About 120 history buffs attended the recent Pioneer Women's Day held at the small community shed in Watsonville where a booklet on the life of a northern pioneer woman is presented and launched annually. The pioneering lady featured this year was Mrs Margaret Parsons nee Tobin who journey to the Palmer River Goldfield in 1903 and four years later married Percy Parsons. Later she became the Post Mistress at the Maytown Post Office and ran it for thirty-one years until it closed in 1945. During her forty years at Maytown, she raised a large family of fourteen children and this booklet, compiled by local historian Mrs Jane Chapman, includes a brief account of the children's lives. These little booklets are aways a great read and can be obtained from the Western Progress Association.
Thursday 7 August 2014
Pioneering Margaret Parsons
About 120 history buffs attended the recent Pioneer Women's Day held at the small community shed in Watsonville where a booklet on the life of a northern pioneer woman is presented and launched annually. The pioneering lady featured this year was Mrs Margaret Parsons nee Tobin who journey to the Palmer River Goldfield in 1903 and four years later married Percy Parsons. Later she became the Post Mistress at the Maytown Post Office and ran it for thirty-one years until it closed in 1945. During her forty years at Maytown, she raised a large family of fourteen children and this booklet, compiled by local historian Mrs Jane Chapman, includes a brief account of the children's lives. These little booklets are aways a great read and can be obtained from the Western Progress Association.
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