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Dorothy Morgan née Ingall - Millfield resident. Recorded 18 July 1983. Part 1/4
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SummaryDOROTHY MORGAN
Recorded 18th July 1983
Part 1/4
0:28
Dorothy was born 4th April 1908, Pokolbin,
0:55
Dorothy Ingall (maiden name)
1:03
Herbert Harry Ingall (father)
1:05
Frederick Ingall (great-grandfather)
1:09
Grandfather emigrated from England, 1849
1:30
Mary Freeman (great grandmother) she worked at "the big house" which belonged to Ingall. Alfred and Marge were born there. They arrived 3 weeks after the baby was born.
2:34
They came to Aberglasslyn. Then they bought land at Pokolbin. The Marrowbone Rd was their back fence which went to the Pokolbin Rd. "Little Okie", the original Frederick Ingall estate.
3:40
Alfred Ingall (grandfather) married Martha
4:02
Martha Parsfield (grandmother)- her mother was a Bassett from the Williams River area, Clarence Town. They had three children Herbert Henry, Florence, Ernie.
4:24
Florence Drayton, née Ingall (aunt)
4:28
Florence married George Drayton (uncle)
4:30
Ernie Ingall (uncle) married Rose Ingall, née White (aunt) (whose brother was Chief of Police)
5:02
"Florenceville", Ingall's Lane
5:45
"Hilldale", brother's estate
6:56
"Randolph", sailed 20th August, 1849 to Australia
8:33
Location of original Ingall homestead Recalls original Ingall homestead
8:40
Father worked at Bellbird Colliery - he was an electrician at Bellbird Colliery 1913, it was only just beginning as a Colliery having been transported from Carrington. He was also a vigneron and a teacher.
10:18
Lived at Prince St, Bellbird
10:33
Lionel John Foster (first husband)
10:32
L. Foster worked at Aberdare No.2 as a blacksmith. The Depression followed.
11:20
Edmund Morgan (second husband) was born in Carrington. Loved boats and built them.
11:56
E. Morgan died in 1975
12:07
Lived at Nelson Bay during Depression. They lived in a bag humpy and they lived on fish. "If you got sick you either got better or you died" - Recalls period living at Nelson Bay.
15:01
Lived at State Boy's Home, Pokolbin run by her Grandparents.
15:29
Recollection of Ingall's vineyard - varieties such as Chardonnay and Ladies Finger's - they had a still for producing brandy.
16:07
Recollection of Ingall's cellars, the well and stables Description of "phaeton" (sulky with a boot and a hood).
17:44
"Mystery" was the name of their horse.
18:09
"Ben Ean", Lindeman's estate.
18:47
"Happy Valley", Drayton's estate
19:05
Grandfather purchased Barnes' property
19:22
Ambrose Ingall, Ernie Ingall
19:38
Recalls death of grandfather in the middle of the night. She was 12 and ran for help.
20:04
Won bursary to Cessnock High, 1921.
20:15
Attended Bellbird school, 1913.
20:59
Martha Drayton (cousin) walked to Cessnock School
21:14
William Gray, Bellbird headmaster lived in a brick house at the end of Cessnock. He walked 2 miles to Bellbird. He taught singing by the Sol Fa method using tuning forks. They sight read the music.
21:35
Miss Ducksberry, Primary teacher
22:06
Recalls being taught music at school
22:47
Description of Bellbird Primary school
23:29
Electricity connected to Bellbird, c.1920 - no street lights but the power coming from Bellbird pit.
24:36
Father caught typhoid fever and died very quickly. He was 44. He was testing the safety lamps working 56 hours. The neighbours were the Wilsons. He also died overnight.
26:55
Percy Clark (uncle) helped the family move into the house at Aberdare using his motor truck.
28:26
Eva Craft, née Clark (aunt)
28:37
Ernie Craft (uncle)in charge of the ice works near the butter factory. They lived alongside the church in Dudley St. They visited her father in hospital.
