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Jean Murray, née Moran (1898-1986) - Weston and Abermain resident. Recorded 10 August 1982. Part 1/2
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SummaryJEAN MURRAY, NÉE MORAN
Recorded 10th August 1982
Part 1/2
0:35
Jean is the mother of Ambrose Murray.
Mick Frame
1:12
Jim Garrett who ran a picture show near the post office in Abermain
1:21
Open-air picture show, Abermain
1:48
The Subway,on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets, Abermain.
2:04
Nurse Hunter
2:10
The "Magic Lantern" Picture Show
2:23
Came to Abermain, 1901 (age 3)
2:48
Born in Maitland, 1898
2:48
Jean Moran (maiden name)
2:52
Jack Moran. He was a ganger on the railway but not related to Jean. There was no railway when she came. They walked from Stanford Merthyr railway to Abermain. There was a post office at the bottom of Elizabeth Street - it was owned by the Paterson family. her family lived along the creek. A 2 bedroomed bag humpy, whitewashed and papered with newspaper. A bark kitchen.
3:58
Mrs Dorothy Brown, née Moran. Jack Moran's daughter.
4:00
Tad Brown married Dorothy.
5:33
Jim Roberts and Dorothy's father and an overman called Blackmore (Blackland or Blackman) were the first three workers at Abermain Colliery.
5:58
They drove the tunnel or the drift.
6:23
Recalls striking coal at Abermain - Mr Oswald was leading the shift. She lost a lot of her papers in a fire.
7:11
Dorothy had a brother and Kate Moran (sister)
7:25
Vene Moran (sister)
8:11
Recollection of photo, Abermain Hotel - showing a lot of the old miners.
9:02
Recalls bathing in creek water which was spoiled by released water from the mine.
9:23
Recalls railway connected to Abermain when she was a little girl. Everyone went out to see the train come through.
9:58
Recollection of early train carriages - they were like little dog boxes.Her family went back to Maitland to live for a short while. They returned because her mother was sick.
10:24
Dr King rode horse from Maitland to tend her.
10:54
Original surgery of Dr King, Elizabeth Street, Abermain
11:18
Tom Daley, drove a butcher cart
11:35
Mr Farrell, first baker from Sawyers Gully
11:53
She worked in Cessnock and Maitland, married September 1914
12:05
Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock 1913 - 15/- weekly wage aged 14. She lived in as staff.
12:45
Belmore Hotel, Maitland All 3 floors were used and it was well furnished.
13:28
Recollection of early hotels - 2 dining rooms (public and first class) and the miners and school teachers stayed there. Mr Winkler was the owner.
14:07
Abermain picture show - 3d to get in. There was the Magic Lantern then the Silent Pictures came in.
14:28
Jim Garrett showed before the 1920's. He got the contract to put the electricity on in Abermain. The doctor's residence was the third place to have electricity then her place. This was in the 20's.
16:08
Recalls her house burning, Christmas 1931
16:55
Bull's grocery store, Abermain
17:27
Location of Pommeroy's store,Abermain
17:50
Andy Brogan's billiard rooms opposite the hotel.
18:21
Mrs Hiles store, Abermain
18:40
Fred and Phillip David had a grocery shop.
19:45
Bill Moran (brother)
19:53
Dorothy married in September 1914 and had Hubert and Ambrose, Frank, Jim and Kath.
20:55
Husband involved in greyhound racing
21:05
Location of original greyhound training track
22:39
Location of early school, Abermain
22:44
Abel's Hall/the Buff's Hall, location of
23:06
First weatherboard house in Charles Street Abermain
23:11
Charlie Lambert built it.
23:36
Origins of Abermain residents - people just put up a humpy wherever they wanted. Early people were Blanchs, Fosters. A lot came after the railway came through. A lot came from Wonthaggi when the mines finished.The Clarks' and the James'
25:19
Naming of Charles Street, was named after Charles Lambert.
