Mary ROFFE (1826

Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Ann CROXTON (1846 - 1932) Harriet CROXTON (1849 - ) James SOUTHWELL (1853 - 1940) Richard SOUTHWELL (1855 - 1933) Sarah SOUTHWELL (1857 - ) Jane SOUTHWELL (1859 - 1928) Elizabeth SOUTHWELL (1861 - 1940) Mark SOUTHWELL (1863 - 1936) Hannah SOUTHWELL (1865 - 1931) Beatrice SOUTHWELL (1868 - 1947) Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL (1871 - 1945)	Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885) + Richard CROXTON (1817 - 1850) Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881)	Edward ROFFE



		Sarah GIBBS

b. 1826 at Kent, England

m. (1) 1845 Richard CROXTON (1817 - 1850) at Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 1853 Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881) at Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

d. 29 Apr 1885 at Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia aged 59

Near Relatives of Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Samuel SOUTHWELL
Mother in Law	Sarah Ann JACKSON

Father	Edward ROFFE
Mother	Sarah GIBBS

Self	Mary ROFFE	1826	Kent, England	29 Apr 1885	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	59

Husband	Richard CROXTON	1817		13 Dec 1850	Picton, New South Wales, Australia	33
Husband	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1813	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	31 May 1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	68

Daughter	Ann CROXTON	1846	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jul 1932	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter	Harriet CROXTON	1849	Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Son	James SOUTHWELL	1853	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Son	Richard SOUTHWELL	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	27 Apr 1933	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78
Daughter	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1857	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	23 Jul 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	69
Daughter	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	Mark SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	26 Jun 1936	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia	73
Daughter	Hannah SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1931	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter	Beatrice SOUTHWELL	26 Aug 1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	30 Sep 1947	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	04 Oct 1945	New South Wales, Australia	74

Brother	James ROFFE	abt 1829	England	30 Oct 1900	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	71
Sister	Eliza ROFFE	1840	Kirkham, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1923	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	83

Son in Law	Samuel (Captain) SOUTHWELL	1844	Salehurst, Sussex, England	22 Jul 1920	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter in Law	Hannah BROWN	abt 1853	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1938	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter in Law	Amelia SMITH	1859	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	31 Mar 1927	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	68
Son in Law	Stephen Charles BROWN	1854	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	1878		24
Son in Law	Ellis SMITH	1856	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	03 Nov 1928	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	72
Son in Law	David William BOON	1861	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1925		64
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth BROOKS	1864	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jun 1945	Blaney, New South Wales, Australia	81
Son in Law	Job BROWN	1860		1937		77
Son in Law	James Kinlock KILBY	1870	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jul 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	80
Daughter in Law	Sarah GORDON			10 Apr 1955

