Emily was born in 1877. She is the daughter of Edgar Rakowski and Mary Adams. [1]
When she was 14 she was a witness to the drowning of her infant brother.
Inquest Partial Transcription
Colony of Victoria
To W I &?
Deposition
I am the Deponent Emily Catherine
Rakowski on her oath saith I am the daughter Mary Anne Rakowski
residing at Tooan with my grandfather
William Adams. At about 2 o’clock
on Tuesday 20th I was watering some horses for my
Grandfather I was absent
about an hour. When I got back to the
stable my mother assisted me to
put the horses back in. We left the stable
and my mother remarked: Did
you see Alick about anywhere? I said
I do not see him. We then both
looked through the house, and could
not find him. My mother then searched
towards the water butt, when I heard
my mother exclaim “Oh my God”
my child has fallen into the water.
She lifted the child out apparently
dead. l then hurried into the house
and informed my grandfather Willliam Adams. I saw my grandfather and
mother endeavour to restore
animation by rubbing. It was
quite dead.
Emily Catherine Rakowski.
Taken before me at
Tooan this 20th
day of January 1892.
Robert Glasgow McClure J.P.[2]
She married Jno David Shields in 1901
[3]
The Horsham Times (Vic.) Tue 7 Jan 1902 Page 2
Mr. John Shields, of Salt Lakes, has been married to Miss Rakowski, of the Tooan Village Settlement.[4]
She passed away in 1952. [5] She is interred at Harrow Cemetery.
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