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Curr
Curr is an English surname. People * Edward Curr (1798–1850), Australian settler and politician ** Edward Micklethwaite Curr (1820–1889), his eldest child, Australian pastoralist and squatter * John Curr (c. 1756–1823), English manager of collieries and innovator * Joseph Curr (1793–1847), Roman Catholic priest and author Places *Curr, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland *Curr, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Skye of Curr {{surname, Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Edward Micklethwaite Curr (25 December 1820 – 3 August 1889) was an Australian pastoralist, author, advocate of Australian Aboriginal peoples, and squatter. Biography Curr was born in Hobart, Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land), the eldest of eleven surviving children of Edward Curr (1798–1850) and Elizabeth (née Micklethwaite) Curr. His parents had moved to Hobart from Sheffield, England in February 1820, where Curr's father went into business as a merchant. Curr's father left Tasmania for England in June 1823, and on his return voyage wrote ''An Account of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land principally designed for the use of Emigrants'', which was published in 1824, he later returned and became the chief agent of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and in November 1827, the family moved to the Circular Head region, where the company held substantial lands. Curr was sent to England for his schooling, and was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, from 17 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Curr
Edward Curr (1 July 1798 – 16 November 1850) was an Australian settler and politician. Curr was born in Sheffield, England. He travelled to Hobart Town, arriving in February 1820. In 1823 he returned to England. In 1824 he was appointed manager of the newly formed Van Diemen's Land Company which had arranged to buy 250,000 acres (101,173 ha) of land in the north-west of the colony. Curr arrived back in Hobart in May 1826 and headed north to survey his company's land. He established the company's base at Circular Head by September 1826. The land taken up by the company was occupied by the Peerapper people of Aboriginal Tasmanians. Their country was forcefully appropriated by the company for sheep farming and other agricultural pursuits. Edward Curr implemented an intensely violent policy against the Peerapper, openly stating that successful occupation of the land would only be achieved by the extermination or expulsion of the Indigenous population. Several large massacres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curr
John Curr (c. 1756 – 27 January 1823) was an English mining engineer and inventor who was the viewer of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries in Sheffield, England from 1781 to 1801. During this time he made a number of innovations that contributed significantly to the development of the coal mining industry and railways. Personal life Curr was born in County Durham, England in around 1756. He was raised and remained a Catholic throughout his life. He moved to Sheffield some time before 1776. In 1780 he was appointed superintendent of the Duke of Norfolk's Sheffield collieries. He married Hannah Wilson (18 May 1759 – 10 June 1851) in about 1785, and they had eight children, including Joseph Curr, a Catholic priest, and Edward Curr, who was Secretary of the Van Diemen's Land Company from 1824 to 1841. He died in Sheffield on 27 January 1823. Career The career of John Curr has been subject to significant dispute, due to inaccurate statements by early authors about him and misin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Curr
Joseph Curr (1793 – 29 June 1847) was an English Roman Catholic priest and author who was called a "martyr of charity" for his work in Leeds in the typhus epidemic of 1847. Biography The son of civil engineer John Curr and Hannah Curr (''née'' Wilson), he was born in Sheffield on 14 April 1793, baptized by his godfather, Richard Rimmer, at the Catholic Chapel in Norfolk Row on 6 May. He had one brother, John, and six sisters. Curr was educated at Crook Hall, County Durham, and in 1808 went to the seminary at Ushaw College. After being ordained he served in a number of different locations: * Old St. Chad mission in Rook Street, Manchester (until 1820) * St. Augustine mission in Granby Row, Manchester (1820–1822) * Stockton-on-Tees (1822–1826) * Ashton in Makerfield (1826–1830) * La Trappe Abbey in France (1830-?) * Ushaw (?-1833) * Callaby Castle in Northumberland (1833–1837) * Sheffield mission (1837–1839) * St. Alban's mission, Blackburn (1839–1842) * Whitby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Townlands In County Londonderry
In Ireland, Counties of Ireland, counties are divided into Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes, and these parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of townlands sorted by parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Parishes Aghadowey Aghanloo Agivey Ardboe (County Londonderry portion) Artrea (County Londonderry portion) Ballinderry, County Londonderry, Ballinderry Ballyaghran Ballymoney (County Londonderry portion) Ballynascreen, County Londonderry, Ballynascreen Ballyrashane (County Londonderry portion) Ballyscullion (County Londonderry portion) Ballywillin, County Londonderry, Ballywillin Balteagh, County Londonderry, Balteagh Banagher, County Londonderry, Banagher Bovevagh Carrick, County Londonderry, Carrick Clondermot Coleraine Cumber Lower, County Londonderry, Cumber Lower Cumber Upper Derryloran (County Londonderry portion) Desertlyn Desertmartin Desertoghill Dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Townlands In County Tyrone
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,162 townlands in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Retrieved: 18 September 2010 Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word ''Town'' appears for those entries in the Acres column. __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U ...
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