Granddaughter	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	3
Grandson	Lewis SOUTHWELL	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	15 Jul 1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	48
Grandson	Reuben SOUTHWELL	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Horace SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	10 Oct 1946	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	Ben Richard SOUTHWELL	1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	George SOUTHWELL	1877	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	05 Jul 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	65
Grandson	Ernest Croxton SOUTHWELL	1879	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Lucy Ann SOUTHWELL	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1894		12
Grandson	John Herbert SOUTHWELL	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Frank Owen SOUTHWELL	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Albert Clive SOUTHWELL	1890	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Jane SOUTHWELL	1878	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Cecilia Augusta SOUTHWELL	1880	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elsie Mildred SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Norman James SOUTHWELL	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Stella Hannah SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Aubrey Valetta SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Selby Athelstan SOUTHWELL	1892	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	3
Grandson	Guilford Ashley SOUTHWELL	1894	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Vida Patience SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Harold Ellis SOUTHWELL	1884	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Dec 1951	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Grandson	Cecil James SOUTHWELL	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Mary Adelaide SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Clarence Elvin SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Muriel Irene SOUTHWELL	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Hubert Lindley SOUTHWELL	1893	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Louisa Marion SOUTHWELL	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Cedric Richard Ewan SOUTHWELL	1899	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Rebecca Jane SMITH	1879	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 May 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Lavinia Mary SMITH	1881	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Ernest Clement SMITH	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Louisa SMITH	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Leslie Edward SMITH	1887	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elvira Clare SMITH	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Leon Russell SMITH	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jun 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Eunice Alma Victoria SMITH	1897	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy BOON	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Olive Mary Ann BOON	1885	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Marianne Esdale BOON	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Alick David Eugene BOON	1889	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Gladys Elizabeth Clare BOON	19 Feb 1891	Canberra, ACT, Australia	25 Nov 1948	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	57
Granddaughter	Beatrice May BOON	1894
Grandson	Arthur Southwell BOON	1897
Grandson	Kenneth Charles Norton SOUTHWELL	1886	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Cyril Ernest Brooks SOUTHWELL	1888	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ruby Millicent SOUTHWELL	1890	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Lyle Thomas Hedley SOUTHWELL	1891	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Linda Mary Ellen SOUTHWELL	1894	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Gladys Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1897	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Verna Lavinia SOUTHWELL	1899	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Bessie Wilga SOUTHWELL	1902	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Clarence Mark Ebert SOUTHWELL	1905	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Leila Mary BROWN	1889	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Morley T BROWN	1892	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elsie S BROWN	1893	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Mervyn R BROWN	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	3
Granddaughter	Rita Beatrice BROWN	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	10 Aug 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	75
Grandson	Ronald A BROWN	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Keith Kinlock KILBY	31 Jan 1898	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1976	Canberra, ACT, Australia	78
Grandson	Athol Carlyle KILBY	28 May 1899	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Sep 1962	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	63
Grandson	Clyde Redvers KILBY	1901	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Selby William KILBY	1903	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beryl Beatrix Mary KILBY	1904	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Bruce Beltran KILBY	1907	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Grace Allison Jane KILBY	1909	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Cleon Kennison Robert KILBY	1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Gordon Rex SOUTHWELL	1895		1982		87
Granddaughter	Phyllis Lorna Mary SOUTHWELL	1904

Niece	Elizabeth ROFFE	1854	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	80
Nephew	George ROFFE	1857	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1931	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	James ROFFE	1859	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Jeanette ROFFE	1861	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	2
Nephew	Edward ROFFE	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1912	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	49
Niece	Agnes Marjory ROFFE	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1935	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	69
Niece	Angelina Caroline ROFFE	1868	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1921	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	53
Niece	Janet Louisa ROFFE	1870	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Lucy Emma ROFFE	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1922	Young, New South Wales, Australia	50
Nephew	William Henry Herbert ROFFE	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	John William Frederick ROFFE	1879	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1918	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	39
Nephew	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Richard SOUTHWELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samson SOUTHWELL	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David SOUTHWELL	1869	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Noah SOUTHWELL	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Josiah SOUTHWELL	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Ann Adelphi SOUTHWELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1843	Sussex, England	1871	Collector, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	28
Nephew	Samuel (Captain) SOUTHWELL	1844	Salehurst, Sussex, England	22 Jul 1920	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Niece	Jane SOUTHWELL	1847	Sussex, England	bef 1858	Sussex, England	11
Nephew	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1850	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	28 Mar 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	57
Niece	Mary A SOUTHWELL	1853	Sussex, England	1936		83
Nephew	George Edward SOUTHWELL	1856	Salehurst, Sussex, England	06 Apr 1912	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	56
Niece	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1860	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1939		79
Niece	Ellen SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Joshua SOUTHWELL	1859	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Gertrude SOUTHWELL	1860	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	1890		30
Niece	Minnie SOUTHWELL	1868		1906		38
Niece	Rose SOUTHWELL	1871

Brother in Law	John SOUTHWELL	1818	Sussex, England	28 Jan 1889	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother in Law	Mark SOUTHWELL	1826	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	04 Sep 1909		83
Sister in Law	Janet LYELL	1838	Dundee, Scotland	17 Jul 1920	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1835	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	08 Feb 1921	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	86

