Daughter of Dennis McSwiney and Margaret Madden.
Melbourne Argus newspaper 22 April 1857
On the 20th inst., at St. Francis's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdale and the Rev. Mr. Madden, William Chisholm, Esq., of the firm of Chisholm Brothers, merchants, Melbourne and Kyneton, second son of Major (Archibald) and Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, to Susanna, the fourth daughter of D.McSwiney, Esq., of this city.
A year later on 15th March 1858 a daughter, Josephine, was born while she and William were living at Gore Street, Fitzroy. The child died in the following year of 1859. Sadly before then Susannah's husband, William died on the 17th November 1858, at the age of 21 years and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Susannah then decided to enter the religious Order of the Sisters of Charity.
Susannah also had good connections in the old country, afterall she was the sister-in-law of Caroline Agnes, known simply as Agnes who was the daughter of Caroline Chisholm,and was married to Edmund Dwyer Gray. Edmund was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and M.P. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell. He was originally descended from a protestant family, but he converted to Catholicism to marry Agnes in 1869. Edmund and Agnes had one son, Edmund Dwyer-Gray who would take over from his father as proprietor of his newspapers and would go on to become Premier of Tasmania.
Melbourne Argus newspaper 22 April 1857
On the 20th inst., at St. Francis's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdale and the Rev. Mr. Madden, William Chisholm, Esq., of the firm of Chisholm Brothers, merchants, Melbourne and Kyneton, second son of Major (Archibald) and Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, to Susanna, the fourth daughter of D.McSwiney, Esq., of this city.
A year later on 15th March 1858 a daughter, Josephine, was born while she and William were living at Gore Street, Fitzroy. The child died in the following year of 1859. Sadly before then Susannah's husband, William died on the 17th November 1858, at the age of 21 years and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Susannah then decided to enter the religious Order of the Sisters of Charity.
Susannah also had good connections in the old country, afterall she was the sister-in-law of Caroline Agnes, known simply as Agnes who was the daughter of Caroline Chisholm,and was married to Edmund Dwyer Gray. Edmund was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and M.P. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell. He was originally descended from a protestant family, but he converted to Catholicism to marry Agnes in 1869. Edmund and Agnes had one son, Edmund Dwyer-Gray who would take over from his father as proprietor of his newspapers and would go on to become Premier of Tasmania.
Daughter of Dennis McSwiney and Margaret Madden.
Melbourne Argus newspaper 22 April 1857
On the 20th inst., at St. Francis's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdale and the Rev. Mr. Madden, William Chisholm, Esq., of the firm of Chisholm Brothers, merchants, Melbourne and Kyneton, second son of Major (Archibald) and Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, to Susanna, the fourth daughter of D.McSwiney, Esq., of this city.
A year later on 15th March 1858 a daughter, Josephine, was born while she and William were living at Gore Street, Fitzroy. The child died in the following year of 1859. Sadly before then Susannah's husband, William died on the 17th November 1858, at the age of 21 years and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Susannah then decided to enter the religious Order of the Sisters of Charity.
Susannah also had good connections in the old country, afterall she was the sister-in-law of Caroline Agnes, known simply as Agnes who was the daughter of Caroline Chisholm,and was married to Edmund Dwyer Gray. Edmund was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and M.P. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell. He was originally descended from a protestant family, but he converted to Catholicism to marry Agnes in 1869. Edmund and Agnes had one son, Edmund Dwyer-Gray who would take over from his father as proprietor of his newspapers and would go on to become Premier of Tasmania.
Melbourne Argus newspaper 22 April 1857
On the 20th inst., at St. Francis's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdale and the Rev. Mr. Madden, William Chisholm, Esq., of the firm of Chisholm Brothers, merchants, Melbourne and Kyneton, second son of Major (Archibald) and Mrs. Caroline Chisholm, to Susanna, the fourth daughter of D.McSwiney, Esq., of this city.
A year later on 15th March 1858 a daughter, Josephine, was born while she and William were living at Gore Street, Fitzroy. The child died in the following year of 1859. Sadly before then Susannah's husband, William died on the 17th November 1858, at the age of 21 years and was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Susannah then decided to enter the religious Order of the Sisters of Charity.
Susannah also had good connections in the old country, afterall she was the sister-in-law of Caroline Agnes, known simply as Agnes who was the daughter of Caroline Chisholm,and was married to Edmund Dwyer Gray. Edmund was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and M.P. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell. He was originally descended from a protestant family, but he converted to Catholicism to marry Agnes in 1869. Edmund and Agnes had one son, Edmund Dwyer-Gray who would take over from his father as proprietor of his newspapers and would go on to become Premier of Tasmania.
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