Thompson / Corporaal Family History

Catherine Curtin ¹

   Cause of her death was senile decay and syncopé (Hypotension or low blood pressure).⁷

   Another name for Catherine was Catherine Curtin.⁸

  General Notes:

The connection between Catherine and her alleged parents needs further research. If correct Catherine was born when her mother was 68 years old. This seems unlikely. ⁹

  Some of her life's milestones were:

There is conflicting birth location of Limerick City, Co. Limerick, Ireland. ^{10 11}

was present at the baptism of Caroline Deery Jun 25, 1835 Limerick City, Co. Limerick, Ireland. ¹² Her sponsers were James Machale & Mary Hayes

She travelled with Henry Deery from from England to Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand on Nov 26, 1847. ^{13 13} with his wife and 4 children. They were aboard the "Sir George Seymour" and left Gravesend, England on 12 August 1847 carrying 78 "Fencibles" pensioners, 63 Women and 114 Children. It was the fourth and largest of the ten ships, a barque at 867 tons and arrived in Auckland on 26 November 1847. There were 14 deaths during the journey, nine of which were children under 5 years of age. The last of the pensioners and their families dis-embarked on 16 December and followed the other families to Howick.

From the passenger list (Transcribed by Carol Whyte, Dec 2000)
NAME 1st name BORN DIED
Banan, John 1814 SCT - 1852 Howick
[Should have read Barron]
Banan, Elizabeth (nee Deery)
Banan, 3 children
Deery, Henry 1796 QNS IRE - 1879 Parnell
Deery, Catherine (Curtain) 1818 FRMY IRE - 1896 Parnell
Deery, 4 children

Catherine was buried along side her husband Henry and their son David, on Aug 9, 1879, in Symonds St Cemetery. ¹⁴ But in the early 1960s the Roman Catholic and Anglican section of the cemetery was resumed for the construction of the Auckland Southern Motorway. More than 4,100 bodies were moved and re-interred into two memorial sites at the cemetery, and the land area was reduced by about a quarter. During the relocation, 2000 graves were found under 1200 headstones in the Anglican section, and 2100 graves under 400 headstones were found in the Catholic section.
None of the original headstones were retained.
(Source - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symonds_Street_Cemetery Accessed November 10, 2015)

Cemetery Records - Symonds Street
Abstract
According to the late 1950's tombstone transcriptions Henry Deery died 5 August 1879 aged 83 years, David Deery died 25 September 1880 aged 34 years and Catherine Deery died 8 April 1896 aged 78 years. The tombstone was originally erected by Catherine Deery and a son. The St Patrick's register has Henry Deary buried 9 August 1879 aged 85 years of Parnell. The Death certificate index for 1896 has Catherine Deery (No. 597). The New Zealand Herald of 9\\\\4\\\\1896 has Catherine Deery died 8 April 1896 aged 78 years, relict of Henry Deery, and buried 10 April 1896 in Symonds Street Cemetery.
Subjects
Deery, Henry, d.1879; Deery, David, d.1880; Deery, Catherine, d.1896; Deery, -
Symonds Street Cemetery
Notes: The list of Catholic removed graves has Henry, David and Catherine.

(Source - http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/symondsst/sscem.html [search "DEERY'] Accessed November 10, 2015.)

She died on Apr 8, 1896 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. ¹⁵
Extract from her death certificate
"Catherine Deery, female, of senile decay and syncope, aged 78 years. Last seen by Dr Wright 8th April 1896. Born Limerick, Ireland, daughter of David Curten, soldier, and Margaret ....., in New Zealand 48 years. Married Ireland at 16 to Henry Deery. Male issue living - aged 55, 40, 33. Female issue living - aged 61, 47, 36."

Catherine was living at Eglington Street, Parnell Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand in Apr 1896

Catherine's Death Notice was published in Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand.¹ ⁷
From the New Zealand Herald Thursday 9th April 1896

"DEERY On April 8, 1896, at her residence, Eglington Street, Parnell, Catherine, relict of the late Mr Henry Deery, aged 78 years. R.I.P. The funeral will leave her late residence for Symonds Street Cemetery tomorrow (Friday) at 3 o'clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend."

Catherine married Henry Deery, son of Henry Deery, Sn and Sarah Burke, on Jun 30, 1833 in Limerick City, Ireland.¹ (Henry Deery was born in Dec 1795 in Mountmellick, Co. Queens, Ireland, baptised on Jan 7, 1796 in Ballynakill Parish, Co. Queens, Ireland,¹⁶ died on Aug 5, 1879 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand ¹⁷ and was buried on Aug 9, 1879 in Auckland, Waikato, New Zealand ⁶.)