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Mrs. Elizabeth
Muir was proprietor of 'Muir's Family Hotel'
in Maitland. She was the widow of
George Muir
who had died in Maitland on Christmas day 1833 after a severe illness.(32)
George and Elizabeth (Cantwell)
had arrived on the
Jupiter in 1823. George served as chief
constable and postmaster in Newcastle before moving to the Maitland
area.
The couple had seven
children.
In 1835 Elizabeth
Muir, second daughter of George and Elizabeth
Muir, married William Eckford at Muir's Family Hotel.(5) Another daughter Priscilla married
Dr. Henry Turner
Harrington
and moved to Philadelphia where she died on 24th
November 1848.
Elizabeth Muir
retained the license for the Family Hotel for some years
after the death of George. Mr. Justice
Dickinson often stayed at Mrs. Muir's Hotel while holding circuit court
in Maitland.
(6)
In
December 1846 Mrs. Muir announced that she had
relinquished the license for the Family Hotel and
had arranged her 'large and commodious' house for a
private boarding establishment for families and
gentlemen. The house was said to be
delightfully situated, commanding a fine view of a
large tract of country and in the immediate vicinity
of the court house. With the spacious and roomy
accommodation Mrs. Muir was hoping to attract the
patronage of the 'Gentlemen of the Bar' as well as
jurors and witnesses.
The license was
transferred to Henry Eckford in November 1846,(7) he then moved the
license from the Family Hotel to his own premises in Morpeth Road, the
Wool
Team Inn(8)
(5)SG 8
June 1835
(6)MM
6 September 1845
(7) MM
18 November 1846
(8)MM 2 December
1846
(32)SG1834 6 January
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