Taffe, Taafe, Tafe of Maitland, Walcha, & Queensland 1827 forward
rtaffe
William TAFFE and Cecilia Jane TAFFE (nee EVERS) arrived in Sydney by separate convict carriers from Dublin in 1827 with children William (b.1825) and Richard (b.1826-7). The family eventually settled in Maitland, NSW but both parents died in Sydney. So it appears that both eventually left Maitland and went in their declining years at least to live in Sydney. Their son William (b.1825) m. Caroline Stewart, daughter of a Morpeth grocer, George Stewart and they had a large family which they raised in Maitland but by the 20th century most had dispersed to other parts of NSW.
The other children of William and Cecilia dispersed to New England area ((John b. 1842; Joseph b. 1831; Richard b.1826-7), SE Queensland (Thomas b. 1833); and Sydney (Winnifred b.1837, m. James Pickering; Rachel b.1839, m. William Pickering).
I am a fifth generation descendant of William and Cecilia stemming from one of the New England Taffe families (GG Grandfather was John Taffe (b.1842).
The family research has been concentrated on the TAFFE line but the branches spread out across a number of family names notably, PIPER (central coast of NSW), COOK and JOHNS (coal mining families in & around Newcastle, NSW), as well as CAMERON and BAKER in the Walcha area (New England, NSW).
I am particularly focussed on the arrival experience of each family line and have spent a lot of time over the past 25 years digging about in old newspapers, interviewing older family members etc.
The family name is spelt in a variety of ways (TAAFE, TAFE, TAAFFE) and anyone with those spellings may be intersted in contacting me - especially if your family history geography is near some of the locations located above.
I have a well-developed family tree and can send you a copy if you are interested.
I would be very happy to hear from others researching this family or other names related to it.
You can see most of what I have here:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=rtaffe&id=I545
Comments
wilbus on 2009-05-02 00:23:35Hello rtaffe,
I have just started doing research on various family lines. William Taafe was my gg gfather and Joseph was my g grandfather. Jospeh's daughter Winifred married Frederick George Hunt and their daughter Eileen was my grandmother.
I was born at Maitland, grew up at Kilaben Bay (Lake Macquarie) and now live at Armidale.
I would love to receive a copy of the family tree.
bailey1 on 2010-03-05 22:53:25Hello rtaffe,
Jane Taaffe born at Walcha in 1869, the second daughter of John Taaffe and Elizabeth (nee wellard). I believe she is my Great granmother. Jane gave birth to seven children,her daughter Rachael Elizabeth Partridge was my grandmother.
My father Stanley was Rachael's first born.
I also would love a copy of your family tree. Regards Pam.
Pickering on 2010-08-31 02:58:27Dear rtaffe
I am also a descendant of Cecilia Taaffe. Her daughter Winifred married James Pickering. One of their children (John Sutherland Pickering) was my great grandfather.
The family story was always that Winifred was born in 1837 "coming in to sydney harbour". I wonder if this was to put people off the convict track back in the days when there was some shame attached. It is clear that Cecilia came in 1827 and I have yet to prove year of birth of Winifred.
I have a hand coloured photograph of Winifred Taaffe and James Pickering here in London!! My father came to London in 1958.
I am interested to find out which ships they came to Sydney on and any other info.
Thanks
eddieamber on 2010-09-26 02:03:38Would love a copy of your family tree. My family is from Walcha and Grandfather was John Taffe. I have been doing some of my own research and have come up against a few stubbling blocks I'm most interested to see what you have! Regards karen Benjamin
kbaylis on 2011-01-22 21:11:53Hi rtaffe
i am the descendent of Jane Taaffe married to Joseph Thomas Partridge. There daughter Alice Isabella is my ggrandmother so Jane is my gggrandmother. i also would like to see a copy of what you have.
cheers
Kerrie
Terry_F on 2019-02-16 10:58:39rtaffe,
I hope your Taafe family tree research has been ongoing. My maternal Grandfather's name was Perce Percival?)Taafe, and while I knew him in the early 1950s he spent much of his time in Umina NSW, although my grandparents home was in Rozelle in Sydney. He married Nancy ????. On my birth certificate my mother's maiden name was Rachael May Taafe, and she was born in or near Warialda, or Barraba or Tinga Northern NSW. She was 28 when I was born in Nov 1946 which would make her birth year 1918. Mum married Reginald William Forsyth. I have a fairly good understanding of my Dad's tree (around Cootamundra, NSW) but almost nothing about my Mum's. Anything you have would be very enlightening.
thanks
Terry Forsyth
ltafe on 2019-07-19 00:06:26My grandfather was William James Frederick Tafe, born Warialda 1897, son of Frederick Taafe b 1861, son of William Taafe born 1822, son of William Stewart Taafe, who arrived as on convict in 1822? I believe he was the son of John Taaffe from Dublin. I would love to see the research that you have done.
Colleenw on 2020-08-07 02:44:48Hi rtaffe, like bailey1, I am descended from Jane Taaffe through Rachael Elizabeth Knight and would love to see the research you have. Thanks, Colleen