Ellen, Bridget & Kate
Mar. 19th, 2011 07:48 pmI thought this would be easy. I could do a brief summary and then link to a web page. Of course that required finding a suitable web page. Ha ha.
So then I thought I'd just do a short post with the little that I already knew, and that would do. But first, it wouldn't hurt to have a quick run through the newspapers. And then I had to read through and "correct" each article, and then read through them again once I'd copied them to check for errors, weird formatting. So it's gone a bit long, but as I've had to read everything 2 or 3 times, I can assure you, it's interesting. With footnotes too.
So, to NSW in the 1860s.
Ellen
I was undecided on whether to include Ellen. She married John McGuire, and lived "happily ever after". But it felt unbalanced to leave her out, and she does appear in various narratives as Maguire's wife or Mrs McGuire.
( Ellen )
Bridget
The second sister, Bridget, married one of her father's stockmen. It's her absence that matters, so isn't there much written about her as such, because she's not there to write about.
( Bridget )
Kate
The youngest sister married John Brown. For all that's been written about Mrs Brown, not much has been said about her, in books.
I did find this, in a newspaper at the time everyone was talking about her:
Catherine Welsh, the wife of one Brown, a native of the colony, was born of humble but respectable parents, and is now nineteen years of age. Some years ago she came to Yass to be educated, and was a scholar at Mrs. Staniforth's school, remaining at one of the most respectable hotels in the town during that time. She left for home, and subsequently contracted marriage with Brown. Her late career is well known. We have been told that her father still lives, but that her mother died some eighteen months ago. 5
( Kate )
So then I thought I'd just do a short post with the little that I already knew, and that would do. But first, it wouldn't hurt to have a quick run through the newspapers. And then I had to read through and "correct" each article, and then read through them again once I'd copied them to check for errors, weird formatting. So it's gone a bit long, but as I've had to read everything 2 or 3 times, I can assure you, it's interesting. With footnotes too.
So, to NSW in the 1860s.
Ellen
I was undecided on whether to include Ellen. She married John McGuire, and lived "happily ever after". But it felt unbalanced to leave her out, and she does appear in various narratives as Maguire's wife or Mrs McGuire.
( Ellen )
Bridget
The second sister, Bridget, married one of her father's stockmen. It's her absence that matters, so isn't there much written about her as such, because she's not there to write about.
( Bridget )
Kate
The youngest sister married John Brown. For all that's been written about Mrs Brown, not much has been said about her, in books.
I did find this, in a newspaper at the time everyone was talking about her:
Catherine Welsh, the wife of one Brown, a native of the colony, was born of humble but respectable parents, and is now nineteen years of age. Some years ago she came to Yass to be educated, and was a scholar at Mrs. Staniforth's school, remaining at one of the most respectable hotels in the town during that time. She left for home, and subsequently contracted marriage with Brown. Her late career is well known. We have been told that her father still lives, but that her mother died some eighteen months ago. 5
( Kate )