26:17
Recalls mass said in people’s homes - the Molloy family
27:04
Fr. Cullen, Catholic priest When she was 5 or 6 a hall "suddenly appeared"
27:55
Recalls attending convent school
28:10
Nuns lived Kurri, walked to Abermain
28:24
Sr. Marcellan, Sr. Rita
28:44
Harold Hickey drove them in a horse and sulky
29:03
Nuns came to live at Abermain, c.1910
31:27
Recalls walking to Kurri grocers
31:29
O'Brien's delivered groceries before the Coop was set up. Then Mr Bull and Mrs Pommeroy set up shop.
32:12
Recalls church dances, Abermain
32:28
Clarrie Harrison used to play the violin and different people played the piano and the accordion. Parties were held everywhere. She pointed out how people used to turn the TV off when they had visitors but now 9 out of 10 don't. Conversation is different.
33:58
Kate Apthorpe, nee Farrell
34:11
Billy Howe's wife was Seely (sp?)
34:22
Felicia Howe was his daughter, Jack Howe was her twin.
34:51
Bessie Farrell, Aub Farrell
35:20
Jack travelled to the Marist Bros in Maitland with Jack Howe.
35:39
Attended Maitland Public School with ambitions to be a teacher. There were 15 in her family - two died at birth.
36:40
Connection of town lighting, Abermain. The street lights came through about 10 years after the house was connected. The power came from Caledonia. Power in the mine was mainly by steam.
39:22
Billy Doig early railway man
39:37
Alf Swain
40:29
Harry Howard. Roads in the early days were just tracks and when her daughter died aged 5, Dorothy's husband had to chop down the bushes for the funeral to get out. In those days people in Abermain were buried in Kurri or Cessnock.
43:47
The original cemetery in Wollombi was flooded away. The church had to be shifted higher up.
44:59
End of Tape
SubjectMurray née Moran, Jean, 1917-1986Weston (N.S.W.)Stanford Merthyr (N.S.W.)Catholic Church. Diocese of MaitlandAbermain (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAmbrose MurrayA.J. "Mick" FrameJim Roberts - Vigneron, Belbourie (Rothbury). Recorded 22 July 1982. Part 1/1.CreatorMurray née Moran, Jean, 1917-1986Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWIdentifier191A
Recorded 10th August 1982
Part 1/2
0:35
Jean is the mother of Ambrose Murray.
Mick Frame
1:12
Jim Garrett who ran a picture show near the post office in Abermain
1:21
Open-air picture show, Abermain
1:48
The Subway,on the corner of William and Elizabeth Streets, Abermain.
2:04
Nurse Hunter
2:10
The "Magic Lantern" Picture Show
2:23
Came to Abermain, 1901 (age 3)
2:48
Born in Maitland, 1898
2:48
Jean Moran (maiden name)
2:52
Jack Moran. He was a ganger on the railway but not related to Jean. There was no railway when she came. They walked from Stanford Merthyr railway to Abermain. There was a post office at the bottom of Elizabeth Street - it was owned by the Paterson family. her family lived along the creek. A 2 bedroomed bag humpy, whitewashed and papered with newspaper. A bark kitchen.
3:58
Mrs Dorothy Brown, née Moran. Jack Moran's daughter.
4:00
Tad Brown married Dorothy.
5:33
Jim Roberts and Dorothy's father and an overman called Blackmore (Blackland or Blackman) were the first three workers at Abermain Colliery.
5:58
They drove the tunnel or the drift.
6:23
Recalls striking coal at Abermain - Mr Oswald was leading the shift. She lost a lot of her papers in a fire.
7:11
Dorothy had a brother and Kate Moran (sister)
7:25
Vene Moran (sister)
8:11
Recollection of photo, Abermain Hotel - showing a lot of the old miners.
9:02
Recalls bathing in creek water which was spoiled by released water from the mine.
9:23
Recalls railway connected to Abermain when she was a little girl. Everyone went out to see the train come through.
9:58
Recollection of early train carriages - they were like little dog boxes.Her family went back to Maitland to live for a short while. They returned because her mother was sick.
10:24
Dr King rode horse from Maitland to tend her.
10:54
Original surgery of Dr King, Elizabeth Street, Abermain
11:18
Tom Daley, drove a butcher cart
11:35
Mr Farrell, first baker from Sawyers Gully
11:53
She worked in Cessnock and Maitland, married September 1914
12:05
Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock 1913 - 15/- weekly wage aged 14. She lived in as staff.
