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

Lyons - Meagher Gallery

This Gallery contains photos of the family of William Patrick Lyons and Johanna Josephine Meagher.


William Patrick Lyons: Aged about 10-12?
William Patrick Lyons: Aged about 10-12?
Studio photograph by N White, Mitchell St., Sandhurst (early 1870s)

William Patrick Lyons: c. 1890s
William Patrick Lyons: c. 1890s

Lyons - Meagher Wedding
Lyons - Meagher Wedding, 24 April 1901, Bendigo, Victoria
  • Seated: Third from left is Patrick Lyons, then Ellen Lyons, William Lyons, Johanna Meagher. The woman next to Johanna is believed to be her mother, Bridget Meagher.
  • Photo - "The Bendigonian", 30 April 1901, courtesy Shirley Spencer, great-granddaughter of Patrick and Ellen Lyons.

Lyons - Meagher Wedding
Lyons - Meagher Wedding, 24 April 1901, Bendigo, Victoria
(Detail from larger photograph)
  • Seated - from left: Patrick Lyons, Ellen Lyons, William Lyons, Johanna Meagher. The woman next to Johanna is believed to be her mother, Bridget Meagher.
  • Front - from left: Marguerita Roberts, Dorothy Armstrong, Eileen Meagher.
  • Photo - "The Bendigonian", 30 April 1901, courtesy Shirley Spencer, great-granddaughter of Patrick and Ellen Lyons.

Lyons - Meagher Wedding
Lyons - Meagher Wedding, 24 April 1901, Bendigo, Victoria
  • Rear: William Lyons, Johanna Meagher, Mary Kate Meagher, Thomas Lyons.
  • Front: Marguerita Roberts, Dorothy Armstrong, Eileen Meagher.
  • Photo - "The Bendigonian", 30 April 1901.

Children of William and Johanna Lyons
Children of William and Johanna Lyons
  • Rear - from left; Marguerita Mary, Francis Patrick.
  • Front - from left; Clarice Ellen, Kathleen Stella, Florence Bridget
  • Not present; Dorothy (deceased), Doris Joan, Monica Rose, William Kevin Joseph
  • Photo taken July 1910 at 31 Durham Street, Stanmore.

Francis Patrick Lyons: c. 1918
Francis Patrick Lyons, William and Johanna Lyons' eldest son; c.1918?, aged 14-15?

Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1920
Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1920

Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1920
Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1920

Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1930
Johanna Lyons (nee Meagher), probably about 1930

Johanna, William and Ellen Lyons, probably about 1930
Johanna, William and Ellen Lyons, possibly about 1930 and possibly at the Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington (where Francis Lyons was studying for the priesthood)

Lyons family about 1930
Johanna Josephine Hart (Nee Lyons), Florence Lyons, Kevin Hart, Father Frank Lyons and his parents Johanna and William Lyons - probably about 1930 shortly after or at Frank's ordination. William Lyons was Johanna Hart's brother.

Lyons Family - Florence, Clarice, Frank, Kath, Doris - c 1930
Lyons Family - Florence, Clarice, Frank, Kath, Doris - c 1930, probably at 33 The Avenue, Strathfield

Lyons - Hart, probably about 1930
Lyons - Hart: Florence Lyons, Kevin Hart, Clarice Lyons and unknown - about 1930, probably at Strathfield

William and Johanna Lyons, about 1930
William and Johanna Lyons, about 1930

Lyons family at Strathfield
Lyons family at Strathfield (probably 33 The Avenue) about 1930
  • Rear - from left; Florence, Doris, Monica, Clarice, Kathleen
  • Front - from left; William Kevin (Bill), Johanna, William Patrick, Marguerita

33 The Avenue, Strathfield, NSW: William and Johanna Lyons' home, c.1930?
33 The Avenue, Strathfield, NSW: William and Johanna Lyons' home, with (from left), daughters Florence, Kath and Doris. c.1930?

Father Francis (Frank) Lyons on board the SS Morinda, 28 January 1931
Father Francis (Frank) Lyons on board the SS Morinda, 28 January 1931, bound for Papua. Persons in the foreground are (from left) Mary Kathleen Prowse and Leonie Josephine Prowse (Francis' cousins) with (probably) Johanna and William Lyons, Francis' parents

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

Meetup in Melbourne
Meetup in Melbourne
  • From left: Brian Walters (grandson of William and Johanna Lyons), Nance Hart, Kevin Hart (son of James and Johanna Hart), Anita Fountain (daughter of James and Johanna Hart) - 4 October 1994<
  • Photographed on 4 October 1994 by Margaret Walters

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

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