Hello. My name is Vaeda. Welcome to the Gahan families' web page, a record of Gahan, Gahen, Geehan and Gehan families in Australia.
Dedicated to
My mother
Joan Gail (Tahnia) van LIESHOUT (nee DAWE)
14 May 1939 - 22 June 1990
My grandmother
Mary Jane (Mollie) DAWE (nee GAIL)
9 April 1911 - 6 February 2001
&
My great great grandmother
Annie BROWING (nee GAHAN)
C1854 - 4 May 1884
My Gahan Family
John GAHAN and Anstey McCARTHY were married 7 September 1846 at Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, England. Anstey was born about 1825 in Yougal, Ireland, the daughter of Edward McCARTHY. They arrived in Australia, along with two children, around 1854. Anstey died at home in Yarra Street, Collingwood, on 11 August 1874. John was admitted to the Kew Asylum on 26 January 1876. He died there on 2 January 1888 of chronic brain disease. John and Anstey GAHAN are buried in Melbourne General Cemetery in a single unmarked plot along with their daughter, Annie BROWNING.
Ellen DUNN was the daughter of Owen DUNN and Mary HASTINGS.
Are you researching the DUNN family? Email Patricia McArthur or PO Box 184, Dromana, Victoria, 3937.
Are you researching this family?
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
National Archives of Ireland - Ireland-Australia Transportation Database
Descendants of Convicts Group, Inc
Philip O'Rourke's Irish Ancestral Page
This page was last updated 29 May 2005