Laurence Hynes Halloran was a poet, unordained clergyman and felon who became a pioneer schoolteacher, journalist, and bigamist in Australia, founder of the Sydney Public Free Grammar School. Halloran was born a Catholic, but became an Anglican in 1792.
In 1784, while living in Exeter, he married Mary ("Polly") Boutcher, a Catholic lady ten years older than him, by whom he had six children. His sister's illegitimate daughter Anna (twelve years younger than him) also posed as his wife (Lydia Anne Hall), and they had twelve children together. The year after her death in Australia in 1823, Halloran bigamously married 16-year-old Elizabeth Forrester Turnbull by whom he had four more children.
In 1784, while living in Exeter, he married Mary ("Polly") Boutcher, a Catholic lady ten years older than him, by whom he had six children. His sister's illegitimate daughter Anna (twelve years younger than him) also posed as his wife (Lydia Anne Hall), and they had twelve children together. The year after her death in Australia in 1823, Halloran bigamously married 16-year-old Elizabeth Forrester Turnbull by whom he had four more children.
Laurence Hynes Halloran was a poet, unordained clergyman and felon who became a pioneer schoolteacher, journalist, and bigamist in Australia, founder of the Sydney Public Free Grammar School. Halloran was born a Catholic, but became an Anglican in 1792.
In 1784, while living in Exeter, he married Mary ("Polly") Boutcher, a Catholic lady ten years older than him, by whom he had six children. His sister's illegitimate daughter Anna (twelve years younger than him) also posed as his wife (Lydia Anne Hall), and they had twelve children together. The year after her death in Australia in 1823, Halloran bigamously married 16-year-old Elizabeth Forrester Turnbull by whom he had four more children.
In 1784, while living in Exeter, he married Mary ("Polly") Boutcher, a Catholic lady ten years older than him, by whom he had six children. His sister's illegitimate daughter Anna (twelve years younger than him) also posed as his wife (Lydia Anne Hall), and they had twelve children together. The year after her death in Australia in 1823, Halloran bigamously married 16-year-old Elizabeth Forrester Turnbull by whom he had four more children.
Gravesite Details
Originally buried at Devonshire Street Cemetery (defunct). Re-Interred at Bunnerong Cemetery 1901. Gravestone relocated to Pioneer Park 1976.
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