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m. 27 Dec 1818 - Elizabeth Kershaw1857 - 1939
Facts and Events
Catholic Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1932 - 1942), Thursday 19 January 1939, page 31
| MRS. ELIZABETH HORAN, BATHURST
There passed away at Bathurst on Sunday, January 15, at the age of 81 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Horan, relict of the late Thomas Horan, also of Bathurst, and formerly Postmaster at Bulli. Mrs. Horan had lived with her daughter, Mrs, L. P. Jones, of Bexley, for the past nine years, and went to Bathurst to stay with her son, Mr. J. H. Horan, for the Christmas holidays, which custom she has been following for a few years past. On Sunday members of, the family had travelled to Bulli to be at the funeral of Mrs. A. Horan, their aunt, when Mrs. Horan, senr., took a sudden heart attack as a result of the extreme, heat. She was attended to by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack Horan, and had prompt, medical attention, but she never rallied and passed peacefully away within an hour. Although her sons and daughter motored without a stop from Bulli to Bathurst, they were too late to see their mother again before she died. Mrs. Horan was one of Australia's Catholic pioneers, and was the daughter of the late Elizabeth and James Kershaw, Supt. of Police, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She came to N.S. Wales over fifty years ago, travelling to Bolivia with Bishop Redwood and others in Cobb and Co.'s coach. Later she married and lived at Camp Creek, now Helensburgh. When her first son, George, was born he was taken from Camp Creek to St. Mary's Cathedral by horse waggon to be christened. From that time up till about fourteen years later she and her husband housed and looked after the Catholic priests, who visited Helensburgh. Included in these were the late Dean Flanagan, Very Rev. Father Bar low, Rev. Father Dunne, Archbishop Kelly, and others. The family were the prime movers in getting the present wooden church built in Helensburgh, and the forms and altar were built in the kitchen of the Horon house by the late Thomas Horan and his brothers. Mrs, Horan was the possessor of a very fine voice, and the choir at the Helensburgh Church some forty years ago was one to be reckoned with, as there were about, twenty especially good singers in it. Mrs. Horan was always a dilligent church worker, and was never tired do ing bazaar work, etc. Her sons, George and Jack (Horan Bros.) of Bathurst, and her daughter, Hilda (Mrs. L. P. Jones), of Bexley, are left to mourn the loss of a loving mother.
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW : 1900 - 1954), Friday 27 January 1939, page 3
| Late Mrs. E. Horan
In our last issue we reported the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Horan, relict of the late Thomas Horan, of Bathurst, and formerly postmaster at Helensburgh, Bulli and Woonona, and mother of Messrs George and Jack Horan, of Bathurst, and Mrs. L. P. Jones, of Sydney. The Bathurst 'National Advocate' of January 17, says: The late Mrs. Horan was born at Keightley. Yorkshire, daughter of Mrs. James Kirshaw, who was Super-intendent of Police at Sheffield. Mrs. Horan came to Australia 59 years ago and remembered quite well travelling in Cobb and Co's. coach from Glen Innes, the then terminus of the northern railway line. Also passen-gers on the same coach were the
Church of England Bishop inside the coach and the Catholic Bishop on the top. Mrs. Horan resided in this State and lived an active life, up to a few years ago and would oft-times relate the distances women were accustom-ed to walk which would seem impossible to-day. She well, remembered an instance of one lady, the mother of a large family who after walking to Sydney from Helensburgh, a distance of 28 miles, returned on the following day carrying a 25 lb bag of flour as well as other small parcels. The funeral of Mrs. Horan moved from her son*s residence, 7 William street, to the Catholic portion of the Bathurst cemetery. The Rev. Fr. Connaughton officiated at the chapel and graveside. The chief mourners were two sons, Messrs George and Jack Horan, daughter, Mrs. L. P. Jones, daughters-in-law, Mesdames G. and J. Horan, of Bathurst; son-in-law, Mr. L. P. Jones, of Sydney. A large number of beautiful floral tributes were placed on the grave.
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National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), Tuesday 17 January 1939, page 5
| The death took place at St. Vincent's Hospital on Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Elizabeth Horan, relict of the late Mr. Thomas Horan, of Bathurst, and mother of Messrs. George and Jack Horan of Bathurst, and Mrs. L. P. Jones, of Sydney. The late Mrs. Horan was born at Keightley, Yorkshire, daughter of Mr. James Kirshaw, who was Superintendent of Police at Sheffield. Mrs. Horan came to Australia 59 years ago and remembered quite well travelling in Cobb and Co's coach from Glen Innes, the then terminus of the northern railway line. Also passengers on the same coach were the Church of England Bishop inside the coach and the Catholic Bishop on the top. Mrs. Horan resided in this State and lived an active life up to a few years ago and would oft-times relate the distances women were accustomed to walk which would seem impossible to-day. She well remembered an instance of one lady, the mother of a large family who after walking to Sydney from Helensburgh, a distance of 20 miles, returned on the following day carrying a 25lb. bag of flour as well as other small parcels. The funeral of Mrs Horan took place yesterday afternoon, moving from her son's residence, 7 William Street, to the Catholic portion of the Bathurst Cemetery. The Rev. Fr. Connaughton officiated at the chapel and grave-side. The chief mourners were two sons, Messrs. George and Jack Horan daughter, Mrs. L. P. Jones, daughters in-law, Mesdames G. and J. Horan of Bathurst; son-in-law, Mr. L. P Jones, of Sydney. A large number of beautiful floral tributes were placed on the grave.
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