Patrick James Welsh

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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Family Time Line

Patrick James Welsh
1833–1912
Frances "Fanny" Rayner
1839–1927
Marriage: 1856
Mary Ann Welsh
1859–1944
Mary Welsh
1859–1919
Jane Welsh
1874–1952

Sources (3)

  • Patrick Welsh, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Patrick Welsh, "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005"
  • P Welsh, "Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923"

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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