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Mary Snape, née Brown (1898-) - Cessnock resident. Recorded 12th October 1981. Part 1/1.
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SummaryMARY SNAPE
Recorded 12th October 1981
Part 1/1
0:32
Her family moved to Cessnock, 1910
0:35
Robert Brown was her father and he was a miner.
0:38
Bob Brown was her first nephew
0:55
The family originally lived at Minmi to Cessnock. There were about 9 or 11 hotels in Minmi.
1:09
She was twelve when she came to Cessnock (Born 1898)
1:21
There were 6 girls and 5 boys - Alec, Robert was killed in WW1.
2:03
Father worked at Aberdare Colliery. Father died in 1926
2:24
The first telephone exchange girls - Possibly they were Miss Buffier - Muriel Higgins - Belle Lang.
3:30
George Lang may have worked at Washington and Souls.
3:52
She left school at 14 and worked as tailoress, Guest & Hartley (Tom Guest's father was a tailor and Jim Hartley was the tailor and the cutter).
4:30
She then worked for Mr Peart until she got married in 1921
4:37
Location of Guest & Hartley tailors
4:58
Location of Vincent Street bridge
5:25
Liz Moody, Bertha Lewis, Anne Anderson, née Ranclaud were later telephone exchange women.
6:25
Arthur Sarroff - The Community Stores.
7:12
Samuel William Henry Snape (husband) returned from the war in 1919.
7:23
Samuel William Snape (father-in-law)
7:29
Samuel William Snape (son)
7:37
Bill Snape married Hazel Roberts - not her family
8:01
Robert Brown Snape (younger son) Nine years between the sons. No daughters.
8:13
Alicia Brampton married Robert Brown (daughter-in-law) First marriage.
8:31
Kel-anne Snape (granddaughter) - daughter of Alicia and Robert
9:16
Husband trained as carpenter but war injury to the shoulder prevented that when he returned.
9:54
Husband worked as deputy, Pelton Colliery
10:23
Samuel William Snape, the auctioneer was her father in law. Bill Snape married in to the Barnes' family. George Barnes, Dick Barnes.
10:57
Rebecca Jackson (mother-in-law married to her father in law) at Mount View
11:11
Bill Snape - father in law's brother - auctioneer assistant.
12:26
Recollection of Snape family reunion at Hungerford Hill.
13:20
Snape family owned property at Mount View and Ellalong.
13:36
Location of residence when married
14:20
Location of first residence in East Cessnock
14:53
Rosie Coldrake
15:01
Location of Barker's tailor shop
15:13
Location of Peart's store, Cessnock
16:00
Miss Bond had a shop next to Pert's. Vic Harris.
16:30
Jack Cantwell, Steve Cantwell - store owner
16:43
Harold Lett - store owner of a "ladies shop"
16:47
C.J. (Cyril) Ryan - stationer
17:21
George Natriss - baker
17:53
Dave Gordon - Minister of Forestry in the Labor Government. Lee Gordon and Jack Gordon
19:31
Location of Jack Gordon's residence
20:34
Raylene Turnbull (tailoress) married George Natriss
21:00
Harold Slade
21:16
Joanne Anderson, Dingle Anderson's daughter married a Slade
21:35
Des Harris, Norma Harris
21:55
Alan Slade
22:34
George Brown
22:35
Jim "Jazz" Scott pulled the gun out at a Council meeting.
24:00
Recollection of Snape family reunion at Hungerford Hill
24:33
Brown family emigrated from Scotland
24:40
John Brown (brother) the eldest born 1881
24:55
Her mother was a Curry (Currey) - they came from Ayrshire.
28:02
Early Cessnock school dates back to 1859
29:31
Cessnock Superior Public School. Bursary winners went on to Maitland High.
30:44
Recollection of Bubonic Plague
31:09
Ken Oliver
31:29
Des Peat (Peate)
32:48
Bob Brown (brother) worked as a miner
33:36
Her brother John Brown was Cessnock Hospital Hon Sec. was an injured miner
34:01
Presbyterian Church built, 1906
34:58
Rev. Stewart McCooke took the services
35:07
Clarke Dunk
35:48
Robert White - electric light reader and an elder of the Presbyterian Church
36:04
Will Brown (brother) was mines inspector
36:45
Margaret Delaney - her father and Jack's father were brothers. Robert "Bob" Brown (nephew)
40:01
Jackson Brown (brother) involved in the Rothbury Riot
43:09
Cessnock Red Cross, Foundation member. WW2.
43:45
Mrs Woodgate, Barbara Street
43:57
N.E. (Nathaniel) Clark
44:08
Fran Smith, Nina Bowden - hospital visiting
44:33
Foundation member, Cessnock YWCA - before 1937. The Comforts Fund.
Tape duration: 45:58
Snape née Brown, Mary, 1898-PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToHarold SladeBertha Lewis née Leatham (1912-1998) - Cessnock Telephone Exchange operator. 30 May 1981. Part 1/1.CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Minmi School[2] Pelton Colliery, NSW[3] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier270A
Recorded 12th October 1981
Part 1/1
0:32
Her family moved to Cessnock, 1910
0:35
Robert Brown was her father and he was a miner.
