Daniel Quinane, (See Daniel's Family Chart ) was born in 1825 at Gurtnahalla, Upperchurch, County Tipperary, Ireland. His parents were Michael Quinane and Mary Ryan. he was the second child and the oldest male in a family of 8 children.
At the age of 30 he emigrated to Australia on board the "Eastern States", arriving in Melbourne in 1855 and also headed for the Gold Fields around Ballarat. On the 8th April 1856 he married Ellen Stapleton at Eureka, Ballarat.
Daniel and Ellen also moved to the Bellarine Peninsula area and their first son, Michael was born in the area at Drysdale on 9 January 1857. This couple had the following children, Michael (1857), Mary (1859), John (1860), Daniel (1862), Catherine (1864) and Jeremiah (1865), all born at Indented Head in the Bellarine area.
A reference to Daniel appears in the index to the Bellarine Rate Books from 1864 to 1871, in the Drysdale Courts Index in 1859, 1862, and 1865,and Post Office Directories for 1868 to 1870. Daniel notified in the Geelong Advertiser (1867/69) that he was the Licensee of the Drysdale Hotel in Ryrie Street and gave notice of his intention to apply for transfer of the license to Martin Shea, Geelong. At Geelong Petty Session Court 23/12/1868.
Remember that Daniel and Ellen had moved to the Irrewarra/Colac area prior to Ellen's death in 1872. Daniel made the following statement in relation to the death of his wife Ellen:
"Daniel Quinane in his oath saith, I am a farmer and reside near Ondit and was the Husband of the deceased Ellen Quinane, on Wednesday morning about 11 am the 20th inst I heard of the accident to the deceased, I went to Willises Hotel and saw her there, she said I have met with an accident, I was going home in a wagon and while going down Boucher's Hill I was sitting in the front of the wagon the horse bolted and kicked me in the leg. She said there was a man with her driving the horse but that there was no blame to be attached to him as it was a mear accident."
Sworn at Irrewarra this 26th day of August 1872 - Signed Daniel Quinane.
Daniel must have remained in the Irrewarra/Colac district after Ellen's death for Baillere's Victorian Directory for 1880-81 has Daniel living at Fresh Lake Warrion as a Farmer. However, the Wise's Post Office Directory for 1884-94 has Daniel living at Loddon Vale in Victoria and the 1897-98 edition has him living at Corop in Victoria.
The Geelong Advertiser 1881 - notes that Dan Quinane was leaving the district. His 213 acre property fronting Bellarine Road (10 miles from Geelong) opposite late Mr Cuthbert's gate was up for auction (26/11/1881).
We have Daniel moving to Loddon Vale and Corop in the late 1890's after Ellen's death. He died at Barooga on 27/10/1903 and is buried in the Cobram Cemetery. It seems that most of his family had also moved to the Barooga area.
At the time of his death, Daniel was described as a farmer and held about 200 acres of land in three allotments in the Parish of Corop, valued at 950 pounds.
Information on Daniel's Children:
Daniel's Family Tree for this Generation