 | Gender: Male| Birth: 1856 | Death: 16 Dec 1934 | Note | AN EXTRACT FROM "LUCERNE VALE" (1880'S-1940'S) THE PROPERTY OF PATRICK & MARY ANN (MAHER) COMAN, SITUATED IN LONG GULLY ROAD VIOLET TOWN. SHEEP, DAIRY PRODUCTS AND SALL CROPS WERE THE MAIN PRODUCTS. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT THE PRODUCE FROM THE ORCHARD PAID MOST OF THE DOMESTIC BILLS. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MRS. PATRICK COMAN NEVER HAD TO USE MONEY TO PURCHASE ANY GOODS IN THE TOWNSHIP, SHE WOULD BARTER THE FARM PRODUCTS FOR HOUSE NEEDS. EILEEN WAWRZNKIEWICZ GRANDDAUGHTER SAID THEY WERE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE SHORTAGE OF WATER. ALL USED WATER WAS CARRIED TO VARIOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. THE ORCHARD HAD MANY CHANNELS CRISS-CROSSING IT, PERHAPS TO CAPTURE WATER FROM THE HILLS. THERE WAS LOTS OF STRAW AND COMPOST AROUND THE TREES. MADE HER OWN WINE FROM PLUMS, GRAPES AND PARSNIPS Description | |
| Married : 1882| Children : | |