Edward Beattie (abt. 1828 - 1868)

Born about 1828 in Parish Lismalan, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland

Husband of Anastasia Claudia (Keyne) Duddy — married 4 Dec 1858 in Kooringa, Adelaide, Australia

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1868 at about age 40 in New Plymouth, New Zealand

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Biography

Edward Beattie was born in Ireland.

Edward Beattie has Irish ancestors.

Edward Beattie was born sometime around 1828 in Parish Lismalan, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland.^[1]
He is the son of Samuel Beattie

On the 4 December 1858 in Burra, Kooringa, South Australia, he married Anastasia Claudia (Keyne) Beattie.

They had 5 Children:

1. Ellen Beattie Female 1860–1860 (died Young)
2. Frederick Beattie Male 1861–1914
3. Henry Edward Beattie Male 1862–1913
4. Rebecca Mary Beattie Female 1865–1865 (died Young)
5. Samuel Thomas Beattie Male 1867–1932 <br.

Edward Beattie, son of Samuel married in Burra South Australia 1858 to Anastasia Kane/Keyne and various spellings , he had been in the Army Ireland/England, however he was a Labourer in SA.
He enlisted as a Volunteer and went to NZ to fight the land wars, sometime after the birth of son Henry in 1862, in Adelaide, Australia, and before the birth of daughter Rebecca in New Plymouth, NZ, in 1865.^[2][3]

Edward died on the 25 Dec 1868 (aged 40–41) in New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand, and he is buried in the Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.^[4]
From an Inquest into the death of an Edward Beattie in New Plymouth in January 1869, it appears Edward died from complications from a lung disease which wasn't helped by a bout of drinking adding to his death from lung disease. The verdict returned was 'death from disease of the body'.^[5]

From the WikiTree Sourcer App:

The birth of Edward's child Samuel Thomas Beattie was registered in 1867 in New Zealand.^[6]

William "Edward" died on 25 December 1868 and was buried in New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/G9RK-1VT
2. ↑ The Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps was formed in 1846, following the conclusion of the Northern War phase of the New Zealand Wars against Hone Heke. The Governor, George Grey, had requested military forces for the defence of the early settlers in New Zealand, and instead of supplying regular military forces the British parliament approved the creation of the Corps. Auckland, which had a population of 2,800 at the time, virtually doubled in size when the fencibles and their families disembarked. The conditions for enlistment in the New Zealand Fencible were that soldiers of good character must have had 15 years of military service and have been under 48 years of age. Nearly all those recruited had extensive military action in India and Afghanistan. Most were married with several children. The conditions were posted at regiments throughout the United Kingdom. Many were Irishmen who had served in the British army but for whom life in Ireland was desperate due to the series of potato famines that regularly occurred throughout the 1840s. For married Irish soldiers the food, pay, offer of land and a cottage in New Zealand was a chance for a new life.
3. ↑ Taranaki. Many Taranaki Māori opposed land sales, and fighting began in 1860 over a disputed land purchase at Waitara. The British army and Pākehā settlers fought local Māori until March 1861.
   In 1865 there were battles in South Taranaki, and in 1866 Major-General Trevor Chute led troops around Mt Taranaki, destroying Māori villages.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W1-Q2K3 : 13 September 2020), Edward Beattie, ; Burial, New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand, Te Henui Cemetery; citing record ID 167030371, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18690120.2.31?end_date=31-12-1870&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=edward+beattie+&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839
6. ↑ Birth Registration of child Samuel Thomas Beattie: "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
   citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1867/158, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
   FamilySearch Record: Q24J-RQ9P (accessed 9 January 2024)
   https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths
   Samuel Thomas Beattie born to Edward Beattie in 1867 in New Zealand.
7. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
   citing record ID 167030371, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
   FamilySearch Record: Q2W1-Q2K3 (accessed 9 January 2024)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #167030371
   William Edward Beattie burial (died on 25 Dec 1868) in New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand. Born in 1827.

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(Beattie/Beatty)

Another Army man Edward Beatty father also Samuel married an Ellen Meagher England and this Edward was supposed to have died in NZ in the land wars. His widow and her family emigrated to Victoria. Are these the same men???
We know OUR Edward's wife, Anastasia, married 2nd Patrick Duddy, and remained in NZ.
Leaving this here for those who still try and link Ellen Meagher to the family. She isn't ours!

From Irishsurnames site:

https://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=beattie&capname=Beattie&letter=b

The Gaelic name Biadhtach is also anglicized as Beaty, Beattie and Beatty. The Beattie family crest (or coat of arms) came into existence many centuries ago.

From Wikipedia,

History The Manapii are an ancient tribe from southeastern Ireland mentioned by Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD. They were later attested as (Fir) Manach (var. Manaig, Monaig) in the Early Christian period, a tribe dwelling further north in County Down and near Lough Erne which gave its name to the modern County Fermanagh. Early Irish genealogists mentioned that the Manaig had emigrated from the south of Leinster.

They were later attested as (Fir) Manach (var. Manaig, Monaig) in the Early Christian period, a tribe dwelling further north in County Down and near Lough Erne which gave its name to the modern County Fermanagh.[1][2] Early Irish genealogists mentioned that the Manaig had emigrated from the south of Leinster.[1]

The Menapii are the only known Celtic tribe specifically named on Ptolemy’s 150 AD map of Ireland, They later became known as the Fir Manach, and giving their name to Fermanagh and Monaghan. The Annals of Ulster which cover medieval Ireland between AD 431 to AD 1540 were written at Belle Isle on Lough Erne near Lisbellaw. Fermanagh was a stronghold of the Maguire clan and Donn Carrach Maguire who died in 1302, was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty. However, on the confiscation of lands relating to Hugh Maguire, Fermanagh was divided in similar manner to the other five counties among the Scottish, English and native Irish. Fermanagh was made into a county by Elizabeth I, but it was not until the time of the Plantation of Ulster that it was finally brought under civil government.

By the end of the 11th century, Fermanagh had decisively re-emerged as a sovereign kingdom in the region. The rulers of this kingdom were drawn from the Airgíalla. Towards the end of the 13th century, the Maguire arose to the kingship of Fermanagh and with the exception of some challenges from the Ó Domhnaill of Tyrconnell, this would remain the situation until the end of the kingdom in 1607 with the Flight of the Earls.

The closure of all the lines of Great Northern Railway (Ireland) within County Fermanagh in 1957 left the county as the first non-island county in the UK without a railway service.

The population of County Fermanagh is roughly 61,805 people

Further Beattie/Beatty resources and interest Groups are here:

• https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/bp2000.htm

• https://history.loftinnc.com/Beatty.htm

• https://www.beattydna.org/

• https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/AdamSearch/Baty.htm