Hegarty Family History & Genealogy

Sarah Hegarty was born in 1792, and died at age 87 years old on May 19, 1880 at Shrove House in Moville, County Donegal Ireland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Hegarty.

John Hegarty of Australia was born in 1804, and died at age 49 years old on March 11, 1854.

James Hegarty was born in 1819, and died at age 79 years old on July 24, 1899 in Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Hegarty.

Edward Hegarty of Bendigo Australia was born in 1827, and died at age 80 years old in 1907 in Bendigo.

Eugene Hegarty was born in 1830, and died at age 56 years old in 1886 at Sailors Gully, Eaglehawk in Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eugene Hegarty.

David Hegarty of Australia was born in 1832, and died at age 36 years old in 1868.

Sarah Hegarty was born in 1834, and died at age 53 years old on October 18, 1888 in Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Hegarty.

Daniel Hegarty was born in 1836, and died at age 55 years old on April 21, 1892 in Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Hegarty.

John came to Sydney,NSW about 1860, and soon after relocated down to the Monaro district of Southern NSW, around the Towns of Bombala, Bega and Eden ...(on the instructions of his financial backer??) Not sure exactly what job/s he had in the area, but by 1864 he had enough money saved to sponsor his Uncle, Edward Hegarty, to come to Australia, and the following year after his arrival, sees them both in Toowoomba, Qld. with a large General Merchandise store trading very successfully in Ruthven Street ...(again, possibly with the same financial backer in Sydney ??) , and in 1866 a second store was opened at Allora, Qld., both stores trading as "Hegarty & Co." Unfortunately by late 1868, they were insolvent. A long and involved insolvency case ensued... John married Mary Downend Hutton in Toowoomba in 1870, when they left the District to return to the Monaro, John to the whaling port of Eden at Twofold Bay, to set-up another store in Town, (also gained an Auctioneers License), whilst Edward established a Wine and Spirits business in Bombala, which proved to be very successful for him over many years... Not so for John, with his Store in Eden eventually going bust in 1874 and insolvency proceedings upon them again. They pressed on regardless,(with the inconvenience of having to attend Court hearings in Sydney) , with John actively utilising his Auctioneers skills to keep them afloat....(apparently he had the "gift-of-the-gab".....and later on was an Agent for the then newly formed AMP Society) John and "Minnie", as she was called, stayed in the Eden area, and after many years farming at Greig's Flat, eventually relocated residence to the banks of the Kiah River around 1890, not far from the mouth into Twofold Bay, and naming their property "Tarracoonee" , from local Aboriginal dialect. By now, they had 6 children, the eldest was Ethel (B.1871) and the youngest was Harold (B.1885), and having all been born in Eden or nearby, they were naturally drawn to all things nautical, i.e. boats, of all shapes and sizes, for many different purposes...in their case it was taking farm produce down the river to be transshipped onto larger vessels which would then sail via other coastal ports such as Marlo, eventually to Lakes Entrance, to be transhipped again for Melbourne markets. Around 1906/07 the family moved to Lakes Entrance- all the boys were Master Mariners, but with the advent of both motor vehicles and the railway, this slowly killed off their coastal shipping business. They concentrated on fishing, and stayed until about 1914, about the time WW1 was declared, when they decided their future lay in Sydney with the establishment of a Ferry service on the Harbour, and it was sons George and Arnold who initially got this new enterprise up and running, under the guidance of Norman, who remained in Lakes Entrance with his Mother following the death of John in 1910, before relocating themselves to Sydney around 1915.

Daniel Hegarty of Brunswick Australia was born in 1840 to John Hegarty and Ellen Cronon Hegarty. He had siblings John Hegarty, David Hegarty, and Timy Hegarty. Daniel Hegarty died at age 59 years old in 1899 in Brunswick.

Swanton Samuel Hegarty of Elsternwick Australia was born in 1844, and died at age 74 years old on January 16, 1919 in Werribee, Wyndham City County, VIC.

Timy Hegarty of Hotham West Australia was born in 1845, and died at age 68 years old in 1913 in Hotham West.