William Prowd
Summary
Born: 1817 in Tipperary, Ireland
Wife: Mary Doolan, b 1818 Offaly, Shinrone, Kings County, Ireland
parents: ?
married: Oct 1847 in Offaly, Ireland
immigrated: 1848 on the ship 'Subraon'
Died: 1901 in Bonnie Doon, VIC
Details
William Prowd was born in 1817 in Tipperary, Ireland. He married Mary Doolan in October 1847 in Offaly, Shinrone, Kings County, Ireland, Mary was born in 1818 in Offaly, Shinrone, Kings County, Ireland.
They arrived in Australia aboard the Subraon in 1848. They made a home for themselves in Victoria, and there are many descendants, mainly in Victoria.
In 1853, William bought blocks of land in the Mulgrave area of Victoria. A few acres of this went to his sister Jane and new husband Nicholas Doolan (his wife's brother). Nicholas has probably turned to his sister Mary for help after the death of his first wife and baby daughter on the voyage out from Ireland in 1851. Nicholas had a blacksmith shop in Huntingdale Rd, Mulgrave. (ref 1)
His wife Mary died in 1897 in Bonnie Doon. William died about four years later, in 1901, also in Bonnie Doon.
Children
- James Prowd, b. abt 1850 in Queensland, d. 1890 in Footscray, VIC. He married Caroline Mary Woodbridge, married 1876, b. 1854 in Queensland.
- Thomas Prowd, b. 1851
- William Prowd, b. 1855 in Oakleigh, VIC, d. 1911 in Collingwood, VIC. He married Frances Davis, married 1876 in Oakleigh, VIC, b. 1859 in Oakleigh, VIC.
- Charles Prowd, b. 1856 in Mulgrave, VIC, d. 1934 in Prahran, VIC. He married Elizabeth Christie, married 1885 in VIC, b. 1863 in Mulgrave, VIC, d. 1939 in Oakleigh, VIC.
- Mary Jane Prowd, b. 1857 in Oakleigh, VIC. She married John Thomas Foster, married 1882, b. in Mulgrave, VIC.
- John Prowd, b. 1860
References
- Cattlemen to commuters : a history of the Mulgrave district, now the city of Waverley, 1839-1961, by Susan Priestley.