Jane Mary Reilly & Joseph Aloysius Lucas
Mother: Jane Mary Reilly.
Born: in WA, died May 14 1922 in Perth WA Parents: Joseph Reilly and Catherine Regan
Father: Joseph Aloysius Lucas, married 1866 in Fremantle, WA. Died 12 Nov 1880.
Children:
- Kate (Katie) Mary Lucas, b. 1867 in Fremantle, WA, d. 1942 in Perth, WA. She married Thomas Henry Morrissey, married 1893 in Perth, WA, (son of Michael Morrissey of Mt Erin).
- They had 5 daughters and 2 sons (from undaunted spirit), including Margaret Mary Morrissey, b. abt 1899, d. 1902 in Geraldton, WA.
- They had 5 daughters and 2 sons (from undaunted spirit), including Margaret Mary Morrissey, b. abt 1899, d. 1902 in Geraldton, WA.
- Georgina (Gina) Mary Lucas, b. 1869 in Perth, WA.
- Angela Cecilia Lucas, b. 1871 in Fremantle, WA. (sister of Mercy)
- Henry Grattan Lucas, b. 1873 in Perth, WA, d. 1939 in Perth, WA.
- Marion Theresa Lucas, b. 1875 in Perth, WA, d. 1875.
- William John Lucas, b. 1876 in Perth, WA.
- Valentine Aloysius Lucas, b. 1877 in Perth, WA, d. 20 Dec 1878 in Shamrock Hotel, Perth, WA
Jane Mary Reilly was a daughter of Joseph Reilly. She was born in WA. She married Joseph Aloysius Lucas, in 1866 in Fremantle, WA, Joseph was born about 1834. They had seven children
She died on 14 May 1922 in Perth, WA.
Death Notice in the West Australian newspaper, 15 May 1922: LUCAS. — On May 14, 1922, at Perth, Jane Mary Lucas, the dearly loved mother of Sister Mary Magdelen of the Convent of Mercy, West Guildford, Mrs. T. H. Morrissey, of Bayswater, Gina and Henry G. Lucas, aged 77 years. R.I.P.
Joseph Aloysius Lucas died 12 Nov 1880 at Shamrock Hotel, Perth, WA, aged 46 (notice in West Australian 16 Nov 1880). Later in the paper his widow is mentioned as Mary Ann Lucas, however all other sources has his wife's name as Jane Mary.
Joseph Aloysius Lucas was a convict
Lucas Joseph Aloysius (reg no. 7476) was 30 years old when sentenced to 10 years for receiving stolen property. The trial was in Middlesex, Westminster Adjourned Sessions 21 May 1862. His occupation was listed as a gentleman. Height 5' 4 3/4", hair brown, eyes hazel, face long, complexion fair, build slight, and no distinguishing marks.
Lucas was transported to Australia on the Lord Dalhousie. The ship arrived in Western Australia in 1863. The Lord Dalhousie left Portland, England on September 25, 1863 bound for the Swan River Colony. The voyage took 90 days and arrived in Fremantle on December 28, 1863 with 89 passengers and 270 male convicts.
The Shamrock Hotel (on the site of the current Savoy Hotel in Perth, was constructed in the 1840s. In 1856 the hotel was leased to Joseph Aloysius Lucas, who operated the hotel until his death in 1880.
Children
About their son Henry Grattan Lucas
Regimental number 7360
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer miner
Address Northam, Western Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 38
Next of kin Sister, Miss Georgina Mary Lucas, Western Australia Record Office, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date 30 October 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 16th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/33/6
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 5 March 1919from: http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=180879
About Mt Erin (where Michael Morrissey is from)
The townsite of Nanson is located in the Chapman Valley, 455 km north of Perth and 34 km north east of Geraldton. The district was first settled in the 1850s when Michael Morrissey established "Mt. Erin", but it was not until 1909 when the Government planned the Upper Chapman railway that there was a move for a townsite in the area.