James Joseph McNamara - Mary Ann O'Brien
Married Helidon, Queensland - 25 April 1900
James Joseph McNAMARA the eldest
member of the McNamara family married Mary
Ann O'BRIEN at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Helidon, Queensland, 25 April 1900. The celebrant was local parish priest
Father Daniel Walsh.
The original church and nearby convent, the first branch house of Sisters of Mercy community in Queensland, no longer stand. The church was destroyed in a hail storm that hit Helidon, 2 April 1914.
A newspaper reported at the time, that Helidon was covered by over one foot of hail and the Roman Catholic Church was blown over and shattered to pieces. The remains of it lay in a heap of debris up against the side of the Convent which was also damaged.
The original church and nearby convent, the first branch house of Sisters of Mercy community in Queensland, no longer stand. The church was destroyed in a hail storm that hit Helidon, 2 April 1914.
A newspaper reported at the time, that Helidon was covered by over one foot of hail and the Roman Catholic Church was blown over and shattered to pieces. The remains of it lay in a heap of debris up against the side of the Convent which was also damaged.