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Jane <I>Wood</I> Harrigan

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Jane Wood Harrigan

Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Death
17 Jan 1916 (aged 95–96)
Tarrawanna, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Wollongong, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Church of England Section 1 Row A Site 17
Memorial ID
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HARRIGAN —AIso January 17th, 1916, her only sister, Jane, relict of the late Edward Harrigan, of Tarrawanna, mother of W. Harrigan and Mrs. C. Caldwell aged 96 years.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW: 1900 - 1954), Friday 21 January 1916, page 13.

DEATH OF A PIONEER.

WOLLONGONG, Friday.
Mrs. Jane Harrigan, a very old resident of this district, died at Tarrawanna this week. Deceased was the widow of Mr. Edward Harrigan of Tarrawanna. She was 90 years of age and was a descendant of an old Irish family. She was born In Cork In 1820, and came to Australia in 1849, in the ship Duke of Bronte, with her mother and sister. Shortly after their arrival they opened a school at Market-square, Wollongong, and there are still many residents on the South Coast who received their education there. Deceased was a sister of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker, whose death at Gosford occurred a fortnight ago at the age of 94
years.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), Saturday 22 January 1916, page 18.
HARRIGAN —AIso January 17th, 1916, her only sister, Jane, relict of the late Edward Harrigan, of Tarrawanna, mother of W. Harrigan and Mrs. C. Caldwell aged 96 years.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW: 1900 - 1954), Friday 21 January 1916, page 13.

DEATH OF A PIONEER.

WOLLONGONG, Friday.
Mrs. Jane Harrigan, a very old resident of this district, died at Tarrawanna this week. Deceased was the widow of Mr. Edward Harrigan of Tarrawanna. She was 90 years of age and was a descendant of an old Irish family. She was born In Cork In 1820, and came to Australia in 1849, in the ship Duke of Bronte, with her mother and sister. Shortly after their arrival they opened a school at Market-square, Wollongong, and there are still many residents on the South Coast who received their education there. Deceased was a sister of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker, whose death at Gosford occurred a fortnight ago at the age of 94
years.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), Saturday 22 January 1916, page 18.


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  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247768455/jane-harrigan: accessed ), memorial page for Jane Wood Harrigan (1820–17 Jan 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 247768455, citing Wollongong Cemetery, Wollongong, Wollongong City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by HontheHill (contributor 49085723).