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Michael Hickey 1825 - 1908

Michael Hickey of - Camp Hill, in Tallarook, mitchell shire County Australia was born in 1825 in Limerick, LK Ireland to John Hickey and Mary Hickey. He had a brother Patrick Hickey. He married Anne (Rogers) Hickey in 1844, and had children Sarah Anne Hickey and John Hickey. Michael Hickey died at age 82 years old on February 2, 1908 in Tallarook, VIC Australia.

Michael Hickey

- Camp Hill, in Tallarook, mitchell shire County vic, Australia

1825

Limerick, LK, Ireland

February 2, 1908

Tallarook, Mitchell Shire County, VIC, 3659, Australia

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Michael Hickey arrived in Sydney from Limerick in Ireland on the ship Adam Lodge in 1839. He was 14 years old and the next day managed to get a job with Jamieson Bros assisting to move sheep and cattle all the way to Tallarook Station some 500 miles [800km] away. Michael remained at the station working for the Jamieson brothers and then for Joseph Hawdon when he took over. When Michael got married he and his new bride received a wedding present from Joseph Hawdon of 160 acres within the Station property. Michel built a house and named it Camp Hill. He had good relationships with the Taungurung locals who camped on the hill overlooking Hickey’s property and so Michael named his place for them. TheHickey’s life appears to have been consumed with local matters. He was a founder or member of the local cricket, football and tennis clubs, an advocate for community matters through his membership of the Road Board, the Shire Council and his role as a Justice of the Peace, amongst other positions. When he died at the age of 83 from senile decay, having been blind with cataracts for 11 years, Tallarookians were truly saddened so that “from far and near they assembled at very short notice and the mournful procession was one of the largest seen in the district. story goes that a high and very fast moving flood one year made it extremely dangerous for Michael and his family to swim to safety but the Taungurung rescued them using canoes. Taken from website: tallarook.org.au
1825

Birthday

1825

Birthdate

Limerick, LK Ireland

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Nationality & Locations

Kilmore, Kilmore Parish County, Australia St Francis Melbourne Parish County, Australia
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Roman Catholic, St Francis Melbourne Parish Roman Catholic, Kilmore Parish Roman Catholic, St Francis Melbourne Parish Roman Catholic, St Francis Melbourne Parish
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1908

Death

February 2, 1908

Death date

natural causes

Cause of death

Tallarook, Mitchell Shire County, VIC 3659, Australia
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Michael Hickey lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.

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In 1825, in the year that Michael Hickey was born, on October 26th, the Erie Canal opened. Construction had begun in 1817 and the completion of the canal provided passage from Albany New York to Buffalo New York and Lake Erie. Previously, pack animals had to be used to transport goods - there were no railroads - and the canal allowed goods to be shipped relatively easily and quickly.

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In 1843, Michael was 18 years old when on May 22nd, an estimated 700 to 1,000 pioneers set out from Missouri on the Oregon Trail. Called "The Great Migration of 1843", the wagon train often had to build roads or float down rivers.

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