Christina Janet PATERSON was born at Goonoo Goonoo/Wallabadah, NSW on the 10th February 1857.
Her parents names were Thomas PATERSON (8/3/1821 Scotland - 24/3/1857 Newcastle NSW) and Christina LOCH (19/10/1838 Goonoo Goonoo (or possibly Scone as suggested by some other family trees on Ancestry.com)- 25/3/1910 Tamworth NSW). Christina's parents were married in 1856 in accordance with Presbyterian Rites at Wallabadah. Christina's birth was witnessed by Mrs Douglas.
Christina's father Thomas Paterson, a station overseer, died a month and a half after she was born, and only 7 days after he registered Christina's birth at Tamworth. Christina was the only child of that marriage. Christina's mother, Christina Loch remarried Thomas BURKE when her daughter was approximately three years old.
Christina married Patrick Joseph O'NEILL at Keepit on the Peel River (probably at St Patrick's Church) on the 9th June 1884. They were married according to the rites of the Church of Rome by the Officiating Minister, the very Reverend Thomas ENGLISH, Vicar General of Maitland. The witnesses to the marriage were Daniel Joseph BURKE and Mary Teresa O'NEILL.
Daniel Joseph BURKE (1862-1926) was Christina Patterson's half-brother. His parents were Thomas BURKE & Christina PATTERSON (formerly Loch) who were married in 1859.
There are a couple of possibilities as to who Mary Theresa O'NEILL might be. It could be Patrick's sister Mary (who died a spinster, but I have no record of Teresa being her middle name). Or it might be Patrick's cousin Mary Theresa O'NEILL who was by then married to Samuel ROWLAND.
Patrick and Christina had four children before Patrick's untimely death in 1892 at the age of 40 from throat cancer (written as 39 on his death certificate and gravestone). Their children were Ernest Vincent b 1885 at Carroll Gap, May Gertrude b 1887 at Pine Hills Estate near Carroll, William Thomas b 1889 and Leslie James b 1891.
Christina passed away on the 25th June 1919 at the District Hospital, Manilla NSW. Her causes of death were Influenza (duration 7 days), Broncho pneumonia (duration 6 days) and heart failure (duration 3 days). She was last attended to by the Doctor Hugh Rayson, and the Matron of the hospital, C Gilchrist certified the death, with other details provided by her daughter May, residence Manilla.
Captain Hugh Rayson was the Medical Officer for the 57th Battalion during the Battle of Fromelles (19th /20th July 1916).He was awarded the Military Cross, and attended to Christina only 20 days after having discharged from the A.I.F. He was quick to enlist for World War II and became a prisoner of the War, but was lucky enough to survive. He died in Kempsey in 1961. To these men, we owe everything.
Christina's four children were all still living upon her death; Ernest, 34 years, May, 32 years, William, 29 years and Leslie, 27 years.
Christina was buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Manilla on June 26th 1919. The undertaker was Mary Elliott, and the minister who performed the service was Father John Gibbons, PP (Manilla Parish priest 1912-1928). Two witnesses to her burial were G. J. Boland and G. Coppins. She has a headstone and a memorial plaque at Manilla Cemetery. Her headstone has a spelling error in her Christian name, and her memorial plaque is in her maiden name, Patterson, however mentions her husband, Patrick O'NEILL.
With many thanks to the excellent Australian Cemeteries site, http://cemindex.arkangles.com
Death Cert 1919/016191 held on file.
Birth Cert 1857/011368 held on file.
Marriage Cert held on file.
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