OLLIFFE (also OLIFFE, OLIFF)

My wife's maiden name was OLLIFFE.

Her great-great-great grandfather was Joseph Benjamin OLLIFFE, a Cooper for the salted butter trade who resided in Ferry Lane, Cork City, Cork, Ireland.  Joseph and his wife Mary ATKINS married in 1802 in Cork, Ireland.  They had 2 sons, Joseph Benjamin (1804-1878) and John (1810-1881).


Joseph Benjamin OLLIFFE

The 2 sons married 2 sisters (Ellen & Ann OSBORNE).  After their father's death in early 1830s these 2 couples, together with the wives' brother, emigrated as paying passengers  to Sydney, NSW, Australia, arriving in 1837.

John OLLIFFE, my wife's great-great grandfather who had married Ellen OSBORNE (1810-1885) in 1830 in Cork had 8 children : Ellen (1833-1906), Thomas (1837-1895), Ann (1836-1836), Joseph Benjamin (1839-1912), Benjamin Joseph (1844-1919), John (1845-1891), Henry (1849-1912) & Anna (1852-1932).

Their 3rd child, Thomas, married Catherine (Kate) OLLIFFE (1839-1903), a first cousin, being a daughter of Joseph Benjamin OLLIFFE & Ann OSBORNE.  Thomas & Catherine also had 8 children : Gustuvus Vaughan King (1861-1928), Thomas Francis Herbert (1863-1863), Lily Gertrude Australia (1864-1865), Oliver Herbert Seymour (1867-1935), Ida Mildred Fredericka (1867-1923), Frederick Walter Armagh (1871-1919), Osbourne Lancelot Evered (1876-1876) & Leslie Arthur Clarence (1882-1952).

The eldest child, Gustuvus Vaughan King OLLIFFE, was my wife's grandfather.  He married Margaret FLEMING (1863-1947) & they had 7 children : Lionel Adrian Trevor (1883-1960), Clarence Everett Osborne (1885-1953), Lester Elwyn Cleveland (1886-1973), Herman Eric (1888-1889), Ida Lillian (1889-1956), Ruby Hilda (1891-1953) & Gustuvus Reginald (1893-1970), my wife's father.


Gustavus Vaughan King OLLIFFE

My wife's great-great uncle, Joseph Benjamin OLLIFFE & great-great aunt, Ann OSBORNE who had married in 1826 in Cork had 4 children : Marianne Josephine (1828-1870), Frances Ellen (1829-1901), Joseph Benjamin (1835-1930) & Catherine (1839-1903), my wife's great grandmother.

The 3rd child, Joseph Benjamin OLLIFFE, married Elizabeth Catherine CALLAGHAN (1839-1915) and they had 13 children : Joseph Benjamin (1861-1939), Clarissa Maude (1863-1894), Hermoine Frances (1865-1865), Mary Edith (1866-1957), Charles Augustus (1868-1961), Mabel Blanche (1870-1949), Claud Osborne (1872-1875), Ethel Maude (1872-1875), Laura Grace (1875-1876), Walter Reginald (1877-1946), Arthur Oscar (1878-1962), Percy Oscar (1879-1961) & Eric Austen (1881-1882).

RELATED SURNAMES : Atkins, Callaghan, Fleming, Osborne

RELATED PLACES : Cork, Sydney
 

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