0:38
Bob Brown was her first nephew
0:55
The family originally lived at Minmi to Cessnock. There were about 9 or 11 hotels in Minmi.
1:09
She was twelve when she came to Cessnock (Born 1898)
1:21
There were 6 girls and 5 boys - Alec, Robert was killed in WW1.
2:03
Father worked at Aberdare Colliery. Father died in 1926
2:24
The first telephone exchange girls - Possibly they were Miss Buffier - Muriel Higgins - Belle Lang.
3:30
George Lang may have worked at Washington and Souls.
3:52
She left school at 14 and worked as tailoress, Guest & Hartley (Tom Guest's father was a tailor and Jim Hartley was the tailor and the cutter).
4:30
She then worked for Mr Peart until she got married in 1921
4:37
Location of Guest & Hartley tailors
4:58
Location of Vincent Street bridge
5:25
Liz Moody, Bertha Lewis, Anne Anderson, née Ranclaud were later telephone exchange women.
6:25
Arthur Sarroff - The Community Stores.
7:12
Samuel William Henry Snape (husband) returned from the war in 1919.
7:23
Samuel William Snape (father-in-law)
7:29
Samuel William Snape (son)
7:37
Bill Snape married Hazel Roberts - not her family
8:01
Robert Brown Snape (younger son) Nine years between the sons. No daughters.
8:13
Alicia Brampton married Robert Brown (daughter-in-law) First marriage.
8:31
Kel-anne Snape (granddaughter) - daughter of Alicia and Robert
9:16
Husband trained as carpenter but war injury to the shoulder prevented that when he returned.
9:54
Husband worked as deputy, Pelton Colliery
10:23
Samuel William Snape, the auctioneer was her father in law. Bill Snape married in to the Barnes' family. George Barnes, Dick Barnes.
10:57
Rebecca Jackson (mother-in-law married to her father in law) at Mount View
11:11
Bill Snape - father in law's brother - auctioneer assistant.
12:26
Recollection of Snape family reunion at Hungerford Hill.
13:20
Snape family owned property at Mount View and Ellalong.
13:36
Location of residence when married
14:20
Location of first residence in East Cessnock
14:53
Rosie Coldrake
15:01
Location of Barker's tailor shop
15:13
Location of Peart's store, Cessnock
16:00
Miss Bond had a shop next to Pert's. Vic Harris.
16:30
Jack Cantwell, Steve Cantwell - store owner
16:43
Harold Lett - store owner of a "ladies shop"
16:47
C.J. (Cyril) Ryan - stationer
17:21
George Natriss - baker
17:53
Dave Gordon - Minister of Forestry in the Labor Government. Lee Gordon and Jack Gordon
19:31
Location of Jack Gordon's residence
20:34
Raylene Turnbull (tailoress) married George Natriss
21:00
Harold Slade
21:16
Joanne Anderson, Dingle Anderson's daughter married a Slade
21:35
Des Harris, Norma Harris
21:55
Alan Slade
22:34
George Brown
22:35
Jim "Jazz" Scott pulled the gun out at a Council meeting.
24:00
Recollection of Snape family reunion at Hungerford Hill
24:33
Brown family emigrated from Scotland
24:40
John Brown (brother) the eldest born 1881
24:55
Her mother was a Curry (Currey) - they came from Ayrshire.
28:02
Early Cessnock school dates back to 1859
29:31
Cessnock Superior Public School. Bursary winners went on to Maitland High.
30:44
Recollection of Bubonic Plague
31:09
Ken Oliver
31:29
Des Peat (Peate)
32:48
Bob Brown (brother) worked as a miner
33:36
Her brother John Brown was Cessnock Hospital Hon Sec. was an injured miner
34:01
Presbyterian Church built, 1906
34:58
Rev. Stewart McCooke took the services
35:07
Clarke Dunk
35:48
Robert White - electric light reader and an elder of the Presbyterian Church
36:04
Will Brown (brother) was mines inspector
36:45
Margaret Delaney - her father and Jack's father were brothers. Robert "Bob" Brown (nephew)
40:01
Jackson Brown (brother) involved in the Rothbury Riot
43:09
Cessnock Red Cross, Foundation member. WW2.
43:45
Mrs Woodgate, Barbara Street
43:57
N.E. (Nathaniel) Clark
44:08
Fran Smith, Nina Bowden - hospital visiting
44:33
Foundation member, Cessnock YWCA - before 1937. The Comforts Fund.
Tape duration: 45:58
Snape née Brown, Mary, 1898-PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToHarold SladeBertha Lewis née Leatham (1912-1998) - Cessnock Telephone Exchange operator. 30 May 1981. Part 1/1.CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Minmi School[2] Pelton Colliery, NSW[3] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier270Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Mary Snape, née Brown (1898-) - Cessnock resident. Recorded 12th October 1981. Part 1/1., [270A]. Living Histories, accessed 05/10/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55929