Monday, August 14, 2023

MARGARET MUIR

  •  Margaret Muir - (born 1837 in Bathurst) married Robert Whittey (also a shepherd) in Mudgee in 1861 (NSW BDM 2335/1861).
    • Sarah Whitty born 1859 in Cassilis (NSW BDM 6647/1859)
    • Jessie Whitty born 1862; married Thomas Bassett in Gulgong in 1876 and they had three children: 
      • Alice 1878
      • Thomas 1881
      • Jessie 1894.
Margaret's second marriage in 1873 was to Henry Cunningham (a farm labourer) in Gulgong. They had children:
    • Michael 1871, 
    • Ellen 1873, 
    • Patrick 1875, 
    • Rose 1877; married Michael Lett in Gulgong in 1894 and they had 9 children.
    • James 1879
    • John 1882.
Their daughter, Margaret Cunningham, born at "Goodiman Creek, Gulgong", died aged 5 years and 5 months from a fever of 3 weeks duration on 7 June 1874 at Guntawang. Her medical attendant was Mattio Orlovich (a miner and hotel owner!)