Donald MURTY (1853

Donald MURTY (1853 - 1928)

farmer

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William Garrett MURTY (1878 - 1966) Minnie Frances MURTY (1881 - 1961) John Stanley MURTY (1882 - 1912) Walter Archer MURTY (1885 - 1887) Harold Eustace MURTY (1887 - 1904) Cecil Herbert MURTY (1888 - 1888)	Donald MURTY (1853 - 1928) + Fanny Francis PLUMMER (1856 - 1889)	Michael MURTY (1817 - 1871)



		Margaret CAMERON (1824 - 1861)	Donald CAMERON (1803 - 1853)	John CAMERON
				Ann (CAMERON)
			Ann MCPHIE (1805 - 1883)

b. 04 Aug 1853 at Canberra, ACT, Australia

m. 1877 Fanny Francis PLUMMER (1856 - 1889) at Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia

d. 19 Apr 1928 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Donald MURTY (1853 - 1928)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Donald CAMERON	11 Jul 1803	Corpach, Argyll, Scotland	09 Sep 1853	Ginninderra, New South Wales, Australia	50
Grandmother	Ann MCPHIE	08 Mar 1805	Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland	18 May 1883	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78

Father in Law	Levi PLUMMER	abt 1822	Whittesea, Cambridgeshire, England	26 Apr 1876	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	54
Mother in Law	Frances Ann GUTTERIDGE	abt 1815	Huntingdonshire, England	12 Apr 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	76

Father	Michael MURTY	abt 1817	Ireland	1871	Canberra, ACT, Australia	54
Mother	Margaret CAMERON	06 May 1824	Scotland	12 Jan 1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	36

Self	Donald MURTY	04 Aug 1853	Canberra, ACT, Australia	19 Apr 1928	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	74

Wife	Fanny Francis PLUMMER	1856	Cambridgeshire, England	08 Jul 1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	33

Son	William Garrett MURTY	13 Aug 1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1966	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	88
Daughter	Minnie Frances MURTY	16 Feb 1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Jun 1961		80
Son	John Stanley MURTY	28 Jan 1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 May 1912	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	30
Son	Walter Archer MURTY	29 Jun 1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29 Dec 1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	2
Son	Harold Eustace MURTY	23 Apr 1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	19 Apr 1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16
Son	Cecil Herbert MURTY	13 Dec 1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1888		0

Brother	Thomas MURTY	1848	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister	Anne MURTY	1849	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother	James MURTY	1851	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Agnes C MURTY	1855	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother	William G MURTY	1858	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Christine M MURTY	1860	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Daughter in Law	Emmeline WILSON
Son in Law	James Courtney MOORE	29 Dec 1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1962	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter in Law	Daisy C WALTER

Grandson	Walter Donald MURTY	1911	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Harold Colin MOORE	1914	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Donald McKenzie MOORE	1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Marjorie Catherine MOORE	1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Minnie Helen Kathleen MOORE	1920	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Curtis James Bass MOORE	1922
Grandson	Walter Donald MURTY	1911	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia

Uncle	John Ross CAMERON	06 May 1824	Scotland	08 Sep 1860	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	36
Aunt	Margaret MCPHERSON	1828	Ross & Cromarty, Scotland	01 Jun 1867	Canberra, ACT, Australia	39
Aunt	Ann CAMERON	May 1826	Scotland	1872	Victoria, Australia	46
Uncle	Malcolm MCEACHERN			1879	Victoria, Australia
Uncle	Donald CAMERON	Jul 1828	Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland	01 Jul 1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	55
Aunt	Elizabeth MCDONALD	12 Jun 1843	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jun 1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	42
Aunt	Christina CAMERON	1831	Scotland	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	46
Uncle	Hugh VALLANCE	1823	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland	14 Mar 1878	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	55
Uncle	Alexander CAMERON	1833	Scotland	08 Mar 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	53
Aunt	Mary Ann RYAN
Uncle	Dougald CAMERON	1835	Scotland
Uncle	Duncan CAMERON	1838	Scotland	12 Sep 1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	58
Uncle	Ewan CAMERON	1840	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1896	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia	56
Aunt	Ann Annie SMITH	1846	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	05 Jan 1917	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	71
Uncle	Charles Campbell CAMERON	1842	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Sep 1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	60
Aunt	Margaret MCDONALD	1852	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1927	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia	75
Aunt	Catherine P C CAMERON	1844	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Feb 1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26
Uncle	William AFFLECK	1836	West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland	06 Mar 1923	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	87
Aunt	Mary CAMERON	1846	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	John (W J S) ARCHER	abt 1840		1901		61
Uncle	Allan CAMERON	1848	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Cousin	Isabella CAMERON
Cousin	Christina CAMERON	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Donald CAMERON	1854	New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Elizabeth CAMERON	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	David CAMERON	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Louisa GOZZARD	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	28 Feb 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Margaret Maria GOZZARD	1867	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Janet M A CAMERON	1869	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Elizabeth CAMERON	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Donald C CAMERON	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Flora CAMERON	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Christina Allison CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	38
Cousin	Hugh VALLANCE	1860	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Christina VALLANCE	1861	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Donald VALLANCE	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John H VALLANCE	1865	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Duncan P VALLANCE	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Margaret A VALLANCE	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Catherine Ann VALLANCE	1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Olivia Minnie CAMERON	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Margaret Nina F CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Alexander C CAMERON	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mary CAMERON	1867	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Evan CAMERON	1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Catherine Alice CAMERON	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Ernest CAMERON	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	John Stuart CAMERON	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Annie Mabel CAMERON	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	42
Cousin	Cecil Herbert CAMERON	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Bertie Allan CAMERON	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	74
Cousin	Hubert Clement CAMERON	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1968	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	85
Cousin	Dugald B CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Archibald S CAMERON	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Gordon C H CAMERON	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Jean Grace CAMERON	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Catherine Affleck CAMERON	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Claudius McDonald CAMERON	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Murray Steele CAMERON	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Arthur AFFLECK	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15
Cousin	John Wishart Cameron AFFLECK	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1956	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	88