31:26
Australian Writers Assoc., Newcastle branch - Stan Parkes - family history and a novel.
30:53
Recalls father dressed as "Lolly Man" at the picnic. Her mother sewed them in little bags on his clothes and the children chase him to get the lollies.
33:30
St Luke's, Nulkaba
33:40
Location of early picnic grounds near Allandale Hospital. The Pinchins, a very early family.
34:36 Walked from Pokolbin to St. Luke's at Nulkaba.
34:38
"Rocky Hill", Nulkaba - on the boundary of Campbell's land.
35:60
Ambrose Ingall married
36:05
Annie Ingall, née Hall
36:57
Recalls St. Luke's church picnics - 1914.
38:32
St. John's, Bellbird 1908
38:55
Recalls Bellbird Methodist church - built in one day in 1913. Mr Wolfram was one of the men.
40:25
Jim Mathieson, Bellbird mine manager
40:35
Malcolm Bailey got lost in the pit.
40:45
Bert Bailey was the eldest who married
40:48
Mary Radnidge daughter of Hilton
41:00
Recalls death of M. Bailey in pit whose body was found much later and subsequently buried in Cessnock Cemetery.
41:53
Jacky Robinson was the man who found him (his hip bone and his watch). Jacky came to Bellbird in 1926. He was found in a side tunnel away from the substation and was probably gassed.
43:39
Jim Comerford - "a fiery chap"
44:57
Allan Watkins
45:06
Cessnock Writers Group, 1948
45:24
"The Talisman", Writer's group magazine
45:30
Bill White
45:40
Colin Evans and John McVitie
45:46
Tape duration.
Morgan née Ingall, Dorothy, 1912-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToJack RobinsonWal PinchenCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Bellbird Uniting Church[2] Nulkaba, NSW[3] Aberglasslyn, NSW[4] Pokolbin, NSW[5] Bellbird Public School[6] Nelson Bay, NSW[7] Millfield, NSWIdentifier184A
Recorded 18th July 1983
Part 1/4
0:28
Dorothy was born 4th April 1908, Pokolbin,
0:55
Dorothy Ingall (maiden name)
1:03
Herbert Harry Ingall (father)
1:05
Frederick Ingall (great-grandfather)
1:09
Grandfather emigrated from England, 1849
1:30
Mary Freeman (great grandmother) she worked at "the big house" which belonged to Ingall. Alfred and Marge were born there. They arrived 3 weeks after the baby was born.
2:34
They came to Aberglasslyn. Then they bought land at Pokolbin. The Marrowbone Rd was their back fence which went to the Pokolbin Rd. "Little Okie", the original Frederick Ingall estate.
3:40
Alfred Ingall (grandfather) married Martha
4:02
Martha Parsfield (grandmother)- her mother was a Bassett from the Williams River area, Clarence Town. They had three children Herbert Henry, Florence, Ernie.
4:24
Florence Drayton, née Ingall (aunt)
4:28
Florence married George Drayton (uncle)
4:30
Ernie Ingall (uncle) married Rose Ingall, née White (aunt) (whose brother was Chief of Police)
5:02
"Florenceville", Ingall's Lane
5:45
"Hilldale", brother's estate
6:56
"Randolph", sailed 20th August, 1849 to Australia
8:33
Location of original Ingall homestead Recalls original Ingall homestead
8:40
Father worked at Bellbird Colliery - he was an electrician at Bellbird Colliery 1913, it was only just beginning as a Colliery having been transported from Carrington. He was also a vigneron and a teacher.
10:18
Lived at Prince St, Bellbird
10:33
Lionel John Foster (first husband)
10:32
L. Foster worked at Aberdare No.2 as a blacksmith. The Depression followed.
11:20
Edmund Morgan (second husband) was born in Carrington. Loved boats and built them.
11:56
E. Morgan died in 1975
12:07
Lived at Nelson Bay during Depression. They lived in a bag humpy and they lived on fish. "If you got sick you either got better or you died" - Recalls period living at Nelson Bay.
