Born 15 APR 1814. Parramatta, NSW, Australia. [1] Died 30 SEP 1905. Alstonville, NSW, Australia. [2]
Baptism: 12 FEB 1815. Sydney, NSW, Australia. [3]
Marriage Husband Patrick Geraghty. Wife Martha Foley. Marriage 1829 Sydney, NSW, Australia. [4]
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus NSW Sat 21 Oct 1905 Page 14 OBITUARY We take the following from last issue of the Lismore ' Star ' to hand In reference to the death of Mrs. Martha Geraghty, which was briefly referred to in our last issue, we have been furnished with the following particulars, which cannot fail to be of interest, even to those unacquainted with the deceased lady. The late Mrs, Geraghty was born at Parramatta in 1814, so that her parents must have been among the earliest colonists, and were contemporary with Governor Macquarie, who was the first to seriously attempt to put into order the chaos into which the Botany Bay Settlement as New South Wales was then known in the archives of Downing-steet had fallen. The deceased lady was married at an early age, and her husband predeceased her a quarter of a century. She originally settled with him on the South Coast, he and she being among the pioneers of the district. In January, 1867, in fact on the first day of the year, Mr. and Mrs. Geraghty came to Lismore, which, compared with what the city is nowadays, was little more than a collection of a few humpies surrounded by almost impenetrable scrub. One of the best, if not the best dwelling in the town, stood on the site now occupied by the Commercial Bank in Molesworth-street There Mrs. Geraghty for many, years kept a boarding house, and she was generally respected as a generous and open-hearted woman. It is interesting to note that the old boarding-house was subsequently removed to Keen- street, where, with many modern improvements, it still stands. Mrs. Geraghty lived during the reigns of no less than five, sovereigns — George III., George IV., Victoria, And Edward VII.); and saw Australia, destined to hold a place among the nations. She saw Sydney a few dwellings and barracks in the vicinity of the tank stream, and died when it had become the fifth city of the British Empire, She saw in her day a development of commerce and industry, probably unparalleled in any other epoch or any other country, from a condition when the currency was rum till the days of stable and magnificent financial and commercial institutions. Truly a wonderful life. Mrs. Geraghty left no less than 320 descendants at her death. She had 15 children three sons and twelve daughters. Three of the children Mr James Geraghty, (Lismore) Mrs. Owen Daley (Alstonville), and Mr. Patrick Geraghty, predeceased her. Her surviving children are Mrs. Daley (Ballina), Mrs. M. Cawley ( Bellambi), Mrs. English (Lismore), Mr. T. Geraghty (Boatharbor), Mrs. J. Cawley (Sydney), Mrs. Owen Cawley (Alstonville) Mrs. T. Healey (Bangalow), Mrs. James Bryant (North Lismore), Mrs. J. Kenny (Lismore), Mrs. J. D. Tyler (Burwood), Mrs. J. O'Neil ( Alstonville), and Mrs. Dixon (Lismore.) We might also add that the deceased lady was grandmother of Mrs. P. Oxman (Bellambi), Mrs. P. McGuigan (Bellambi); Mrs, L D'Arcy (Bulli) and Mrs J. P. Madden (Woonona. ) [5]
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