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There are currently 2 researchers who have claimed Ann Moran
- Researcher (Paul Fergus)
- Researcher (Mary Wilson)
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Biographies
Ann Moran/Feaghan/Fagan was born c1767 probably in Trim Co, Meath Ireland. She was a publican by trade.
It is not known whether Ann was married previously before being transported to Australia. Since she was 30+ when transported it is not unreasonable to expect that she was previously married in Ireland. The marriage certificate of her son John Joseph gives his mother’s name as Ann Fegan/Feaghan; this may have been her maiden name. There is also the possibility that Moran was her maiden name and Fegan/Feaghan was her married name. The death certificates of her son John Joseph and her daughter Elizabeth both give her name as Ann Fagan/Feaghan.
Ann had been tried and convicted in Trim in Co Meath, Ireland, during the spring of 1797 in connection with political activities. Found guilty, she was sentenced to transportation for life to New South Wales.
Ann was held in custody in jail in Ireland for three years to await a ship for transportation to Australia. In November 1801 she was placed on board the Hercules which sailed on 28th November 1801 from the Port Of Cork, arriving in Australia on 26 June 1802. Ann was one of the first hundred Irish women convicts to come to Australia.
When Ann arrived on 26 June 1802 she was assigned work as a dairymaid at Toongabbi - she was the first registered dairy maid in Sydney. Here she met John Curtis and they began a relationship. In c1803 their first child, Elizabeth, was born. Between 1805 and 1814 another 4 children were born. On Tuesday 16 August 1814 in a ceremony at St Johns Church, Parramatta John Curtis and Ann Moran were married.
In about 1820, due to John's advancing age, Ann set up a business for herself as a publican. In 1825 she applied for and received a grant of 100 acres at Parramatta adjoining John’s original 30 acres.
On 6 October 1832 at the age of 65, Ann died and was buried at the Sydney Burial Ground, at the site of the present Sydney Central Railway Station.
In 1901, about 73 years after Ann’s burial, when the land was required to build the Railway Station her remains were transferred to the Pioneer Section of Botany Cemetery where her headstone still stands today amongst those of early settlers.
Submitted by Researcher (Mary Wilson) on 4 September 2020
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