known TWOMEY GROOMS in New Zealand 1880 - 1932

* Brian Leo Twomey (1894-1975)
...married Hilda Myra KEMBLE (1890-1987) in 1923
- daughter of Charles John KEMBLE & Katherine MORGAN

* Daniel Twomey
...married Sarah Ann DURHAM in 1880
their known children:
* 1882 - John William Twomey
* 1883 - Mary Twomey
* 1885 - Sarah Ann Caldwell Twomey
* 1887 - 1966 Horace Mace Twomey
* 1889 - 1900 Daniel George Twomey (aged 7 months)
* 1892 - Olive Maud Sibyls Twomey
* 1894 - Rosina May Twomey
* 1897 - Daniel Denis Twomey
* 1900 - George Twomey
* 1902 - Eileen May Twomey

* Frederick George Twomey (1866-1893)
- born Wellington to Michael Henry TWOMEY & Elizabeth COOPER
...married Louisa Caroline HODGSON (1869-1923) in Wellington 1885
- born Dunedin to Robert HODGSON & Martha HAYES
their known children:
* 1886 - 1948 Louisa Isabel Twomey (born Wellington)
* 1888 - 1961 Walter Frederick Twomey (born Sydney)
* 1893 - 1974 William George Twomey (born Sydney)
Frederick married Emily Rosa HENNING (1867-1913) NSW 1891 (2 children)
He married Ada Marianne REID-ROBERTSON (1872-1938) NSW 1915 (5 children)
FREDERICK died 8 July 1933 in Chatswood, New South Wales

* Jeremiah Matthew Twomey (1847-1921)
The Honorable Jeremiah Matthew Twomey, Member of the Legislative Council, was employed on the Wellington ?Chronicle,? ?Evening Post,? ?Wanganui Herald,? ?Timaru Herald,? and ?Press,? Christchurch and purchased the ?Temuka Leader? in 1881
...married Teresa Mary HUGHES in 1882
their known children:
* 1883 - Mary Josephine Twomey
* 1885 - Ernest Matthew Towmey
* 1886 - Emily Teresa Towmey
* 1889 - Kathleen Julia Twomey
* 1891 - Margaret Melbourne Twomey
* 1892 - 1917 Francis Hugh Twomey (killed in Palestine)
* 1894 - Brian Leo Twomey

* John Twomey (1859-1908)
...married Kate Edith NEWSHAM (1859-1927) in 1885
- daughter of Thomas NEWSHAM & Mary Louisa LETHBRIDGE
their known children:
* 1886 - 1899 Ada Mary Twomey
* 1888 - 1972 Thomas Gerald Twomey
* 1889 - 1903 Una Julia Twomey
* 1889 - 1889 Ina Kate Twomey
* 1891 - 1974 John Newsham Twomey
* 1892 - 1968 Fleta Constance Twomey
* 1894 - 1960 William Royden Twomey
* 1896 - 1918 Hugh Michael Twomey (killed in France)
* 1897 - 1873 Louisa Kathleen Twomey
* 1899 - 1899 Frederick Twomey

* John Christopher Twomey (1889-1962)
...married Ellen Margaret COLLINS (1896-1974) in 1926

* John Newsham Twomey (1891-1974)
...married Kathleen CHADWICK (1900-1970) in 1932

* John Patrick Twomey (1894-1936)
...married Mabel Irene SMITH (1903-2002) in 1921

