Victor Thomas (Vic) O'Donoghue, Farmer at Salisbury near Timaru

1901 - 1986  (84 years)

• Name	Victor Thomas (Vic) O'Donoghue
  	Birth registered as Thomas Victor O'Donoghue, but always known as Victor Thomas O'Donoghue.
  Suffix	Farmer at Salisbury near Timaru
  Nickname	Vic
  Born	9 Jul 1901	Bluecliffs Road, Upper Otaio (Esk Valley), South Canterbury, New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  Education:	Dec 1914	Vic gains his Competency Certificate
  	Timaru Herald 31 Dec 1914: STANDARD VI. EXAMINATIONS. RESULTS FOR 1914. ... Salisbury (Competency certificate) V O\'Donoghue.
  Died	20 Apr 1986	Home of Compassion, Morgans Road, Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  Buried	25 Apr 1986	Timaru Cemetery, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  Person ID	I735	Grant
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John (Seán) O'Donoghue, Farmer at Salisbury near Timaru NZ, arrived in NZ 1878 on the "Hereford",   b. Jan 1858, Drumnacurra, Causeway (civil parish of Killury), Kerry, Ireland ,   d. 1 Jan 1920, Salisbury near Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Norah (Nóra) Geaney, arrived in NZ 1875 on the "Waikato",   b. 4 Oct 1862, Toureenfluich, Knocknadarrive, Brosna, Kerry, Ireland ,   d. 21 May 1947, Salisbury, near Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	14 Jan 1886	RC Church, Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  	Marriage certificate: 14 Jan 1886 at Catholic Church, Timaru by Fr D O'Halloran - John O'Donoghue, age 27, labourer, bachelor, born Co Kerry, Ireland, present and usual residence Pareora, father Maurice O'Donoghue, farmer, mother Bridget O'Donoghue nee Dee. Nora Geaney, age 23, servant, spinster, born Co Kerry, Ireland, present and usual residence Pareora, father Michael Geaney, railway bridge caretaker, mother Mary Geaney nee Curtin. signed John O'Donoghue and Norah (x her mark) Geaney. Witnesses William Donghue (O'Donoghue) [John's brother] and Ellen Geaney [Norah's sister].
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Vic O'Donoghue when young
  		Salisbury School 1911 with the six younger O'Donoghue children (37.5% of the school roll!)- back row 2nd boy from left is Bill O'Donoghue, girl back row far right is Agnes O'Donoghue. Middle row sitting is Chris O'Donoghue 2nd from left, Vic O'Donoghue to Chris's right, Nancy O'Donoghue is smallest girl second from right sitting. In front, Len O'Donoghue is sitting cross-legged on left. All names: teacher Miss Mabel Rae. Back row: Charlie Stiles, Bill O'Donoghue, James Richards, Janie Richards, Amelia Mauger, Annie McAuliffe, Agnes O'Donoghue. Middle row sitting: Stan Major, Chris O'Donoghue, Vic O'Donoghue, Elsie Mauger, Eunice Mauger, Nancy O'Donoghue, Jessie Henderson. In front on ground: Len O'Donoghue, Ray Rollinson.
  		John O'Donoghue (right) and sons on the veranda at Salisbury. Left to right: Chris, Bill and Vic.
  		Vic O'Donoghue receipt from Todd Motors Timaru for [to be completed]
  		1928 Plymouth Sedan - presumably same model as the one Vic O'D bought in Timaru in early 1929 (see receipt)
  		Vic O'Donoghue
  		O'Donoghue Farm at Salisbury - Hunter Hills in the background
  		Vic O'Donoghue with calves and dog, on the farm at Salisbury
  		Caroline Courts, overlooking Caroline Bay in Timaru. After the farm at Salisbury was sold, Vic and Nancy O'D bought the upstairs flat on the left as their retirement home. Nancy's bedroom was front right and Vic's was behind at the back. Access to the flat was by a staircase at the rear.
  		Ford Mark 1 Cortina same as Vic's - his darker blue. He kept it in immaculate condition until he went into the Rest Home
  		Vic O'Donoghue - portrait photo taken by his niece, Margaret Pettit
  		Vic O'Donoghue on his 80th birthday in 1981, taken by niece Margaret Pettit
  		Timaru cemetery - grave of brother and sister Vic and Nancy O'Donoghue
  		On the veranda at Salisbury c 1918 - l to r: Standing: Chris O'Donoghue, Bill O'Donoghue, Vic O'Donoghue, John O'Donoghue Sr, unknown. Sitting: Jack (later Fr) Fotheringham, Sarah Schaab (sister of Mabel Schaab who married Maurice O'Donoghue), Pat Downie. Front: Nancy O'Donoghue, unidentified, Len O'Donoghue.
  		On the veranda at Salisbury c 1917 - l to r: Standing: Vic O'Donoghue, Bill O'Donoghue, John O'Donoghue Sr, Maurice O'Donoghue, Norah O'Donoghue (just in front of Maurice), Maurice O'Donoghue, Mabel Schaab (who later married Maurice). Kneeling: Jim Quigley, Chris O'Donoghue, four individuals unidentified. Sitting on edge of veranda: Jack O'Donoghue, Aggie O'Donoghue, Nancy O'Donoghue, unidentified soldier, Mary O'Donoghue. In front: Len O'Donoghue
  		Maurice O'Donoghue Mabel Schaab wedding 1920 - guests on the veranda at Salisbury. Front row of standing adults: unidentified, Vic O'Donoghue, Pat Downie, Jack O'Donoghue, Aggie O'Donoghue, Chris O'Donoghue, unidentified, Mabel O'Donoghue as bride, Maurice O'Donoghue as groom, Sarah Schaab as bridesmaid, Norah O'Donoghue (mother of groom, wearing hat), Clara Schaab (mother of bride), unidentified, unidentified. Possibly Nancy O'Donoghue to right behind bridesmaid and possibly Mon O'Donoghue in wide hat behind bride and groom). Unsure of which are Mick, Bill and Len O'Donoghue - if present.
  		Nancy Dalgliesh (Mon's daughter), Vic O'Donoghue, Mon Dalgliesh and Nancy O'Donoghue - perhaps at a family wedding?