Chapter 3: Patrick and Elizabeth Geary

Patrick Geary was a British soldier of Irish birth. He volunteered to serve in the New South Wales Corps and arrived in the colony with his wife Elizabeth. Patrick and Elizabeth are known to have had two daughters, but only Catherine survived to adulthood. She is the next link in this family biography.

See the full story of Patrick and Elizabeth in the document right and some of the resources used in this story are provided below. Catherine Geary features in the next part of this family biography.

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