* John Thomas Twomey
...married Ethel Muriel BENNETT (1896-1938) in 1927

* John Thomas Matthew Twomey
...married Doris May VEEVERS in 1918
Evening Post, 26 January 1918 A pretty wedding was solemnised by the Rev Father Campbell at St Anne's Church, Newtown, on Tuesday last, the bride being Miss Doris May Veever, daughter of Mr and Mrs P. Veevers, of Liverpool, England, and Mr J. T. Twomey (well known in sporting circles), eldest son of Mr and Mrs P. M. Twomey of bay View-raod, Lyall Bay. The bridesmaids were Miss Monica Twomey (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss Nellie Lang. The bride, who was given away by Pte J. Flannagan, wore a white silk dress, veril and orange blossoms, and cattied a beautiful bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. The bridesmaids were in white embroidery dresses, with black tulle hats, and each carried shower bouquets of pink sweet peas. The bridegroom's present to the bridesmaids was a gold brooch each. Mr and Mrs J. Twomey left for the north the same day

* John William Twomey
...married Nellie GARDENER (1883-1971) in 1909
their known children:
* 1910 - Olive May Twomey
* 1913 - William Thomas Twomey

* Joseph Henry Twomey (1888-1964)
...married Freda Arline Blanche HOLMES (1897-1972) in 1928

* Joseph Thomas Twomey (1865-1915)
...married Emma DURRANT (1859-1916) in 1887
their known children:
* 1888 - 1917 Joseph Oscar Twomey (killed in Belgium)
* 1889 - James Henry Twomey
* 1891 - Henry John Twomey
* 1893 - 1951 Emma Ada Twomey
* 1895 - Ruby Grace Twomey
* 1907 - James Daniel Twomey
JOSEPH died 8 Sep 1915 aged 50
EMMA died 3 Sep 1916 aged 57
- they are buried Plot 157, PUBLIC2 at Karori, Wellington

* Maurice Twomey (1891-1959)
...married Margaret Rose TWOMEY (1902-1995) in 1930
their known children:
* 1931 - 2011 Eileen Margaret Mary Twomey (spinster)

* Michael Twomey
...married Ellen CASEY in 1884
their known children:
* 1887 - Ellen Twomey
* 1890 - Daniel Twomey
* 1893 - Patrick Twomey

* Patrick Twomey
...married Mary Adelia RIVERS (1892-1977) in 1923

* Patrick Joseph Twomey (1892?1963)
... driven by an intense religious concern to work for the relief of suffering among lepers in the Pacific islands, as well as raising money to help eradicate leprosy in the Pacific, Patrick Twomey travelled there frequently to assess needs and oversee the expenditure of the Lepers' Trust Board
...married Christine Margaret FARROW in 1924
... PATRICK Twomey took ill in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in 1963 and was transferred to Suva, where he died on 1 August, aged 71. Christine Twomey predeceased him in 1962. They were survived by three sons, one of them a Marist priest, and one daughter, a Dominican nun. He was buried in Bromley cemetery, Christchurch.

* Patrick Martin Twomey (1886-1920)
married Elsie Grant McKAY (1885-1972) in 1913
- daughter of Donald McKAY & Barbara McGREGOR
Press, 17 August 1920 TWOMEY - On August 13th, 1920, at Taumarunui, Patrick Twomey, dearly beloved son of Patrick & Margaret Twomey, Ashburton; aged 34 years. R.I.P.
ELSIE next married Henry Wilcox in 1929

* Patrick Michael Twomey
- Irish born, he was a grocer in Wellington
...married Mary WALSHE in 1884
their known children:
* 1886 - 1972 Abigail Rose Twomey (spinster, Karori)
* 1888 - Margaret Twomey
* 1890 - John Thomas Twomey
* 1892 - 1963 Patrick Joseph Twomey (see his link above)
* 1894 - Mary Twomey
* 1901 - Monica Julia Twomey
MARY Twomey died 8 April 1926 aged 60 in Wellington
PATRICK MICHAEL Twomey died 26 Sep 1929 aged 73
- they are buried Plot 13 S, ROM CATH at Karori

* Thomas Twomey
...married Bridget BRADLEY in 1886

* William Royden Twomey (1895-1960)
...married Bertha Henrietta MEDLEYS (1895-1986) in 1925


the TWOMEY BRIDES

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The Honorable JEREMIAH MATTHEW TWOMEY