A Byrnes Goose
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:06 pm
From a local newspaper of the times.
When researching my mothers side of the family, a cousn of mine came across this in a old newspaper at the library.
"Any family, having the peasure of a goose raised by Elizabeth Byrnes, of Bank Street, would have a fine Christmas Dinner. Mrs Byrnes, a well respected midwife and mother of fifteen, has a reputation for taking first prize with her hand raised gesse at every Wollongong Agricultural Show in which she has entered them. Her geese, along with her rhubarb jam, are much sought after."
Almost forgot to say she was my Grandmother. She had thirteen chidren of her own and the adopted two more. It is family folklaw that she said on her deathbed, "Why would I want to keep living. I can't have any more babies."
I didn't get to meet her. She died when my mother was 7 years old and my mum was raised by an older sister, Tess.
When researching my mothers side of the family, a cousn of mine came across this in a old newspaper at the library.
"Any family, having the peasure of a goose raised by Elizabeth Byrnes, of Bank Street, would have a fine Christmas Dinner. Mrs Byrnes, a well respected midwife and mother of fifteen, has a reputation for taking first prize with her hand raised gesse at every Wollongong Agricultural Show in which she has entered them. Her geese, along with her rhubarb jam, are much sought after."
Almost forgot to say she was my Grandmother. She had thirteen chidren of her own and the adopted two more. It is family folklaw that she said on her deathbed, "Why would I want to keep living. I can't have any more babies."
I didn't get to meet her. She died when my mother was 7 years old and my mum was raised by an older sister, Tess.