Luke Ernest Green (1867-?), son of Michael Green and Ellen Murphy, at the age of 25, married Rosina Galasina Ruthven (1875-1905) (from South Africa - the Ruthven family later were said to be involved in the beginnings of BHP in Broken Hill) in 1892 in Fremantle, WA. We need to get copies of their marriage certificate!

They had five children (and then divorced?). Luke owned two hotels in Boulder, close to Kalgoorlie.

Michael John (1893-?) in Fremantle (#171). Married Peggy. An accountant, he is said to have spent some time in Fremantle prison, had no children, and went to New Zealand.

Ellen Mary (1894-1895) in Wonwondah (#381) (south of Horsham, Vic. - family apparently on a visit to sister Annie). Ellen Mary died at the age of one in Horsham (#2053).

Rose Veronica (14/2/96-13/8/84) in Kalgoorlie/Boulder. The first white girl born in Boulder. Married (17/1/19) Francis James See (?-17/4/73) in Perth. Catholic. Died in Perth. Two children:

- Betty Ruthven See (22/4/1922), who married Patrick Sydney Quelch in Melbourne in 1943, (children Nerida, 1945 and Suzette, 1947) and
- Mary (Mollie) Frances See, (7/6/1923) who married Harold Risinger in 19/12/1945 in Perth. (children Paul F., 1947, and John E, 1948)
Descendants names include Campbell, Felton, MacAuley and Crowe in Perth.

James Luke (1/1/1898-1/12/1980) in Boulder, near Kalgoorlie. Married 30/11/1924 Lilian Katherine Boyle (?-?) in Perth in 1924. Two children:

Edwin James (2/11/1925) Spent time in RAAF in 1943 in Sale as an instrument maker. Married Noela Gracia Doyle in 5/3/1949, and had four children:

- Barry John (1949). Married Cheryl Kohler in 1972. Chn: Brendan 1977 and Paula 1979
- James Thomas (1951). Married Rosalyn Phin (1952) in 1976. Chn: Anna 1983 and Justin 1985
- Michelle Patricia (1952). Married Phillip Bourne in 1981. Chn: Tina and Shane
- Pamela Edwina (1956). Married Cal. Chn: Hailey and Hannah.

Peggy Adeline. Married Eric Hepworth in Perth in 1955 divorced. Children Vicki and Eleanor Hepworth (married Stewart Weston). Peggy then married ? Bell, and now lives in Tasmania.

James Luke died (from Leederville) aged 82*.

Cyril Ernest (4/8/1900-13/8/1970) (#1218) in Boulder. Married 19/12/1925 Ina Elizabeth Palmer. Catholic. Four children:

- Raymond Ernest (10/10/1926)(married with three children - Michael Peter 1953, Gary Raymond 1955, and Alan James 1956),
- Lorna Dawn (22/11/1928) (married John Robertson),
- Patricia Ina 8/5/1930) (married Hugh Milloy),
- Ellen Rose (13/3/1935) (married Digby Johns).

Cyril (from Nedlands) died 13/8/70 aged 70*

* buried in Karrakatta cemetery Perth.

Paddy Hannan
Did William Green, my great grandfather, or Luke (above, son of Michael), know Paddy Hannan, the man who discovered gold in Kalgoorlie in 1894?
Paddy was born in 1842 (two years after my great grandfather William) in Quin, near Ennis, County Clare (25 miles from Ballycotton, where, we believe, William was born). Tom Flanagan, Paddy's partner, was also from County Clare.
In 1970, a WA local said about Paddy "The Armstrong family on a farm near Ennis in County Clare, Ireland, are proud to have known him. His father was evicted from a nearby cottage, and having nowhere else to go, had been given a small hut rent free by Mr. Armstrong's father. Here Paddy was born... the only literate one of all the labourer's sons" (p.159 'The Golden Miles', H.H. Wilson).
In 1862 or 1863 Paddy emigrated to Australia. He worked as a deep miner in the gold mines of Ballarat, Bendigo and surrounding districts. According to books about Paddy, between 1867 and 1880 he spent six years in New Zealand, mining and prospecting. According to the Shipping records, Paddy went to New Zealand in 1867, the year after Michael and the same year as my great grandfather, but in a different boat and arrived at a different port (his age is given as 41! If he was born in 1842, he should have been 25!).
In 1880 Paddy joined a rush to NSW, and prospected around Queensland and Tasmania. In 1886 he joined a rush to South Australia, and 1888/89 went to Western Australia prospecting and mining around Parkers Range, south of Southern Cross, between Perth and Coolgardie.
At the age of 50, in 1892, he left and joined the rush to Coolgardie, with thousands of others. In June 1893, he left Coolgardie to prospect for gold towards the east, and discovered gold in the bush at what was to become Kalgoorlie. Within weeks, thousands descended on 'Hannan's Hill'. Hannan left in 1894, and according to one account, returned to Melbourne briefly. On his return, he lived around Menzies and Mt. Ida. In 1897 he returned to Kalgoorlie, and was welcomed as a hero. He went back to Melbourne in 1904, and returned to WA around 1910 (aged 68!). He died in 1925 in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Paddy's return to Melbourne from Western Australia in 1894 matches that of Luke Green. Luke had left Beaufort, possibly in 1892, for Western Australia (did he intend to go to the 1892 goldrush to Coolgardie?). At the age of 25, in 1892, Luke married in Fremantle. His first child, Michael, was born in Fremantle the following year. He and his wife returned to Victoria in 1894, where they had their next child, and in 1895 they went back to Western Australia (probably with Patrick, Luke's younger brother). Between 1896 and 1900, Luke had three children in Boulder (next to Kalgoorlie) (Rose Veronica Green was the first white girl born in Boulder, according to his descendants). Patrick in 1898 married and had two children in Boulder. Patrick had a third child in 1903 in Menzies, north of Kalgoorlie.

One explanation for the similar movements and timing is simply that the Greens and Paddy Hannan followed the gold rushes, like thousands of men at that time. But the common age and heritage of Paddy and William, as well as the departure of both Paddy and Luke from WA in 1894 back to Victoria for a short period, suggests that they probably knew each other very well.