Michael McMahon and Ellen Tobin were my great great great grandparents. They were married on 7 April 1863 at Dunedin.
Their daughter, my great great grandmother, Margaret Smith's death certificate records that Michael was a miner.
Margaret McMahon (1868 - 25 January 1930) married Joseph Smith in 1887.
In 1866 Michael was advertising the dissolution of his publican partnership with Richard Strangman in the Waimea township - Strangman was to carry on in business.
It's then possible that around 1870 Michael and family removed to Thames and the Coromandel to mine up there. There is reference to a licence being given to a Michael McMahon (and to a James McMahon - brother?) in the 9 November 1869 edition of the Daily Southern Cross. Within the same group as Michael was a man called Robert Tobin, who may be a relative of Ellen's.
18/02/2017 UPDATE:
A lady, Anne McLellan, contacted me a few years ago about the Tobin family. I have lost her email but would like to contact her. This article details the story of one of her relatives - Michael Tobin.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11622734
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