The Travels 'n Travails of Paddy Egan

Historical or ancestral research can involve putting flesh on ancient bones of some quirky characters, providing insights into how late colonialists lived through good and hard times of NSW. Take, for example, Anthony Egan and his wife, Ann Ryan, who were originally from the Bathurst/Orange region beginning in 1855, then later moved on to Dubbo and Narromine. Their first son, George A Egan, was born in 1880 in Cudal. Of interest is that one Paddy Egan also was born in 1880 in a place unknow...