John EGAN 1811-1898 was a son in the family of John EGAN & Annie McNAMARA from Co Clare, Ireland.
John EGAN & Annie McNAMARA from Co Clare, Ireland had the following family...
- Lawrence Mack EGAN b. c.1804, Co Clare, Ireland, d. 1891 near Penola, South Australia, m. Ann HARDY c1814-1872;
- Margaret EGAN b. c.1807, Co Clare, Ireland, m. James SEXTON [son Thomas SEXTON lived at "Greenwald" Station, near Dartmoor, S-W Victoria in the 1860s];
- Bridget EGAN b. c.1809, Co Clare, Ireland;
- John EGAN b. 1811, Dublin, Ireland; d. 1898, Melbourne, Australia, m.1 1842, Catherine BECKLEY; m.2 1854, Dinah Squire ROWE. [Additional details recorded below];
- Michael EGAN b. c.1813, Co Clare, Ireland; d. 1901, Melbourne, Vic; m. Bridget CORCORAN c.1818-1904;
- Catherine EGAN b. c.1819, Co Clare, Ireland; d. 1904, Melbourne, Vic; m. 1854 Henry THOMASSON 1825-1895;
- Mary Jane EGAN b. 1823, Co Clare, Ireland; d. 1899, Queensland, Australia; m.1 1840, Henry DOUPE; m.2 1855, Thomas Beardsworth CROMPTON 1833-1914;
- Francis EGAN 1824-1874, b. Co Clare, Ireland; d. Richmond, Victoria, m. Mary ROGERS 1826-1912;
John EGAN 1811-1898, b. Dublin, Ireland, son of John EGAN and Annie McNAMARA; d. Melbourne, Victoria; 1st marriage in 1842, Melbourne, Victoria to Catherine BECKLEY 1817-1853; 2nd marriage 1854 "Koroite" Station, Coleraine, Victoria to Dinah Squire ROWE 1824-1898, b. Devonshire, England, daughter of James ROWE and Dinah MURCH; d. Melbourne, Victoria.
John EGAN & Catherine BECKLEY had the following family...
John EGAN & Dinah Squire ROWE had the following family...
OBITUARY : John EGAN"The Hamilton Spectator" (Vic.) Saturday, 25th June 1898.
MERINO (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wednesday.
It has been commented upon here that in the short outline of the late John Egan's career appearing in Tuesday's issue of the Spectator no reference is made to his Merino experiences, which must have embraced a term of at least 20 years. I believe it was in 1854 when he first came to reside here when there were only two other houses. He erected a large dwelling nearly opposite to where the Merino Inn now stands and cultivated that part of the town where the churches now are. It was very early in the sixties when he selected the splendid property of some 300 acres at Dwyer's Creek under Heales Act, which he disposed of when leaving to the late Mr Maurice Cussen, and which is now owned by Mr. W. J. Roulston. Mr Egan was a desperate lover of law, and in the early days it was rare indeed that the Digby Court held a sitting without John being on one side or the other. His propensity for impounding was also known to many to their cost. On one occasion he impounded some 1400 sheep belonging to the late Mr. Francis Henty, in the Merino pound, upon which he put the modest sum of 1s per head, that being then the rate of trespass for sheep impounded from a cultivation paddock. In a few days the sheep were again impounded with two shillings per head extra, and this time Mr. Henty thinking the trespass illegal, decided to leave them in pound for a few days until the dispute could be settled at the Digby Court of Petty Sessions, which, no doubt to the satisfaction of the poundkeeper, who, in those days received the fees instead of a fixed salary as at present, and the £25 a day coming in then, he states, was a great improvement upon the £25 a year received now. Mr Egan lost the case at Digby and was afterward sued at Hamilton County County Court for pound fees. This case he also lost, the expenses shook John to the very foundation, and for some time cooled his ardour for litigation and indeed for impounding as well. I am not aware of his having re-visited these parts since he sold out and left the neighbourhood in or about 1874, but his friends here have been well posted up with his movements since leaving, and if I mistake not he has twice re-visited his native land, Ireland. Though well known to have been so fond of strife and law Egan had many good qualities. If his friendship could be secured he was staunch and devoted. He was a most exemplary husband and parent, and brought up very respectably a large family, chiefly daughters, all now married and settled comfortably. One, I understand, is residing in England. The only daughter remaining in this district is Mrs. A. Fyfe, of Hotspur.
"The Herald" Melbourne, Saturday, June 18th 1898, p.4, col. 4
"FOR SEVENTY YEARS HE LIVED IN AUSTRALIA"DEATH OF MR. JOHN EGAN
It is a far cry back to the year 1829 in Australia. Twenty-two years before the discovery of gold! Six years before the Batman and Faulkner enterprise and the founding of the little settlement from which has arisen the Melbourne that now is! Yesterday morning there died in Brunswick John Egan, who, in 1829, landed in Sydney, a lad of eighteen. With the exception of two visits to Ireland he has been, for nearly seventy years, a resident of Australia. On first landing he found employment with the Australian Agricultural Company then – we believe – under the direction of Parry, the Arctic voyager. After working in various places in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, he settled at Little River, near Geelong, and subsequently at Koroit Station, near Coleraine, where he held some 10,000 acres, some of the finest land in Victoria, and leaving there, took up a new holding at Wild Duck Creek, near Heathcote, which he held until 1887, when he came to town, and from that time until his death has been a Brunswick resident.As a child Mr Egan stood by Daniel O’Connell when the Liberator returned thanks to the men of County Clare for sending him to Parliament. Under George III, only thirteen years after the rebellion of 1798, in which some of his relations lost their lives, he had many experiences and many a tale he had of bush life in Australia, particularly of the first settlers in the western half of Victoria. Reputed the best judge of sheep in the district, with the skill which came of long years occupied in pastoral pursuits, he was, at the local shows repeatedly pressed into service. Up to within a fortnight ago he was in excellent health, and to the end was in full possession of his reasoning faculties.
Twice married, he leaves a widow, three sons and seven daughters, nearly all of his children being married and settled in different parts of the colony.