Dictionary of Sydney

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Caraher, Owen Joseph

Soap and candle maker who set up shop in Gloucester Street, The Rocks. He then owned a soap factory on the same street and his own residence, Cardistown House. He also rented his terrace houses in nearby Caraher's Lane to fellow Irish immigrants. Caraher was also an alderman at the councils of the City of Sydney and Camperdown.

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Born
County Monaghan, Ireland
1819
Arrived Sydney
1840
Died
The Rocks, Sydney
21 Aug 1879
Buried
24 Aug 1879
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01 Dec 1859 - 30 Nov 1871