On September 1, 1881, when Mary Meehan was 22 year old, she married 27 year old farmer Michael Coonan.Michael also farmed near Yea, but the couple were married at St. Francis Catholic Church, Melbourne.
Michael was the son of Irish-born farmer Michael Coonan and his wife Margaret Gleeson. Like his new wife's family history, Michael Coonan's background also had its own share of tragedies, so I will take a break from the tale of Michael and Mary Coonan here at the start of their marriage, and scoot backwards a generation to relate the sad tale of Michael Coonan's parents.
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