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Norman Morton (1908-) - Carpenter, Cessnock. Recorded on 30th March 1981. Part 1/1.
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SummaryNORM MORTON
Recorded on 30th March 1981
Part 1/1
0:36
Arthur Morton (father) possibly born at Bishops Bridge and buried at Cessnock Cemetery
1:09
Andrew Morton (great grandfather) died in 1885 aged 80. He came from Northern Ireland and was one of the Wollombi originals.
1:20
Alma Morton (aunt) - Arthur's sister who died at 97
2:05
Francis Morton (grandfather) son of Andrew
2:14
Samuel and Jim were both brothers of his father
2:34
Gordon Williams - the butcher, his mother was a Morton whose father was Jim Morton
2:45
Charlie Morton - secretary of the Mechanics Union in Maitland and cousin to Arthur Morton.
3:00
Arthur's mother's name was Wexler. Phillip and Harry Wexler. Jacob Wexler - their house was behind Goulburn's Produce. Jacob was blind and 92 when he died in 1919. He came from Germany and the original Wexler. His mother's maiden name was Scott - born in Hamilton, Newcastle.
4:40
Arthur Glynn
5:01
Mary Glynn, nee Morton (aunt) - Arthur's sister
5:26
Stella McBeth, nee Morton (aunt)
5:59
Bill McBeth, Albert McBeth
6:29
Andy Wilkinson
7:00
Sis Gaskell, nee Morton (aunt)
7:17
Sis lived with her mother in Morton's boarding house
7:34
Alma Millen, nee Morton (aunt) - Ag DeCourcy (aunt)
7:53
Billy Glynn's Cordial Factory
9:27
Frank Millen was in the Mason's Lodge
10:49
Norm followed his father into the pit at Aberdare, c.1920 (aged 15)
11:18
First worked as "trapper boy"
11:33
Eunice Morton married Frank McCaran - she was Arthur's cousin
11:59
Sarah Morton
12:09
Clarrie Morton - Eunice's father. Ray Morton.
12:29
Molly Byers, nee Morton
12:34
Jack Byers
12:55
John Peel married Molly Byer's sister
13:04
Jack Hancock (father-in-law) " a modest and good-living man"
13:11
Colin Hancock - Norm's wife's brother "a genuine man".
13:20
Bert Saunders
15:42
Jack Wexler - the builder
15:45
Norm worked for him as a carpenter - first wages were 7/6 a week but when it rained all week bar one day, he got 2/-.
16:00
Recollection of wages, Aberdare - 6/10 a day at the pit. Norm's wife worked 3 days a week at the fruit shop and got 5/-.
17:11
Clive "Bulla" Ingall
17:24
Roy McMahon - involved in rail accident
17:30
Frank McMahon - Norm also involved in an accident where he tripped on a sleeper and he lay on the ground as the wagon went over him. He claims that his deafness comes from using the circular saw cutting a skip load of wedges every day. It "sounds like crickets" - so its probably tinnitus.
19:22
Leslie Morton (son)
19:37
Janice Bristow (daughter-in-law) Phillip, (grandson) Tracey, (granddaughter) and Geoffrey (grandson).
19:53
Norma Morton (daughter) married Ron Crims from Warners Bay - they had no children.
20:07
Frank Morton (brother) Barbara Morton (niece) married Alan Sykes
20:17
Alan Sykes Superintendent of Mines at Caledonian Collieries
20:25
Arthur Morton (nephew) who has a coffee shop - Frank's son.
21:04
Cecil Morton (brother) married Dulcie Doberson (sister-in-law) Dulcie Doberson (sister-in-law) and they had no children.
21:28
Residences where lived in Cessnock
24:21
Solomon Morton - Grandfather's brother
26:06
Stella McBeth
26:19
Bill McBeth - her son Ages of members of Morton family at 1970
28:54
Liz Purvis - Aunt Alma's daughter
30:40
Sound deteriorates until
32:16
Perc Scott - Uncle (brother to Norm's mother)
36:04
Bill Glynn - married into the Morton's. He had a bike shop in 1907/8 near the Cessnock Hotel.
37:27
Recollection of early bike track
38:11
Recalls riding bike to the Canterbury Velodrome, Sydney
38:28
Billy Fenn
38:38
Roy Burns
39:24
The bike ride went from The Australia Hotel to Bellbird. Recalls breaking collar bone in fall.
39:53
Lived in Maitland Road, Mayfield. Recollection of early Mayfield - stealing chickens.
40:17
Father worked for A. A. Company
40:21
John Stanley Christian was the Superintendent.
40:52
Father was manager, Segenhoe Stud
41:15
Stephen Brown
41:35
Attended Branch School, Aberdare
42:32
Jacob Wexler - he was a shoemaker - he's buried in the Catholic section of Cessnock Cemetery. His wife was Australian.
43:45
Andrew Morton (Great grandfather) - the anecdote was that he had an argument with his brother at the dinner table and his father sent him to Australia.
44:31
Reg and Dick Sweetman had a sawmill at Millfield. They were Arthur's first cousins.
44:54
Recalls early grave at Wollombi - Lieut Budd's grave. He died a natural death.
45:29
Wollombi is an older town than Cessnock. The grant for Cessnock came in 1826 - Wollombi was well established by then.
47:15
Tape duration
SubjectCessnock (N.S.W.)Hinton (N.S.W)Thoroughbred horse -- Breeding -- New South Wales -- Hunter ValleyMorton, Percival Norman, 1908-PersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created30th March 1981Location[1] Cessnock, NSW[2] Hinton, NSWIdentifier187B
Recorded on 30th March 1981
Part 1/1
0:36
Arthur Morton (father) possibly born at Bishops Bridge and buried at Cessnock Cemetery
1:09
Andrew Morton (great grandfather) died in 1885 aged 80. He came from Northern Ireland and was one of the Wollombi originals.
