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| Fred and his younger brother Robert first went to Bowen House Preparatory School at Ipswich; it took in boys from 7 years of age.((Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.91n.)) This was closer to Maroon - a decision in stark contrast to what was believed the disaster of sending Matilda's young sons to school in Hobart. When Fred and his brothers were older they transferred to the more prestigious - and further away - Brisbane Grammar.((M-P papers, NLA MS 7801, 12/96)) In 1894 at Brisbane Grammar, Fred was awarded //Heroes and Kings. Stories from the Greek// (1890), as a prize for maths. Like most book prizes from that and subsequent decades, it appears little read.\\ | Fred and his younger brother Robert first went to Bowen House Preparatory School at Ipswich; it took in boys from 7 years of age.((Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.91n.)) This was closer to Maroon - a decision in stark contrast to what was believed the disaster of sending Matilda's young sons to school in Hobart. When Fred and his brothers were older they transferred to the more prestigious - and further away - Brisbane Grammar.((M-P papers, NLA MS 7801, 12/96)) In 1894 at Brisbane Grammar, Fred was awarded //Heroes and Kings. Stories from the Greek// (1890), as a prize for maths. Like most book prizes from that and subsequent decades, it appears little read.\\ |
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| The last Australian reference found for Fred is in 1905, when the Supreme Court was asked to interpret his father's will.((//The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser//, 3 November 1905, p.6.)) The next reference found is to his death in New Zealand in 1956, complicated by his surname being mispelt as Murray Pryor. His death certificate reveals his sad story. He died in Auckland Mental Hospital of bronchopneumonia, but was noted as having suffered for 'years' from two other diseases, both of them highly stigmatised at the time: tuberculosis and schizophrenia. As was so often the case for mental health patients, little was known about him by the time he died. The length of time he had lived in New Zealand, as well as whether he had ever married, were consequently both recorded as unknown.((New Zealand death certificate 1956/27163)) His death was deemed natural so no inquest was performed.((National Archives of New Zealand, Coroners Inquests Unnecessary - Case Files - Pryor, Frederick Maurice Murray (R23850983) 1956, R23850983, ACGS, 16231, J46, 1483/ CR1956/926))\\ | The last Australian reference found for Fred is in 1905, when the Supreme Court was asked to interpret his father's will.((//The Richmond River Express and Cas%%i%%no Kyogle Advertiser//, 3 November 1905, p.6.)) The next reference found is to his death in New Zealand in 1956, complicated by his surname being mispelt as Murray Pryor. His death certificate reveals his sad story. He died in Auckland Mental Hospital of bronchopneumonia, but was noted as having suffered for 'years' from two other diseases, both of them highly stigmatised at the time: tuberculosis and schizophrenia. As was so often the case for mental health patients, little was known about him by the time he died. The length of time he had lived in New Zealand, as well as whether he had ever married, were consequently both recorded as unknown.((New Zealand death certificate 1956/27163)) His death was deemed natural so no inquest was performed.((National Archives of New Zealand, Coroners Inquests Unnecessary - Case Files - Pryor, Frederick Maurice Murray (R23850983) 1956, R23850983, ACGS, 16231, J46, 1483/ CR1956/926))\\ |
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| After adding 5 children to the already large family in 5½ years, Nora understandably did not want any more. When her niece Minnie Lightoller asked her for patterns to make baby clothes, Nora wrote to Rosa Praed making that very clear: 'I sincerely hope that the mission of my layettes in future may be to serve as patterns for other people's babies' and not her own. She added, 'What a blessing that good fairy would receive from me who would give me a charm to work that end'.((Nora M-P to Rosa Praed, 1 April 1880, M-P papers, JOQ, OM81-71.)) Effective birth control remained elusive, and 7 months after her letter, she again conceived.\\ | After adding 5 children to the already large family in 5½ years, Nora understandably did not want any more. When her niece Minnie Lightoller asked her for patterns to make baby clothes, Nora wrote to Rosa Praed making that very clear: 'I sincerely hope that the mission of my layettes in future may be to serve as patterns for other people's babies' and not her own. She added, 'What a blessing that good fairy would receive from me who would give me a charm to work that end'.((Nora M-P to Rosa Praed, 1 April 1880, M-P papers, JOQ, OM81-71.)) Effective birth control remained elusive, and 7 months after her letter, she again conceived.\\ |