The Lyons-Ryan Family of 'Ellendale', Marong, Victoria

Patrick and Ellen Lyons Gallery

This Gallery contains photos of Patrick and Ellen Lyons and other images relevant to them.


Ellen Lyons: About 1860
Ellen Lyons: About 1860
Photo courtesy Vincent Bowen, great-grandson of Patrick and Ellen Lyons

Patrick Lyons, about 1900
Patrick Lyons, about 1900

Ellen Lyons: About 1900
Ellen Lyons: About 1900

Patrick Lyons, about 1900
Ellen Lyons. Photo reported to be taken at Christmas 1927
Year uncertain - the same photograph accompanied an article on Ellen Lyons in "The Morning Post" newspaper of Friday 3 December 1926

Ellen Lyons: About 1930
Ellen Lyons: About 1930

The 'Ellenborough', the ship that brought William, Mary (Ann) and Ellen Ryan to Australia in 1854
The 'Ellenborough', the ship that brought William, Mary (Ann) and Ellen Ryan to Australia in 1854
Public Domain image from Wikimedia Commons

The 'Ellenborough' under tow: 1854-1862
The 'Ellenborough' under tow: 1854-1862 (Steam Tug "Washington" towing the ship "Ellenborough" in a strong North Easter - Frederick Garling)
Image: State Library of New South Wales

The 'Marco Polo'
The 'Marco Polo', the ship that is believed most likely to have brought Patrick Lyons to Australia in 1853
Public Domain image from Wikimedia Commons

'Ellendale': about 1880
'Ellendale': about 1880
Photo courtesy Kevin Hart, grandson of Patrick and Ellen Lyons

The Lyons family at 'Ellendale' about 1904
The Lyons family at 'Ellendale' about 1904
  • Rear - from left: Thomas Lyons, Brigid Lyons, James Hart, Ellen Agnes (Cis) Bowen (nee Lyons), George Bowen
  • Centre - from left: Margaret Roberts (nee Lyons), Arthur Roberts, Ellen Lyons (nee Ryan), Patrick Lyons, Veronica Hart (being nursed), Johanna Hart (nee Lyons)
  • Front - from left: Dorothy Armstrong, four Roberts and Bowen children, Marguerita Roberts
  • Photo courtesy Kevin Hart, grandson of Patrick and Ellen Lyons

Ellen Lyons (right) with son William Patrick Lyons and his wife Johanna
Ellen Lyons (right) with son William Patrick Lyons and his wife Johanna (Possibly about 1930 and possibly at the Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, Sydney where William and Johanna's son, Francis Lyons, was studying for the priesthood)

Florence Walters, daughter of William and Johanna Lyons
Florence Walters, daughter of William and Johanna Lyons, holds the silver plated tray presented to Ellen Lyons on leaving Marong, 4 April 1912
Photographed in June 1992, Lawson, NSW

Launch of 'Ellendale and Beyond
Launch of 'Ellendale and Beyond' with Florence Walters (daughter of William and Johanna Lyons - holding tray), her husband John Walters and grandchildren of William and Johanna; Marsfield, NSW 1997
Photo: Margaret Walters

Lyons' Family Plot, Marong Cemetery
Lyons' Family Plot, Marong Cemetery where both Patrick and Ellen Lyons are buried, together with Ellen's parents, William Ryan and Mary (Ann) Ryan, and other members of the family - Brigid Lyons, Thomas Patrick Lyons, Mary Ann Armstrong (nee Lyons), William Armstrong, Kathleen Lyons
Photographed in October 2005

Lyons' Headstone, Marong Cemetery
Lyons' Headstone, Marong Cemetery
Photographed in October 2005

Location of Ellendale
Property of Patrick and Ellen Lyons and family from 1865 to 1912

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