Bridget Cummins

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• Obituary: 23 Apr 1925, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, NSW; MRS. BRIDGET MURRAY. The late Mrs. Bridget Murray, an old and revered resident of Gunning, and for the past seven years residing with her daughter, Mrs. B. M. Tully, at Lindsay avenue, Burwood, passed away quite suddenly on Tuesday, March 24, while on a short visit to her daughter, Mrs. M. Cotter, Margaret-street, Strathfield. She was in her eighty-eighth year, and up to a couple of hours before her death was in complete possession of all her faculties. Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, she came to Australia with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Commins, when she was three years old. After spending a few years at Sydney, Bathurst, and Wellington, her parents settled on the land in the Yass district when she was seven years old. She remained there until the time of her marriage with the late Mr. Denis Murray, of Violet Hill, Oolong, Gunning, where she lived until the time of her husband's death sixteen years ago. The remaining years of her life she spent with her daughter, Mrs. B. M. Tully, first at Byalla and afterwards at Burwood. By her gentle and genial disposition she endeared herself to a large circle of friends, while her faith and fervor as a devout member of the Catholic Faith edified all who were acquainted with her. She was an assiduous reader of the Catholic newspapers, and took an active interest in everything concerning the Church's welfare up to the day of her death. Her marriage was the first to be celebrated in the Gunning church, and it was her wish that from its sacred precincts she should go to her last resting place. The Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Carson, who also officiated at the grave side in the Gunning Catholic cemetery. The funeral was largely attended. Mrs. Murray's death is mourned by six daughters, 23 grandchildren, and 12 greatgrand-children, as well as by many others who had come to know and love her. Her daughters are Mrs. P. Clancy (Mount View, Gunning), Mrs. B. M. Tully (Burwood), Mrs. K. Brain (Strathfield), Mrs. S. Glass (Sianmore), Mrs. W. Pursehouse (Beckom), and Mrs. M. Cotter (Strathfield). Her remains rest beside those of her late husband, Mr. Denis Murray.-R.I.P- Freeman's Journal, Sydney, NSW, Thursday, 23 April 1925 The Catholic Press, Sydney, NSW, Thursday, 23 April 1925

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Birth:
Possible Birth Record
Name: Bridget Commins
Registration district: Cashel
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 354
FHL Film Number: 101062
(Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958)

Vessel Forth
Arrival 28 Aug 1841
Commin, John, age 28, Farm Servant, Roman Catholic, could read and write, native place Tipperary
Commin, Bridget, age 20, Farm servant, Roman Catholic, could read and write, native place Tipperary
Commin, Bridget, daughter, age 3.
(New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896)

Name: John Comman
Birth Year: abt 1813
Age: 28
Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1841
Vessel Name: Forth
(New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896)

Name: Bridget Comman
Birth Year: abt 1821
Age: 20
Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1841
Vessel Name: Forth
(New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896)

Name: Bridget Comman
Birth Year: abt 1838
Age: 3
Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1841
Vessel Name: Forth
(New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896)

Name: John Comman
Birth Year: abt 1813
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1841
Vessel Name: Forth
Origin Location: Tipperary, Cushel
(New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896)

Vessel Forth
Arrival 28 Aug 1841
Commin, John, age 28, ship Forth, a native of County Tipperary, Cashel, son of William, a farmer and Bridget, his wife. John was a Farm Labourer, aged 28.
Coman, Bridget, native of Cashel, daughter of William Dwyer, a farmer and Mary his wife




Buried:
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GUNNING CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Collector Road, Gunning, New South Wales
12; 5} Denis Murray died at Violet Hill, Oolong,
12; 6} 11.7.1909 aged 69, and his wife
Brigid Murray died at Burwood 24.3.1925 aged
88,
and their son Denis Murray died on active service
at Krugersdorp S.A. 10.1.1901, and
Mary and Teresa Murray, daughters of Denis a
and
Brigid Murray
[Note: there is a memorial to Denis Murray in the Gunning Showground.]

Died:
MURRAY BRIDGET
2918/1925
JOHN
BRIDGET
BURWOOD

Bridget married Denis Joseph Murray 2 Jun 1861, St Joseph and Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, Gunning, New South Wales, Australia . Denis (son of John Murray and Ellen Daly) was born 1840, County Cork, Ireland; died 11 Jul 1909, Violet Hill, Gunning, New South Wales, Australia; was buried 12 Jul 1909, Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet]

1. Denis Joseph Murray was born 27 May 1869, Oolong, Gunning, New South Wales, Australia; died 10 Jan 1901, Krugersdorp, Transvall, South Africa; was buried Krugersdorp Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Birth:
Son of William and Bridget

Died:
Name: John Cummins
Death Date: 1859
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Bridget
Registration Year: 1859
Registration Place: Yass, New South Wales
Registration Number: 5640
(New South Wales Death Index 1788-1985)

John — Bridget Dwyer. Bridget (daughter of William Dwyer and Mary) was born Abt 1821, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland ; died 1898, Yass, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Name: Bridget Whealan
Death Date: 1898
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Nancy
Registration Year: 1898
Registration Place: Yass, New South Wales
Registration Number: 3983
(New South Wales Death Index 1788-1985)

William — Bridget. [Group Sheet]

William — Mary. [Group Sheet]