1:20
Alma Morton (aunt) - Arthur's sister who died at 97
2:05
Francis Morton (grandfather) son of Andrew
2:14
Samuel and Jim were both brothers of his father
2:34
Gordon Williams - the butcher, his mother was a Morton whose father was Jim Morton
2:45
Charlie Morton - secretary of the Mechanics Union in Maitland and cousin to Arthur Morton.
3:00
Arthur's mother's name was Wexler. Phillip and Harry Wexler. Jacob Wexler - their house was behind Goulburn's Produce. Jacob was blind and 92 when he died in 1919. He came from Germany and the original Wexler. His mother's maiden name was Scott - born in Hamilton, Newcastle.
4:40
Arthur Glynn
5:01
Mary Glynn, nee Morton (aunt) - Arthur's sister
5:26
Stella McBeth, nee Morton (aunt)
5:59
Bill McBeth, Albert McBeth
6:29
Andy Wilkinson
7:00
Sis Gaskell, nee Morton (aunt)
7:17
Sis lived with her mother in Morton's boarding house
7:34
Alma Millen, nee Morton (aunt) - Ag DeCourcy (aunt)
7:53
Billy Glynn's Cordial Factory
9:27
Frank Millen was in the Mason's Lodge
10:49
Norm followed his father into the pit at Aberdare, c.1920 (aged 15)
11:18
First worked as "trapper boy"
11:33
Eunice Morton married Frank McCaran - she was Arthur's cousin
11:59
Sarah Morton
12:09
Clarrie Morton - Eunice's father. Ray Morton.
12:29
Molly Byers, nee Morton
12:34
Jack Byers
12:55
John Peel married Molly Byer's sister
13:04
Jack Hancock (father-in-law) " a modest and good-living man"
13:11
Colin Hancock - Norm's wife's brother "a genuine man".
13:20
Bert Saunders
15:42
Jack Wexler - the builder
15:45
Norm worked for him as a carpenter - first wages were 7/6 a week but when it rained all week bar one day, he got 2/-.
16:00
Recollection of wages, Aberdare - 6/10 a day at the pit. Norm's wife worked 3 days a week at the fruit shop and got 5/-.
17:11
Clive "Bulla" Ingall
17:24
Roy McMahon - involved in rail accident
17:30
Frank McMahon - Norm also involved in an accident where he tripped on a sleeper and he lay on the ground as the wagon went over him. He claims that his deafness comes from using the circular saw cutting a skip load of wedges every day. It "sounds like crickets" - so its probably tinnitus.
19:22
Leslie Morton (son)
19:37
Janice Bristow (daughter-in-law) Phillip, (grandson) Tracey, (granddaughter) and Geoffrey (grandson).
19:53
Norma Morton (daughter) married Ron Crims from Warners Bay - they had no children.
20:07
Frank Morton (brother) Barbara Morton (niece) married Alan Sykes
20:17
Alan Sykes Superintendent of Mines at Caledonian Collieries
20:25
Arthur Morton (nephew) who has a coffee shop - Frank's son.
21:04
Cecil Morton (brother) married Dulcie Doberson (sister-in-law) Dulcie Doberson (sister-in-law) and they had no children.
21:28
Residences where lived in Cessnock
24:21
Solomon Morton - Grandfather's brother
26:06
Stella McBeth
26:19
Bill McBeth - her son Ages of members of Morton family at 1970
28:54
Liz Purvis - Aunt Alma's daughter
30:40
Sound deteriorates until
32:16
Perc Scott - Uncle (brother to Norm's mother)
36:04
Bill Glynn - married into the Morton's. He had a bike shop in 1907/8 near the Cessnock Hotel.
37:27
Recollection of early bike track
38:11
Recalls riding bike to the Canterbury Velodrome, Sydney
38:28
Billy Fenn
38:38
Roy Burns
39:24
The bike ride went from The Australia Hotel to Bellbird. Recalls breaking collar bone in fall.
39:53
Lived in Maitland Road, Mayfield. Recollection of early Mayfield - stealing chickens.
40:17
Father worked for A. A. Company
40:21
John Stanley Christian was the Superintendent.
40:52
Father was manager, Segenhoe Stud
41:15
Stephen Brown
41:35
Attended Branch School, Aberdare
42:32
Jacob Wexler - he was a shoemaker - he's buried in the Catholic section of Cessnock Cemetery. His wife was Australian.
43:45
Andrew Morton (Great grandfather) - the anecdote was that he had an argument with his brother at the dinner table and his father sent him to Australia.
44:31
Reg and Dick Sweetman had a sawmill at Millfield. They were Arthur's first cousins.
44:54
Recalls early grave at Wollombi - Lieut Budd's grave. He died a natural death.
45:29
Wollombi is an older town than Cessnock. The grant for Cessnock came in 1826 - Wollombi was well established by then.
47:15
Tape duration
SubjectCessnock (N.S.W.)Hinton (N.S.W)Thoroughbred horse -- Breeding -- New South Wales -- Hunter ValleyMorton, Percival Norman, 1908-PersonJack DelaneyDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created30th March 1981Location[1] Cessnock, NSW[2] Hinton, NSWIdentifier187Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Norman Morton (1908-) - Carpenter, Cessnock. Recorded on 30th March 1981. Part 1/1., [187B]. Living Histories, accessed 29/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55793