Hingerty One Name Study

I have in my possession an old fire/smoke damaged book titled  "The Old Gray Rosary" .  My father (John William Hingerty 1923- 2008) always told me that the book was saved from 'the house fire' in Temora. He probably also told me who owned the house and when the fire occurred, but I didn't remember any of the details. While researching other aspects of the life of the Hingerty family in Temora, New South Wales, I remembered about the fire and thought I might investigate one day. Then, in a series of email exchanges with fellow Hingerty descendants, a house fire in Temora was mentioned and my interest was once again piqued- thank you CP and MT for the memory prompt! According to the Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser of 24 January 1930 a wooden building in deBoos Street Temora, owned by Thomas Hingerty (1868- 1940) and his family burned down.  The book I hold isn't listed among the few items saved.... What I also find interesting is the number of house fires there ...

De Boos St, Temora? August ?1909 Thomas Hilly was born 18 February 1874 at Yass, New South Wales. He was the second child of Catherine Mary (Kate) Hingerty and Owen Hilly's eight children. There was a very detailed report on his farewell on the eve of his departure for Rome in 1902 in the Cootamundra Herald.   Cootamundra Herald 24 December 1902 Thomas was ordained in Rome in June 1909. (Card supplied by CP) According to a note written by Marcella and placed in her family bible, Fr Hilly celebrated his first Mass in Temora on Sunday 15th August 1909.  (Supplied by CP) It would therefore, be assumed that the family celebration photo would have been taken on or around 15th August 1909. No report of the celebration has been fund in local newspapers of the time. Oral family history places this celebration in deBoos Street, probably at the home of Marcella. What evidence do we have that the celebration took place in deBoos Street? The Mass and celebration in Temora was the only cel...

How many hotels did John Hingerty and his wife Isabella McDonald own/run in New South Wales? Number 1: Telegraph Inn, Yass 1859-1860 Yass Courier 25 June 1859 If you were in need of a horse breaker in 1859- just head to Hingerty's hotel: After only one year, John handed over ownership to Mr Edwards in June 1860.  Yass Courier 30 June 1860 A John and Isabella descendant (MT) supplied the photograph below of the last standing wall of the Inn taken in 2018.  Telegraph Inn- About 2018  Source: MT In September 2023, John and Isabella descendant Mary Eastlake (Silk, Kennedy, Hingerty) visited the site. The wall is still standing and has been fenced off with an 8 foot fence for safekeeping. John & Isabella descendant Mary Eastlake (Silk, Kennedy, Hingerty) holding an Irish flag in front of the Telegraph Inn remains outside Yass, New South Wales, September 2023 Maps supplied by Mary Eastlake Number 2: Light House Inn, Ironbung ?1873- 1881? Originally a rural property, at some...