Michaels wife - Rose Anna CAULFIELD of SYDNEY



1855 ?   Rose Hannah (Anna?) CAULFIELD was born in Sydney, Australia approximately 1855 (according to her daughter Rose's 1882 birth certificate).

1878 Rose Anna CAULFIELD married Michael RYAN (aka William SOMERVILLE) in 1878 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.

1879 Rose gives birth to William Ryan.

1880 Rose gives birth to Henry Somerville Ryan.

1882 Rose gives birth to Rose Somerville Ryan.

1884 Rose gives birth to Eliza Somerville Ryan.

1886 Rose gives birth to James Caulfield Ryan who died in 1956 aged 70.

1888 Rose gives birth to Kathleen Somerville Ryan.

1890 Michael Ryan dies, aged 52, on 25 Feb 1890.  He is buried in Purewa Cemetery on the 27 Feb 1890.  Rose would only have been 45 at his death with 4 very young children.


Three years later in 1893 a "Rose Ann Ryan" occupation, home duties shows on that years electoral rolls as living in Hepburn Street, City of Auckland electorate. 


NZ Electoral Rolls for Rose Hannah Somerville : 

1896  Eden, Auckland              Northcote        Domestic Duties, Residential

1900  Eden, Auckland              Devonport        Home Duties

1911  Waitemata, Auckland      Devonport        Widow

1914  Auckland Central,           Empire Buildings, Swanson Street       Widow
        (Kathleen Somerville-Ryan also in same location, Spinster)   

SOMERVILLE RYAN.—On April 17, at St Bernard's Private Hospital, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Rose Hannah, relict of the late Captain William Somerville Ryan, of Auckland, New Zealand, and deeply beloved patient mother of her loving daughter, Kathleen Somerville Ryan — Sleep on, mother, till we meet; others may think. RIP


Buried in Rookwood Catholic Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales - search here 
Names:             Rose H S Ryan 
Service Date:    18 Apr 1916  
Age:                63 
Gender:            F 
Register Number: 142406 
Burial Type:       Burial 
Location:          Section Grave Mortuary 2.
Area :               E Grave : 1767


Going back further...

Am trying to see if there is a link from my Rose Anna / Rose Hannah Caulfield b Sydney, Australia to this one :  *** Above now confirms this ***

PRE 1856 Baptism NSW Registry - Caulfield, Roseanna - parents Patrick and Eliza - Year 1853 - Entry 641 - Vol 70 ** Also **
PRE 1856 Baptism NSW Registry - Caulfield, Roseanna - parents Patrick and Eliza - Year 1853 - Entry 3488 - Vol 141

And prior marriage...

PRE 1856 Marriages NSW Registry - Caulfield, Patrick m Whiffen, Eliza - Year 1850 - Entry 452 - Vol 96

        NSW BDM shows registration number V1850452/1850, District : PC




Other possibles : 

Death of Patrick Caulfield 1907 (source NSW BDM reg 15641/1907
    Fathers Name : James
    Mothers Name : Ellen
    District : St Leonards
    -> Note - No NSW Eliza Caulfield deaths


Funeral Notices : 
CAULFIELD, Patrick - Funeral notice, late of Naremburn Sydney Morning Herald - 2 Dec 1907
























Death of Eliza Caulfield 1878 aged 60 (source NZ BDM 1878 /4635 ) 
    -> Note - No NZ Patrick Caulfield deaths to 1930

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The Sydney Morning Herald - Thursday 10 November 1887
TOWNSEND--CAULFIELD. - November 9, 1887, by the Rev.William Bradley, at Bethel House, Alfred J., eldest son of Cap-tain Townsend of Blue's Point, North Shore, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Patrick Caulfield, of Alfred Street, North Shore