Eliza TEABURY [17590]

  General Notes:

SAGHS Death Registration database
MILDWATERSEliza30-Aug-190787FMorphett Vale327/313:
Surname:MILDWATERS
First Names:Eliza
Death Date:30-Aug-1907
Age:87
Gender:F
Marital Status:W
Place of Death:Cherry Gardens
Residence:Cherry Gardens
Relative: George Robert MILDWATERS (DH)
District:Morphett Vale
Book/Page:327/313

  Research Notes:

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Wed 4 Sep 1907
PERSONAL:
The death of Mrs. Mildwaters occurred at her residence, Cherry Gardens, on Saturday. The deceased, who was 87 years of age, came to South Australia with her late husband, Mr. George Mildwaters, in the ship Asia in March, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Mildwaters settled first on the Murray, afterwards living at the junction of Scott's Creek and the Onkaparinga River. They were among the first selectors at Scott's Creek, where they engaged first in wheat growing and mixed farming, then in potato growing and woodcutting, and finally in mining. On retiring from active life Mr. and Mrs. Mildwaters went to reside at Cherry Gardens, where Mr. Mildwaters died about seven years ago. There are six surviving children (Messrs. James and Robert Mildwaters, of Scott's Creek; Messrs. John and Edward Mildwaters, of Western Australia; Mrs. W. Jacobs, of Franklin Harbor; and Mrs. John Light, of Coromandel Valley, 51 grandchildren, and 60 great-grandchildren.


Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) Sat 7 Sep 1907
OBITUARIES OF THE WEEK:
Mrs. Eliza Mildwaters.
Another of the band of noble women pioneers, Mrs. Eliza Mildwaters, died at Cherry Gardens at the age of 87 years on Saturday morning. She came to South Australia with her late husband, Mr. George Mildwaters in the ship Asia, in March, 1839. A short period on the Murrav was followed by squatting at Scott's Bottom, which signifies the bottom of Scott's Creek, being situated at the confluence of that stream with the Onkaparinga. As soon as the land couId be surveyed they became among the original
selectors of Scott's Creek, Wheatgrowing and mixed farming were engaged in until the broader acres of the north requiring the
aid of the stripper were brought under cultivation, then hand reaping with the sickle bed to be abandoned. Potato culture formed the next industry, then sawing blue and red gum timber was engaged in, after which mining operations occupied the attention of the male members of the family. Retiring from active life, Mrs. Mildwaters with her husband went to reside at Cherry Gardens, where he predeceased her by seven years. Of issue there survive Messrs. John and Edward Mildwaters, of Western Australia; Messrs. James and Hubert, of Scott's Creek; Mrs. W. Jacobs, of Franklin Harbour; and Mrs. John Light, of Coromandel Valley; fifty-one grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren.

Eliza married George Robert MILDWATERS [17589] [MRIN: 6488]. (George Robert MILDWATERS [17589] was born circa 1816 and died on 22 Apr 1900 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia.)