889 they returned to Dunedin to the Ocean View and then Kensington Hotel and later to the Commercial Hotel in Lawrence. They moved to Lumsden in the early 1900�s. I think, and then Grandfather died in 1917 and Grandma in 1935. And now there are the birth dates and names of the family, my mother, uncles and aunts. For some I know only one Christian name: Michael July 17 1860 Ireland Newport Nellie Sept. 2 18621 Launceston Auntie Nell was Mrs.J Walsh, Milton Mary August 14 1864 Launceston My godmother was Mrs. J Carroll Nicholas August 1866 Launceston Cornelius June 18 1868 gaunceston William Feb 19 1870 Launceston Emma Jan 18 1873 Arthur�s Point Queenstown I think that she was always called Amy. Margaret March 2 1875 Arthur�s Point Auntie Mag, Mrs. Joe Crosbie, Lumsden. James Jan 22 1877 Arthur�s Point He died not long after returning from the Boer War. Catherine June 8 1879 Arthur�s Point Back to Ireland - the only names I find are one of a niece of Grandma Moloney. She was Ellie Murphy of Lackamore, Newport and by 1927 shed had married Philip Kennedy of Curneeny, Co. Tipperary, and moved toa 22 Rathmimes Terrace, Rathmines, Dublin. In her 1927 letter she said that her sister, Mary, had married Pat Shinners , (orShinner, and lived near her mother in Lackamore. Well Bill, I am sure you would not have expected such an epistle as this but I�ve quite enjoyed looking through old newspaper cuttings etc.. Anyway, for what it is worth,there it is - unfortunately about fifty years out of date for the Irish end. I shall be interested to hear later if you find anyone connected with the family. And I do hope that you and Elaine ( whom I may possibly have met with you and Uncle Bill and your father on the Auckland railway station about thirty years ago) will have a wonderful trip to Europe. My regards and best wishes to you both for this trip and to your family. Carroll Goodger Contacts actually made on our 1978 trip: 58 Moyne Rd. Ranula, Dublin 6 Eddie and Mary Kennedy Denis Shinners Lackamore Mary Keane Niece of Denis Shinners Dublin ? Lived with Mary Kennedy in Dublin. 973556 Mary Young 33a Islander Bay Road., Birkenhead. Margaret Walker ( Carroll�s sister) Sonya Rudolph Pupuke, Far North Mita Hape Ben Rudolph Everitt Nicholas Tearoa all names of Margaret Walker�s in-laws in Whangaroa.
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