My "Branxton" Family Tree

William J. Bowen b: 1790 - d: 1848, married Elizabeth (nee ?) b: 1791 - d: (?).  They had two known children, Thomas and Elizabeth. 
  
Elizabeth Bowen b: 1828 - d: (?) married Thomas Raisbeck b: 1811 d: (?).  Their known children were Thomas b: 1832, William b: 1847 and Henry b: 1849.

William Raisbeck b: 1847 - d: 1927 married Bridget Sweeney.  

Together they raised five children; 

Emily b: (?) - d: 1915, 

William Henry Raisbeck b: 1865 - d: 1935, 

Maria Raisbeck b: 1868 - d: 1868, 

Rebecca Raisbeck b: 1869 - d: 1870  

Manesseh Raisbeck b: 1871 - d: (?)

William Henry Raisbeck b: 24th December 1865 in Branxton - d: 12th September 1935 in Paramatta.  He married Bridget M. Kenna b: 1862 - d: 1942.

Bridget M. Kenna was the daughter of Michael Kenna b: abt 1830 - 1897 and Mary Dunne b: abt 1834 - d: 1921.  Together, Michael and Mary had fourteen (14) children.  They were;

Johanna Kenna b: 1856 - d: 1930, married William John Sheridan in 1877.
James Kenna b: 1857 - d: 1860. 

Mary Kenna b: 1859 - d: 1929, married Henry Anthony Bendeich in 1903.

Margaret Kenna b: 1861 - d: 1943, married Thomas Shanahan in 1879.

Bridget M. Kenna  (as above)

Catherine Kenna b: 1864 - d: 1957, married George Devine.

Ellen Kenna b: 1865 - d: 1951, married James Yates in 1888.

Patrick J. Kenna b: 1867 -d: 1923, married Ellen Murphy in 1900.

Honora Kenna b: 1868 - d: 1954, married Michael Cantwell in 1894.

Jane A. Kenna b: 1870 - d: 1935, married Thomas Cantwell in 1895. 

Elizabeth Kenna b: 1871 - d: (?), married James Farrell.

Michael John Kenna b: 1873 - d: 1924, married Evelyn Agnes Parrott.

Martin William Kenna b: 1874 - d: 1954, married Mary Elizabeth Larney in 1905.

James Augustine Kenna b: 1876 - d: 1956.

My Great Grandparents, Margaret Kenna (as above) and Thomas Shanahan b: 1847 - d: 1939 married in Maitland in 1879.  They made their home in Branxton and shared it with their twelve (12) children.  They were;

John Shanahan b: 1880 – d: 1942

Mary Elizabeth Shanahan b: 1882 – d: 1968, married Matthew Francis Hayes.

Isabella Josephine Shanahan b: 1884 – d: 1961, married Edward T. L. Hawkins.

Margaret Clare Shanahan b: 1886 – d: 1975, married Albert G. Chambers.

Michael Shanahan b: 1888 – d: 1943, married Clara Maud Bell.

Catherine Anne Shanahan b: 1890 – d 1979, never married.

Thomas Shanahan b: 1893 - d: 1986, never married, caretaker of Lochinvar Convent.

Bernardette Shanahan b: 1896 – d: 1944, married Jack Skein.

Vincent Shanahan b: 1898 – d: 1943, never married, became a Marist Brother.

Josephine Shanahan b: 1900 – d: 1996, married Arno Hebbe.

Patrick  Leo Shanahan b: 1903 – d: 1985, married Lucy Hatcher.

William Shanahan b: 1906 – d: 1906.