Catherine (Murphy) Nash (bef. 1848 - 1931)

Wife of James Nash — married 6 Jul 1868 in Maryborough, Queensland (Australia)

Descendants

Died 9 May 1931 after age 83 in Queensland, Australia

Biography

Catherine Murphy was born before 1848. She was a daughter of Daniel Murphy and Mary Cullen.

She married James Nash on 6th July 1868 at Maryborough, Queensland. ^[1] Just the year before, James had discovered gold up the Mary River at Gympie. The couple had three sons and two daughters; a son and a daughter passing away in early childhood and the other daughter in her teens.

Unwise investments in mining stock and an ill-fated drapery store dried up James' earnings on his gold fields, however, in 1888, the Queensland government graciously made him Gympie's powder-magazine keeper.

After James died in 1913 the government paid Catherine an annual pension of £50 ($100). In June 1915 her younger surviving son was killed in action at Gallipoli.

Catherine passed away on 9th May 1931 at Queensland. ^[2] She was survived by one son and two grandsons.

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #1868/C/309
2. ↑ Queensland Death Index #1931/C/1415