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The Halls of Cuerindi Maria Adelaide Hall Her Story Cuerindi Run & Highlandale NAMOI RIVER & HALLS CREEK JUNCTION WHERE CUERINDI RUN HEAD STATION FIRST EXISTED UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá A Big Thank You To: MARIA’s WEDDING DAY PHOTO 1861 Harry Hall, Jean Woods, Jeannie Scott, Russell Warner, Ken Hall, Marie Summers, + Pierre DuParte & Yogi Loechner for computer help. UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 2 of 17 Introduction This is the story of Maria Adelaide Hall (nee Devey) who was born at Parramatta in 1840. It is also a story of events and places that influenced her life and times. Long before white people lived in the township of Manilla there were pioneers living on properties around where the town now stands. The Hall family established one such property, Cuerindi Run, in the early 1830's By 1862 the town population could almost be counted on both hands. Maria's mother and step-father were occupying the first town dwelling house erected in Manilla. By Christmas of 1862 Maria and Matthew Hall were married, and living on Cuerindi Run for over a year and a half. Her mother-in-law, Frances Hartley, was also living on the property, and therefore was on hand to assist with the impending birth of Maria's second child. At Christmas 1862, Maria's family made the journey of about six miles along the rough bridle path from their home in Manilla to visit Cuerindi Run. Maria's mother gave her the family bible which Maria's father had brought to the colony. Maria’s name was recorded on the flyleaf, and underneath was written ... Cuerindi Run - Namoi River, and the date... 25 Dec 1862. Almost as an afterthought her date of birth was added as 21 Dec 1840. Five days later, on 30 Dec 1862, Maria gave birth to a son, named Rueben Namoi Hall, and this event was proudly recorded on the face sheet of her newly acquired family treasure. FRANCES HARTLEY UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 3 of 17 CUERINDI BIBLE of MARIA HALL Maria had this bible with her while suspended in the dray hoisted up into a large apple tree over the flood waters in 1864. At that time her son, Reubin was just over 13 months of age, and Maria was almost 7 months pregnant with her second son, Matthew. Maria did not record the birth of her first born son, Edmund H Hall, who was born early in 1862 but died soon after birth. This bible was printed in Maria’s mother gave her this 1835 and purchased from bible during a Christmas visit J.Challoner, Binder, of to “Cuerindi Run” on 25 Dublin. December 1862. The bible The name inside the front had belonged to Maria’s late cover is very faint but father. Maria’s first surviving decipherable as Benjamin W B son was born five days later Davey UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 4 of 17 Maria’s Father – Benjamin Davey: Maria was the colony born daughter of Benjamin Davey1 and his wife Hanasteen (Anastasia or Ann). Benjamin, was a native of Essex, a coastal county directly north-east of London and north of the river Thames. Benjamin was the son of Robert Devey, Paymaster Sergeant of the 47th. Regiment and his wife Mary Ann Beates. According to the Immigration List 1839, Benjamin was a Butler, a Protestant, and could read and write. Late in 1839 or early 1840, Benjamin was a Policeman in Sydney. He died 8 Feb 1843 at Parramatta aged 33 years; he is buried at the St.John’s Church of England Cemetery, Parramatta. Maria’s Mother - Hanasteen (Ann) Davey (nee Byrnes): Maria's mother was a native of Kilkenny, the principal town of the County of Kilkenny, located in the south-eastern sector of Eire about 25 miles north of Waterford, home of Waterford crystal, which is about 80 miles from Dublin. Her father was a farmer, James Byrnes, and her mother was Bridget Flynn. Hanasteen is listed on the Immigrant List 1839 Vol.17 p.112 as being a Cook, a Protestant, and able to read. Generally known as Ann Davey, her Christian name was sometimes recorded as Anastasia. After the death of Benjamin she married James Murrell at Parramatta on 1 June 1843. At some unknown later date she married Daniel Fitzgerald and in 1858 they lived at Maitland before moving to Manilla that same year Family Migration to Australia: Benjamin was 29 years of age, and Hanasteen 28 years of age when they decided to immigrate to the colony of New South Wales in 1839 with their three children: Elizabeth..... 6 years Robert......... 4 years Catherine.... 