Catherine Desmond was born 27 June 1859 in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Jeremiah Desmond (1803-1889) and Catherine Shea (c1834) and died 28 April 1941 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. She married James McElroy (c1855-1918) 17 July 1877 in Congregational Mance, Olive St, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Alice Ann McElroy (1877-c1955) | 1877 Paterson, New South Wales, Australia | 1955 Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia | Ernest Edward Marshall (1872-1914) |
| Robert Alexander McElroy (1879-1880) | |||
| Reginald Arthur McElroy (1880-1961) | 14 August 1880 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 16 April 1961 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia | Florence Eveline May Laundess (1882-1925) |
| Eva C McElroy (1883-1887) | |||
| George H J McElroy (1884-1887) | |||
| Albert W McElroy (1886-1887) | 1886 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 1887 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | |
| John T McElroy (1888-1888) | |||
| James McElroy (1889-) | |||
| Gladys Kathleen McElroy (1891-1984) | |||
| Errol Valentine G McElroy (1894-1972) | |||
| Evelyn Maud McElroy (1896-1982) | 1896 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 31 December 1982 Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia | Bertie Honeysett (1895-1991) |
| Evadne Katie Adela McElroy (1899-1992) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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