Events in Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1826		Mary ROFFE was born	Kent, England		6
1839	13	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		6
1845	19	Married Richard CROXTON (aged 28)	Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia		6
1846	20	Birth of daughter Ann CROXTON	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1849	23	Birth of daughter Harriet CROXTON	Picton, New South Wales, Australia		6
13 Dec 1850	24	Death of husband Richard CROXTON (aged 33)	Picton, New South Wales, Australia		6
1853	27	Birth of son James SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1853	27	Married Thomas SOUTHWELL (aged 40)	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia		6
1855	29	Birth of son Richard SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1857	31	Birth of daughter Sarah SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1859	33	Birth of daughter Jane SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1861	35	Birth of daughter Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1863	37	Birth of son Mark SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1865	39	Birth of daughter Hannah SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
26 Aug 1868	42	Birth of daughter Beatrice SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1871	45	Birth of son Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
31 May 1881	55	Death of husband Thomas SOUTHWELL (aged 68)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
29 Apr 1885	59	Mary ROFFE died	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 303 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 271 (Birth)

- Reference = 303 (Marriage)

- Reference = 64 (Marriage)

- Reference = 271 (Immigration)

- Reference = 271 (Death)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2380/mary-formerly-croxton-nee-roffe-southwell.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Mary (formerly Croxton, nee Roffe) Southwell

Born: 1826; Died: 1885; Married: Thomas

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Mary Southwell (nee Roffe) was born on 1 December 1826 at Ewhurst in East Sussex. She was the second child in a family of ten for Edward Roffe and Sarah Gibb. When Mary was thirteen the Roffe family (seven children at that time) arrived in Sydney on 1 April 1839 on board the Argyle. The family settled for a time in the Cowpastures, where the Browns and Southwells also lived, and later spent time at Kirkham (1840), The Oaks (1843) and Sutton Forest (1848) before moving to Dalton.

Mary married Richard Croxton on 7 August 1845 at the Cobbitty Church of England and they made their home in the Cowpastures. They had two daughters. Ann was born at The Oaks, Camden in 1846 and Harriet was registered at Camden in 1849. However, tragedy struck when Richard died on 12 December 1850 aged 39 years, after being run over by a bullock dray at Bargo.

Now a widow, Mary had to provide for her two small daughters, Ann and Harriet. To do this she cooked meals and made shirts for working men. Each day she made a shirt, all by hand, often working by candle light far into the night. On 19 April 1853, Mary married her second husband, Thomas Southwell at the Methodist Church in Gunning. At twenty six years of age, she was thirteen years younger than Thomas. Mary's two little daughters became members of the Southwell family. Under the loving care of Mary the whole household continued to maintain the happy spirit, the industry and the religious observances for which the Southwell family was noted.

Like Thomas, Mary was a devout Wesleyan. When the Roffe family migrated to Australia, their religion was recorded as 'Methodist'. The Roffes may have known the Southwells at Cobbitty and they could have worshipped together there. The Southwells also regularly travelled to Dalton by buggy to visit Thomas' close friend 'Old Tom' Brown. Both families attended Methodist services at Dalton, as did the Roffe family.

In 1857 Mary's younger sister, Eliza Roffe, married Thomas Southwell's eldest son, Thomas, known as 'Tommy Two Sticks'. Mary became her sister's mother-in-law. Over the years Mary and Thomas were blessed with nine children of their own, five daughters and four sons were added to Thomas's first family of eight, and Mary's own two daughters. Medical advice was not available for the birth of any of the children. Mrs Judy Webb acted very often as midwife, and was proud of the fact that she had never lost a case.

In August 1858 Thomas and Mary were joined at Parkwood by Thomas' younger brother John Southwell and his wife, Lucy (nee Gasson) and their five children (at that time). Thomas and Mary went to Sydney in the wagon to meet them. We may well imagine the excitement of the reunion, and the joy Mary must have felt at the prospect of having another woman living at Parkwood. While in Sydney the first household chairs were purchased, and the women sat in them, in the wagon, on the homeward journey.