Nephew	George Lockie MURTY	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1964		88
Niece	Annie MURTY	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Agnes J MURTY	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David William BOON	1861	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1925		64
Niece	Lucy BOON	1863	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jun 1960		97
Nephew	Arthur L BOON	1866	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Frances Mary Ann BOON	1868	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Eliza May BOON	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Ada Ruth BOON	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	23 Jul 1951	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	78
Nephew	Frederick John BOON	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Ernest Llewellyn BOON	1877	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Isaac Walter BOON	1879	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Clement Everard BOON	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Ester Ann SMITH	Apr 1881		Apr 1973	Canberra, ACT, Australia	92

Sister in Law	Mary Ann GUTTERIDGE	1836	Holme, Huntingdonshire, England	10 Aug 1906	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother in Law	William PLUMMER	abt 1853	England	17 May 1886	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	33
Sister in Law	Eliza Elizabeth PLUMMER	abt 1860	Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Sarah Jane KINLYSIDE	abt 1853	California, USA	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25
Sister in Law	Priscilla WILLIAMS	1854	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	87

Events in Donald MURTY (1853 - 1928)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
04 Aug 1853		Donald MURTY was born	Canberra, ACT, Australia	V18531720 39A/1853	6
12 Jan 1861	7	Death of mother Margaret CAMERON (aged 36)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	4558/1861	6
1871	18	Death of father Michael MURTY (aged 54)	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
1877	24	Married Fanny Francis PLUMMER (aged 21)	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	4197/1877	6
13 Aug 1878	25	Birth of son William Garrett MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21025/1878	6
16 Feb 1881	27	Birth of daughter Minnie Frances MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25854/1881	6
28 Jan 1882	28	Birth of son John Stanley MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26927/1882	6
29 Jun 1885	31	Birth of son Walter Archer MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31572/1885	6
23 Apr 1887	33	Birth of son Harold Eustace MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	33477/1887	6
29 Dec 1887	34	Death of son Walter Archer MURTY (aged 2)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
13 Dec 1888	35	Birth of son Cecil Herbert MURTY	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	34588/1888
13 Dec 1888	35	Death of son Cecil Herbert MURTY			80
08 Jul 1889	35	Death of wife Fanny Francis PLUMMER (aged 33)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80
19 Apr 1904	50	Death of son Harold Eustace MURTY (aged 16)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	6835/1904	6
18 May 1912	58	Death of son John Stanley MURTY (aged 30)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	7544/1912
19 Apr 1928	74	Donald MURTY died	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9412/1928	6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 235 (Birth)

- Reference = 235 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 235 (Death)

- Reference = 235 (Marriage)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2300/donald-murty.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Donald Murty

Born: 1853; Died: 1928; Married: Frances ('Fanny') Plummer

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(Written by Walter Murty, son of John Stanley Murty (1882-1912)

"My Grandfather, Donald Murty, was born on the 4 August 1853, to Michael and Margaret Murty, who had been married by Rev. John Dunmore Lang at Scots Church, Sydney, in 1848.

In 1877, he married Frances Murty [nee Plummer], whose family lived at Weetangera. In the same year he selected land, near Hall, which he named Gledeswood and there built his home. The whole property is approximately 450 acres.

