It is doubtful whether any other business in Australia has remained in the same familys hands for such a period (nearly 150 years). Every morning after rising from bed and dressing, my first chore of the day was to cross the street from home in George Street Windsor, and go around the back of the Bakery for a couple of loaves of hot steaming bread and some bread rolls. Well that was quite quickly devoured when a family of eight children, with healthy appetites, rose to the occasion with their knives butter and jam. Thank-you Mr Moses was my reply as I was served. Stan and Enid Moses lived across from us beside the bake house. Little did I know that this family had been in the bread baking industry in Windsor for almost 150 years. We came quite close to that family in those early years of the sixties. My sister Jeannie, on a nightly basis, crossed the road to talk to Enid while in her sick bed, after she had been given open heart surgery in its pioneering days. They had quite a rapport between them, a 13 - 14 year old lass and a middle aged wife mother and convalescing patient, sadly succumbing to her illness (R.I.P.). And I always remember the time when Mum was in Craignesh having her last born, my brother Andrew, and Mr Moses (Stan) gave me some extra to take back home, as they were from the day before, still fresh but a day old and not sell-able. It was a dozen cream buns. Funny still as I recall this event. My dad that night decided to make us up a pot of bread pudding and in the pot went these cream buns, cream and all. There were a few faces with noses turned up that night as we politely obliged and finished off our pudding. Getting back to the story.... Uriah Moses born was born in 1780, Exeter, Devonshire, England and arrived on the Royal Admiral in 1800 with a life sentence. Moses was a youth of seventeen when he was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey for stealing seven handkerchiefs, 30 yards of lace and 58 yards of calico. The shop window had been cut by a diamond (Moses occupation then was a glass cutter). It seems from evidence tendered at his trial at the Old Bailey, He was an enthusiastic thief, if not a particularly good one. He wasnt a very good liar, either, trying to convince the judge he had cut his hand when he fell while crossing London Bridge with a teapot in his hand. After removing the goods he left them with a friend who gave him an old shawl for his bleeding hand. Moses returned to Guys Hospital for treatment where he was arrested. He received a conditional pardon in 1821. In the 1821-23 period, he supplied wheat to the Government Stores, but it is doubtful if he grew it himself, as he is variously shown as a storekeeper, baker and dealer, but never as a landowner. He was fifty when in 1830 he married Ann Daley, aged twenty. Both made a mark in the register. They had nine children, four of whom died in infancy. Uriah died on 5th Dec 1847, Windsor at age 67. Uriahs eldest son, Henry Moses was born at Windsor in 1832 and was a baker when he married Ann Primrose in 1857. They had ten children born at Windsor between 1858 and 1878. He had extended his business activities into flour milling by the time he was elected to Parliament. Henry Moses represented the Hawkesbury in the decade 1870-80. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1885, a position he kept until his death. Henry founded the Commercial Banking Company, (CBC Bank, now known as the National Australia Bank). He died at Potts Point in 1926. Uriah Moses youngest son, William, carried on the general store and bakery soundly established by his father. It was well situated in relation to the wharf and continued to prosper while the river trade flourished. But after the river silted up which resulted in a decline in trade and the commercial center moved to the block containing the Post Office and banks. Civic duty seems strong in the Moses family: William served as Mayor of Windsor. William married Elvina Mountford in 1868 and fathered a family of ten exceptionally talented musicians. When the Moses family rehearsed, in the summer families would wander to Thompson Square and sit outside the Moses family home to listen to the fine music. The family business then was passed on to Williams sons Arthur and Hilton. The brothers built up the business and ran a boat, The Golden Hope on the Hawkesbury, delivering bread, crockery, seeds, groceries, bone dust and iron-mongery to homes on the river between Windsor and Sackville. Later Arthur passed the business on to his sons, Geoff and Stanley, who continued as bakers. Geoff left the business in 1956 and worked in Windsor as a real estate agent and auctioneer. Brother Stanley continued the bakery until 1971, when he retired. Uriah and Ann Moses (nee Daley) children:- (1) Frederick U. Moses born 1830 died 1831 (age 1yr) Windsor (2) Rachael Moses born 1831 died 1832 (age 1yr) Windsor (3) Henry Moses born 1832 Windsor, married Anne Primrose 1857 Windsor (4) Susannah Moses born 1834 Windsor, married John Overmyer 1857 Windsor (5) George Moses born 1838 Windsor, married Elizabeth P. Pendergast 1865 Windsor (6) James Moses born 1840 died 1840 (at birth) Windsor (7) James U. C. Moses born 1842 died 1842 (at birth) Windsor (8) William Moses born 1844 Windsor, married Marriage Josephine Crowley in 1865 Richmond William also married Elvina Mountford 1868 Windsor (9) Thomas Moses born 1846 died 1850 (age 4yrs) Windsor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Frederick U. Moses 1830 died 1831 (age 1yr) (2) Rachael Moses born 1831 died 1832 (age 1yr) (3) Henry Moses and Anne Primrose children:- Henry Moses born 1858 Windsor, married Alice Friend 1882 Canterbury Emily A. Moses born 1859 Windsor William Moses born 1861 Windsor Frederick A. Moses born 1864 Windsor, married Australia M.M. Baxter 1899 Wollongong Herbert C. Moses born 1869 Windsor, married Amy M. S. Wells 1898 Sydney Frank S. Moses born 1872 Paddington, married Mary Roper 1914 Waverley Lurline M. Moses born 1875 Concord Elsie M. Moses born 1878 Concord (4) Susannah Moses and John Overmyer children:- John Overmyer born 1858 Sydney, married Alice M. P. Murray 1882 Canterbury William G. Overmyer born 1860 Sydney Edith A. Overmyer born 1862 Sydney (5) George Moses and Elizabeth P. Pendergast children:- Letitia Moses born 1866 Armidale, married Joseph Beards 1897 Newtown Pathenia Moses born 1869 died 1872 (age 3yrs) Sydney George V. Moses born 1871 Redfern, married Elizabeth Grant 1901 Annandale Elsie Moses born 1879 died 1879 (at birth) Redfern Henry J. Moses born 1879 Redfern, married Anastasia Halpin 1904 Sydney Constance H. Moses born 1882 Redfern, married George A. M. Smith 1906 Sydney (6) James Moses born 1840 died 1840 (at birth) (7) James U. C. Moses born 1842 died 1842 (at birth) (8) William Moses and Marriage Josephine Crowle children:- (no record of children) William also married Elvina Mountford children:- Josephine E. M. Moses born 1870 Windsor, married William M. Moses born 1875 Windsor, married Linda Conlon 1899 Sydney Stanley M. Moses born 1878 Windsor Hilton M. Moses born 1880 Windsor, married Ruby E. Hall-Johnstone 1912 Sydney Constance M. Moses born 1883 Windsor, married George Smith 1906 Sydney Edith M. Moses born 1885 Windsor, married Henry G. Hyde 1912 Sydney Arthur M. Moses born 1890 Windsor Edna M. Moses born 1892 Windsor, married Llewellyn Robert Scholes 1920 Sydney Harold M. Moses born 1894 Windsor, married Dora Rooke 1925 Sydney (9) Thomas Moses born 1846 died 1850 (age 4yrs)
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