In 1863 a new brick house with two attics was built at Parkwood. It consisted of a parlor, dining room, the parson's room, and their own bedroom; upstairs was the school room, and the larger room was the girls' bedroom. The ceilings were rather low in the attics, so low in fact that the growing girls were not able to stand erect, and had to sit on the foot of their beds when combing their long tresses.

We don't know of the family taking part in any sport, the family seemed fully occupied with keeping the Sabbath and working the remaining six days. However, the women were never idle. They had various types of fancy work, one in particular was tatting, as well as drawn thread work, crewel work, arrasene work, macramé and huckaback, patchwork quilts and coloured samplers. They knitted too, but not with wool; knitting cotton was used, taking the form of lace which was sewn on dressing table covers and washstand sets. Many dainty and attractive pieces of white and coloured work were made to adorn their living rooms and bedrooms.

Mary and her daughters were kept busy sewing clothes for themselves and the men of the family. Material had to be hand sewn, often done by candle light at night. Much later the hand sewing machine came. The fabrics were purchased when Thomas, a teamster, was in Sydney after he had delivered local produce there. Fabrics included rolls of galatea (a strong cotton fabric) for his sons' shirts, strong hide lace for boots for his sons and daughters, rolls of calico at two pence per yard for underclothes and rolls of dress print for the females of the household. While each particular roll lasted, Mary and their daughters all had frocks made of the same material. Their hoods were made to match their dresses and their aprons were of holland material, so there was little variety in their clothes, but they had to be strong and durable. More refined materials such as lawn, cashmere, nun's veiling, dimity, laces and embroidery began to appear and these materials were much more pleasing to the ladies.

Mary was a most efficient and capable woman. There was only the large open fireplace in which to cook. The bread and many other tasty foods were cooked in the camp oven. Hanging over the fire were three-legged iron pots, for boiling various foods. Their food was plain and wholesome, but as the men worked so hard, the meals had to be substantial. There were many recipes peculiar to the Southwells. The Dry Pudding was a general favourite. It was made from 1 lb flour, 3/4 lb brown sugar, 1/2 lb suet – finely chopped or grated, 1 dessertspoon ground ginger and a pinch of salt. The suet was rubbed into the dry ingredients, tied very tightly in a cloth and boiled for three or four hours. This pudding is very palatable either hot or cold. Other foods included hasty pudding, skilly (a thin porridge or soup – usually oatmeal and water flavoured with meat), dumplings, suet and plum puddings, pumpkin and mince pies. Fleed cakes were made from the kidney fat of the pig. This fleed was gradually worked into the pastry which was then thrashed with the rolling pin several times; in this way the fine fleed would be worked into the dough. When this was rolled out, cut into shapes and baked, it rose so well that it had the appearance and taste of very fine puff pastry.

Mary laid the foundation stone for the new Wesleyan Chapel at Parkwood in December 1880. The Queanbeyan Age on 11 December 1880 reported that Mrs Southwell, who was very suitably attired for the notable day in black silk taffeta, gently tapped the stone into place on the right hand corner of the building and declared it "well and truly laid to the Glory of God". Mary became a widow for the second time, after Thomas died at Parkwood on 31 May 1881. He was 68. Four years later, at the age of 58 years, Mary died on 28 April 1885 while on a holiday at Dalton with her youngest daughter, Beatrice (Kilby). The cause of her death was given as inflammation of the bowels, which would now be called appendicitis. She died in great pain. Her remains were taken to the old Weetangera Cemetery and she was buried beside her husband, Thomas.

Mary must have been a very remarkable woman. After being widowed, she married Thomas and took on a ready-made family of eight, plus her own two daughters. This must have been very daunting. Mary and Thomas added a further nine children to their family, giving them a total of nineteen children. Being mother to so many is no mean feat. Mary must have been a woman of courage. She would have had a hard life and experienced many trials while living in our harsh Australian environment, often while Thomas was away with his bullock team. However, it seems the family led a happy and contented life surrounded by their many friends. Mary's strong faith showed through as she actively supported Thomas in the early days of the Wesleyan church in the district.

[compiled by Jim and Pam Grace, Southwell Family Society]

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