12:45
Belmore Hotel, Maitland All 3 floors were used and it was well furnished.
13:28
Recollection of early hotels - 2 dining rooms (public and first class) and the miners and school teachers stayed there. Mr Winkler was the owner.
14:07
Abermain picture show - 3d to get in. There was the Magic Lantern then the Silent Pictures came in.
14:28
Jim Garrett showed before the 1920's. He got the contract to put the electricity on in Abermain. The doctor's residence was the third place to have electricity then her place. This was in the 20's.
16:08
Recalls her house burning, Christmas 1931
16:55
Bull's grocery store, Abermain
17:27
Location of Pommeroy's store,Abermain
17:50
Andy Brogan's billiard rooms opposite the hotel.
18:21
Mrs Hiles store, Abermain
18:40
Fred and Phillip David had a grocery shop.
19:45
Bill Moran (brother)
19:53
Dorothy married in September 1914 and had Hubert and Ambrose, Frank, Jim and Kath.
20:55
Husband involved in greyhound racing
21:05
Location of original greyhound training track
22:39
Location of early school, Abermain
22:44
Abel's Hall/the Buff's Hall, location of
23:06
First weatherboard house in Charles Street Abermain
23:11
Charlie Lambert built it.
23:36
Origins of Abermain residents - people just put up a humpy wherever they wanted. Early people were Blanchs, Fosters. A lot came after the railway came through. A lot came from Wonthaggi when the mines finished.The Clarks' and the James'
25:19
Naming of Charles Street, was named after Charles Lambert.
26:17
Recalls mass said in people’s homes - the Molloy family
27:04
Fr. Cullen, Catholic priest When she was 5 or 6 a hall "suddenly appeared"
27:55
Recalls attending convent school
28:10
Nuns lived Kurri, walked to Abermain
28:24
Sr. Marcellan, Sr. Rita
28:44
Harold Hickey drove them in a horse and sulky
29:03
Nuns came to live at Abermain, c.1910
31:27
Recalls walking to Kurri grocers
31:29
O'Brien's delivered groceries before the Coop was set up. Then Mr Bull and Mrs Pommeroy set up shop.
32:12
Recalls church dances, Abermain
32:28
Clarrie Harrison used to play the violin and different people played the piano and the accordion. Parties were held everywhere. She pointed out how people used to turn the TV off when they had visitors but now 9 out of 10 don't. Conversation is different.
33:58
Kate Apthorpe, nee Farrell
34:11
Billy Howe's wife was Seely (sp?)
34:22
Felicia Howe was his daughter, Jack Howe was her twin.
34:51
Bessie Farrell, Aub Farrell
35:20
Jack travelled to the Marist Bros in Maitland with Jack Howe.
35:39
Attended Maitland Public School with ambitions to be a teacher. There were 15 in her family - two died at birth.
36:40
Connection of town lighting, Abermain. The street lights came through about 10 years after the house was connected. The power came from Caledonia. Power in the mine was mainly by steam.
39:22
Billy Doig early railway man
39:37
Alf Swain
40:29
Harry Howard. Roads in the early days were just tracks and when her daughter died aged 5, Dorothy's husband had to chop down the bushes for the funeral to get out. In those days people in Abermain were buried in Kurri or Cessnock.
43:47
The original cemetery in Wollombi was flooded away. The church had to be shifted higher up.
44:59
End of Tape
SubjectMurray née Moran, Jean, 1917-1986Weston (N.S.W.)Stanford Merthyr (N.S.W.)Catholic Church. Diocese of MaitlandAbermain (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAmbrose MurrayA.J. "Mick" FrameJim Roberts - Vigneron, Belbourie (Rothbury). Recorded 22 July 1982. Part 1/1.CreatorMurray née Moran, Jean, 1917-1986Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWIdentifier191Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Jean Murray, née Moran (1898-1986) - Weston and Abermain resident. Recorded 10 August 1982. Part 1/2, [191A]. Living Histories, accessed 29/03/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55800