Mainz 1649 · Cork & Donegal · Singleton NSW 1856 · Perth WA

Portrait of Carl Gaspard “Charles” Westhoven
Carl Gaspard “Charles” Westhoven
1837–1894 · Frankfurt-on-Mainz

The Walsh Family Archive

Forty-four hand-drawn plates tracing the Westhofen, McNulty, Connors, Mitchell and Walsh families across five centuries — from the knights of Mainz and the farms of Cork and Donegal, by convict ship and free passage, to Singleton, Perth, and the wide world beyond.

Hand-lettered by K. M. Olsen, 2021 · preserved from the collection of Gretchen “Biddy” Walsh

Portrait of Catherine “Kate” McNulty
Catherine “Kate” McNulty
1846–1939 · Singleton, NSW
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  1. 1649The Lieb tree begins, Mainz
  2. 1766Dr Joseph Westhofen b., Mainz
  3. 1829Joseph McNulty transported, “Norfolk”
  4. 1856Carl sails free aboard the “Phoenix”
  5. 1865Carl & Kate marry, Singleton
  6. 1918John Walsh weds Eileen Mitchell
  7. 2021The plates are drawn