Brief Life History of Patrick James
When Patrick James Welsh was born on 15 January 1833, in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, his father, James Wallace Welsh, was 35 and his mother, Mary Macklin, was 48. He married Frances "Fanny" Rayner in 1856, in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 21 April 1912, in Orange, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 79, and was buried in Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Patrick Welsh, "Find A Grave Index"
- Patrick Welsh, "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005"
- P Welsh, "Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923"
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World Events (8)
1837
George Grey explores Western Australia.
1841
George Grey appointed Governor of South Australia.
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English welshe (Old English wēalisc, wēlisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’, for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Americanized form of Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) Voloshin or its Polish variant Wołoszyn (see Woloszyn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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