I have very little recollection of his first home but this is what I remember. It was constructed of upright slabs of timber fitted close together and standing close together on a base plate. The outside was white painted and rooms were lined with wallpaper and brown paper. Bedrooms were in a separate building with a covered passageway about six feet wide between them and the kitchen and dining room etc. The floor of this passage was of hard earth and a large wood box stood about the centre against a bedroom wall. The present lounge room would be built over the passage and extending into where the slab bedrooms were. I have a dim recollection of being very ill in the eastern bedroom. Aunty Min told me that I had double pneumonia for weeks.

The dairy was a separate slab building beside the road and in front of the house. Two olive trees were planted in line between the dairy and the present main gate. The front gate then was between the two trees. Grandfather planted an oak tree beside the home in 1877. Today, it almost covers the whole of the new buildings.

These were erected towards the end of 1923. The builders of the present homestead were Merlin Midmer and Ev. Rowley. Midmer was just out from England. He was six feet eight inches tall and his wife was five feet three inches. Of happy-go-lucky, easy going nature he knew his job well and completed it in about six months. Ev Rowley hailed from Sutton. He was the labourer and a hard worker and they made a suitable team.

All the large concrete bricks were moulded on the job and were used for the bedroom and lounge room walls. Verandahs on three sides plus the huge oak tree controlled summer temperatures very well. In winter, a roaring log fire in the long rather narrow dining room threw out such heat that sometimes we sat as far away as we possibly could or we would boil. A game of cards was a frequent pastime to wile away the hours.

Once the house was completes the dairy was demolished and separating of the milk continued in an annex on the northern side of the home. Two additional outhouses were added a few feet from the northern wall and used as a laundry and a storeroom.

Soon after Grandfather settled on his selection and had fenced all his paddocks, he donated about two acres of his property fronting the main road to the Methodist Church. There, a solid blue granite building was erected and so began the Wattle Park church which was complete in 1882.

It is quite probable that Uncle Jim and Aunty Min moved in to keep house for Grandfather soon after they were married and made that their home until their retirement when they moved to 3 Eurobin Ave. Manly, about 1951. I was one of the family until my marriage.

At the time of their marriage, Uncle Jim had a small property at Bulga Creek adjoining his sister Sarah's place. She had two sons, Carl and Athol, both a little older than I was. I remember Sarah Oldfield but not her husband. On an occasional trip to Bulga Creek, some three miles south of the Cotter, I played with them. The creek entered the Murrumbidgee before the Cotter River entered the same stream. The house, made of slabs, was built near the creek and snakes were a menace in summer.

The last time I visited Bulga Creek I was about nine. We drove a flock of about 400 sheep from there to 'Gledeswood' and Uncle Jim left there for good. We left Bulga Creek about noon and drove the flock to Coppins Crossing, arriving about five p.m. There was some difficulty enticing the sheep to cross the Molonglo River but finally after dragging a couple of leaders through the running water, the remainder followed. The sheep dogs were tied some distance up the Weetangerra side of the lane to prevent sheep straying too far at night. We camped under the stars on sand in the river bed for the night. Up early the next morning, we drove them all day, finally arriving at 'Gledeswood' about dark that day. Years later I was to camp under the stars with Os Southwell on a fishing expedition to Burrenjuck Dam.

The south-eastern boundary of 'Gledeswood' skirted the foot range of low hills from Kitty Hill to One Tree Hill. This range lies on the ACT boundary, 'Gledeswood' being in N.S.W. There are two brackish springs in the Top Paddock and in order to drain them Grandfather ran a ploughshare furrow from them and followed the lowest land contour until he came to the main road. This is now a creek which passes 'Gledeswood', in some places up to ten feet deep.

A dam was scooped out half way between the house and the church; another made in the Church paddock, where permanent spring fresh water was also located. This spring was sunk to a depth of about ten feet. Years later, water pipes were laid, bringing a permanent supply of water to the house and this supply also kept a vegetable garden going.
(Written by Walter Murty, son of John Stanley Murty (1882-1912)

Note: Donald Murty carted water from a spring on his Gledeswood property to the village of Hall, which was without water, during the1908 drought.

Death of Mr. Donald Murty.

Another of the old district identities passed the great Divide in the person of Mr. Donald Murty, at the age of 74. Deceased was a son of the late Michael Murty of Duntroon, and was born at Ginnindera and followed farming pursuits at Hall for the past 50 years. About three years ago, his sight failed and he had to retire from active duties. A little over a week ago, he was brought into town for treatment of ... weakening, passed away this morning.

Deceased was widely known and respected in this district and leaves a son ,Mr. W.G.Murty of Sydney and a daughter, Mrs. J. C. Moore, 'Gledeswood', Hall to mourn their loss. His wife pre-deceased him 39 years ago. The funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon leaving Wattle Park Methodist Church at 2 o'clock, for the Weetangera Cemetery, where the interment will be made at 3p.m.(Queanbeyan Age, April 19, 1928)

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