Hurry, Sarah

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NameHurry, SarahOccupationMidwifePlace of ResidenceAlbion ParkBiographySarah Denniss was born in Kent, England in 1831, to Richard and Sarah (nee Gillet).

The family came to Australia abord the 'Westminster' in 1838, and settled at Marshall Mount. Another local family, the Thomas family came out on the same ship.

Lionel Hurry was born c.1837 in Cambridgeshire, UK to William and Elizabeth (nee Parker). He came to Australia in 1857, when he was about 19 years old aboard the 'Beejapore'.

In 1861, Sarah Denniss married Lionel at the schoolhouse at Macquarie Rivulet, and they had one daughter Albertina Racheal b.1872. The Hurry family lived in a small home 'Vine Cottage', Tongarra Road, Albion Park.

In 1864, Lionel's 18 years old brother Napoleon, joined him in the colony. Napoleon married Sarah Jolliffe in 1869.

Sarah Hurry became a noted midwife in the area.

According to local identity Bert Weston, Mrs. Hurry was in looks and dress a replica of Queen Victoria and spent most of her time in her small cottage preparing and plaiting strands of cabbage tree palms into long flat lengths, which she then fashioned and stitched into cabbage tree hats. Many of the old timers in Albion Park wore nothing else.

Mrs. Hurry was a midwife and ‘ready to saddle forth and any time of day or night for an impending birth’. Bert Weston and his family of six brothers and sisters were all ‘introduced squalling to the light of day by Mrs. Hurry and for which dubious service she charged $2 per head.

According to Bert, ‘A family of seven for seven quid was cheap nation building.’

Sarah died in 1925, and Lionel a few years after in 1928. They are buried at the Albion Park Anglican Cemetery.

Their daughter Albertina continued to live at 'Vine Cottage' until her death in 1966.

‘Albion Park Saga’, Bert Weston, The Tongarra Heritage Society, 1996

External LinkNonagenarian's Death 1925Obituary Sarah Hurry 1925Obituary Sarah Hurry 1925Abraham Denniss A Tribute Sketch by W Ross 1918Obituary Mr Lionel Hurry 1928Obituary Napoleon Hurry 1927Obituary Lionel Hurry 1928Fifty Eight Years in the Same Home 1941Party for Eightieth Birthday 1952

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Lionel, Albertina & Sarah Hurry, Albion Park, c.1893.

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