15:01
Lived at State Boy's Home, Pokolbin run by her Grandparents.
15:29
Recollection of Ingall's vineyard - varieties such as Chardonnay and Ladies Finger's - they had a still for producing brandy.
16:07
Recollection of Ingall's cellars, the well and stables Description of "phaeton" (sulky with a boot and a hood).
17:44
"Mystery" was the name of their horse.
18:09
"Ben Ean", Lindeman's estate.
18:47
"Happy Valley", Drayton's estate
19:05
Grandfather purchased Barnes' property
19:22
Ambrose Ingall, Ernie Ingall
19:38
Recalls death of grandfather in the middle of the night. She was 12 and ran for help.
20:04
Won bursary to Cessnock High, 1921.
20:15
Attended Bellbird school, 1913.
20:59
Martha Drayton (cousin) walked to Cessnock School
21:14
William Gray, Bellbird headmaster lived in a brick house at the end of Cessnock. He walked 2 miles to Bellbird. He taught singing by the Sol Fa method using tuning forks. They sight read the music.
21:35
Miss Ducksberry, Primary teacher
22:06
Recalls being taught music at school
22:47
Description of Bellbird Primary school
23:29
Electricity connected to Bellbird, c.1920 - no street lights but the power coming from Bellbird pit.
24:36
Father caught typhoid fever and died very quickly. He was 44. He was testing the safety lamps working 56 hours. The neighbours were the Wilsons. He also died overnight.
26:55
Percy Clark (uncle) helped the family move into the house at Aberdare using his motor truck.
28:26
Eva Craft, née Clark (aunt)
28:37
Ernie Craft (uncle)in charge of the ice works near the butter factory. They lived alongside the church in Dudley St. They visited her father in hospital.
31:26
Australian Writers Assoc., Newcastle branch - Stan Parkes - family history and a novel.
30:53
Recalls father dressed as "Lolly Man" at the picnic. Her mother sewed them in little bags on his clothes and the children chase him to get the lollies.
33:30
St Luke's, Nulkaba
33:40
Location of early picnic grounds near Allandale Hospital. The Pinchins, a very early family.
34:36 Walked from Pokolbin to St. Luke's at Nulkaba.
34:38
"Rocky Hill", Nulkaba - on the boundary of Campbell's land.
35:60
Ambrose Ingall married
36:05
Annie Ingall, née Hall
36:57
Recalls St. Luke's church picnics - 1914.
38:32
St. John's, Bellbird 1908
38:55
Recalls Bellbird Methodist church - built in one day in 1913. Mr Wolfram was one of the men.
40:25
Jim Mathieson, Bellbird mine manager
40:35
Malcolm Bailey got lost in the pit.
40:45
Bert Bailey was the eldest who married
40:48
Mary Radnidge daughter of Hilton
41:00
Recalls death of M. Bailey in pit whose body was found much later and subsequently buried in Cessnock Cemetery.
41:53
Jacky Robinson was the man who found him (his hip bone and his watch). Jacky came to Bellbird in 1926. He was found in a side tunnel away from the substation and was probably gassed.
43:39
Jim Comerford - "a fiery chap"
44:57
Allan Watkins
45:06
Cessnock Writers Group, 1948
45:24
"The Talisman", Writer's group magazine
45:30
Bill White
45:40
Colin Evans and John McVitie
45:46
Tape duration.
Morgan née Ingall, Dorothy, 1912-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToJack RobinsonWal PinchenCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Bellbird Uniting Church[2] Nulkaba, NSW[3] Aberglasslyn, NSW[4] Pokolbin, NSW[5] Bellbird Public School[6] Nelson Bay, NSW[7] Millfield, NSWIdentifier184Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Dorothy Morgan née Ingall - Millfield resident. Recorded 18 July 1983. Part 1/4, [184A]. Living Histories, accessed 30/11/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55786