James Joseph Dynan (1859 - 1915)
James Joseph Dynan was born on 4 August 1859 (purportedly in Kilbarra, Tipperary). He was baptised at the Woodford Roman Catholic Parish Church in East Galway on 11 August 1859. He was the second son of John Dynan and Bridget Broderick (aka Broder). On his baptismal record his name is Dignan.
Little is know of the James's early years, apart from the fact that his father was a labourer, and the family moved around the East Galway and Tipperary borders.
It is thought that James moved to England around 1880 and there is a potential census record for him in the 1881 census.
In 1882 James and his sister Mary Agnes migrated to Australia aboard the Compta. The Compta was a ???? It 2094 tonne, 200 horse power mail steamer commanded by Captain A A Fyfe. It departed from Plymouth on April 12, 1882 with 415 immigrants aboard (64 married couples, 121 single men, 81 single women, 60 boys, 89 girls, 16 infants. There were three births on the voyage including one before the steamer left Plymouth. Of these 424 individuals 116 disembarked in Rockhampton with the remaining 202 proceeding to Brisbane. See Compta - An Immigrant Ship for further information)
It is unknown where James disembarked or what he did after his arrival. James siblings emigrated in 1883
James married Margaret Cecilia Sweeney on January 24 1884 at ???. Margaret is the daughter of Michael Sweeney and Mary Ann ??? (source is Margarets death certificate)
Less than 30 days after their marriage Margaret gave birth to twin boys, the first of the eleven children (five sons and six daughters) they had between 1884 and 1899:
- John Dynan Born 1884 ; Married Florence Muriel Agnes Priestly ; Died 1956
- Michael Dynan Born 1884 ;
- James Joseph Dynan Born 1886 ; Married Ethel Adele Dooley ; Died 1966
- Bridget Dynan Born 1888 ; Married Maurice Murphy ; Died ?
- Margaret Dynan Born 1890 ; Married John Joseph Darrough ; Died 1974
- Patrick Cecil Dynan Born 1890 ; Married Mary Brooker ; Died 1964
- William August Dynan Born 1893 ; Died 1919
- Mary Cecilia Dynan Born 1895 ; Died 1983
- Catherine Ann Dynan Born 1899 ; Married Harold Ernest Vidler ; Died 1970
- Edna Frances Dynan Born ? ; Married Michael Buckley ; Died ???
James and Margaret were also foster parents to the daughter of James sister Mary Agnes
- Catherine Maloney Born 1890 ; Married Andrew McDonald ; Died 1948