2 years 1 The Surname Devey has been variously recorded as Devey, Davey, Davys, or Davis. The original spelling appears to have been Davey, and this is the spelling of Benjamin’s name in the family bible. UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 5 of 17 The Government paid their passage, and they sailed on board the ship "China", under the command of Archibald Phillips, from Waterford on 28 July 1839. Their passage out took 145 days, which included 7 days at the Cape, and they arrived at Sydney Cove 20 December 1839. Maria's Birth: Maria later wrote in the family bible that she was born 21 December 1840, and according to colonial records she was born at Parramatta. Records show she was baptised at St. John's Church, Parramatta, on 10 January 1841 by H.H.Hobart. Her father, Benjamin, died two years later. This is probably why Ann married James Murrell four months after Benjamin died; it was very hard for a widow with four children to manage in those days. Early Settlers in Manilla: The Fitzgerald's had gone to live at Maitland, where daughter Catherine married Thomas Connor, who, at the time of his marriage, was in the business of carrying goods to the settlers on the Liverpool Plains with his horse team and wagon and back-loading produce. In 1858, Daniel and Ann Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Devey (24), Robert Devey (22), Maria Devey (18), and Thomas and Catherine Connor (nee Devey), moved to live at Manilla. There were then only two main buildings in Manilla. One was George Veness's Store, which George opened in 1853. This was a timber slab building located near the junction of the Namoi and Manilla Rivers, which was then, and in more recent times, known simply as "the Junction" In the early days the Junction was a favourite camping site for teamsters, and these travellers would become customers for the store. The Veness family lived in the rear portion of the building. The second building was an accommodation house, slab built in the early 1850's by a man named Rideout and known as Rideout’s Boarding House. This building was located on the northern side of the Namoi, fronting what is now Manilla Street. In 1858, Thomas Connor bought Rideout's Boarding House, and he and his family, including the Fitzeralds, lived there while he built the first hotel, nearby. The North Manilla Hotel was completed and opened for business in late 1863. It was built on the northern bank of the Namoi River immediately west of the northern approach to the modern bridge, on the southern side of what is now Lloyd Street and between Manilla and Namoi Streets. UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 6 of 17 The first substantial single dwelling house erected in Manilla was a timber home built for the Fitzgeralds, Maria's mother and step-father. Built at the same time as North Manilla Hotel, this building was on the western bank of the Manilla River downstream below the end of the present day Mandowa Bridge, almost at the junction of the Manilla and Namoi Rivers. George Harrington had previously built himself a rough slab hut, and he lived in this hut and cared for a good orchard on his land. There was also a small police depot, but this was located out of the town area on the Tamworth Road. Maria's Marriage: Maria was in her twentieth year when, with her mother's permission, she MATTHEW HALL married thirty year old Matthew Hall of Cuerindi Run on 23 July 1861. The marriage ceremony was performed on the property according to the rites of the Church of Scotland by a minister named John Morison, and the witnesses were Frederick R. Rogers and Elizabeth Devey (Maria's sister). The wedding was registered in the District of Tamworth Register by John MacDonald, registrar. Matthew and Maria immediately took up residence at the head station, which comprised a group of timber slab buildings on the eastern bank of the Namoi River just below the junction of the Namoi with Halls Creek. This spot is now a little north west and down from where the modern day homestead of Namoi Park is located. In 1852 the adjoining Mundowey Run, originally registered in the name of Joseph Fleming, who was a son of Elizabeth Hall, was signed over to Elizabeth's brother, Thomas Simpson Hall of Dartbrook, and so became officially annexed to Cuerindi Run. This means that the property being managed by Matthew Hall for his father's family at the time he married Maria comprised 106,880 acres of land. Maria’s bible records dates of births of some of her children born on this property. The exception is of her first born child, Edmund H. Hall, who was born very early in 1862 but died soon after birth. Others born on Cuerindi Run were: UxÜà [ÉãtÜwËá [|áàÉÜç Y|Äxá page 7 of 17 Rueben Namoi Hall born: 30 December 1862 Matthew Henry Hall born: 19 April 1864 Cyrus Smith Hall born: 17 May 1866 Winifred Frances Hall born: 25 March 1868 Arwed Walter Hall born: 10 March 1870 George Hercules Hall born: 1872 Pioneering Life: One can only ponder on what life was like in those days for pioneers such as Maria and Matthew.
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