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| Annie H WASTON ( - 1911) |
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| Annie H WASTON ( - 1911) + James SIMMERS (1828 - 1916) |
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| m. 1882 James SIMMERS (1828 - 1916) at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 1911 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia |
| Events in Annie H WASTON ( - 1911)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1882 | Married James SIMMERS (aged 54) | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| 1911 | Annie H WASTON died | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Personal Notes: |
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Adelong and Tumut Express 13 Oct 1911
MRS. JAMES SIMMERS Another well-known and worthy citizen passed away to the silent shore on Tuesday last, in the person of Annie, the beloved wife of Mr. Jas. Simmers, one of the oldest millers and business men of Tumut's earliest days. Her death, which was unexpected, resulting from senile decay, occurred at Grahamstown, where for some time she has been located with her husband and her brothers, Messrs David and William Watson. The name of Simmers is so well and favorably known in Tumut that to eclipse it would be an impossibility. The deceased and her husband were descendants of worthy Scottish families, they revered their church and always regarded honesty and uprightness as their bond of duty. Fifty years, ago, Mr. Donald McGillivray erected a water-mill, about 200 yards north of the present Gilmore Hotel, and this he left to Mr. James Simmers, who ran it successfully for some time, and in later years conducted the old steam mill on the river side of the Tumut show ground. During the time he held this lease (some 30 years since) he married, for the second time, the subject of our obituary being the second wife. There was no issue from the union. He and his wife were staunch adherents to the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Simmers was an elder, and whilst in Tumut husband and wife were constant attendants. But the weight of years grew upon the devoted pair and for a considerable time they lived privately on Messrs Mc Gruer's land near the Killarney Hotel on the Adelong road, finally leaving for Grahamstown to spend their last days with their kinsmen there. Mrs. Simmers was a kind soul whom to know was to love and admire, and her loss will be a sore one to those who knew her. She leaves behind her a sorrowing husband, one Stepson (George) and four stepdaughters Mrs. E. Williams, Adelong, Mrs. John Moon, Tamworth, Mrs. McDonald, Tumut, and Miss Barbara Simmers, Grahamstown), to mourn the loss of a fond wife and dear lover of her stepchildren. The funeral took place on Wednesday last, the remains having been bought for interment in the Presbyterian portion of the old Tumut cemetery. Messrs Boston Bros, were the undertakers and Rev. R. E. Davies officiated at the grave. We tender the bereaved ones our deepest sympathy in the gloom that has gathered o'er them. Sweetly and softly now she rests - Oh, do not grieve or weep ; Dry up those bitter falling tears, She's gently hushed to sleep. Our Father, help us now to say, Most holy is thy will, Grant us submission day by day, And whisper, 'Peace, be still.' |