Rosina BULLEN [6098]

  General Notes:

1862 Arrived Adelaide on Lady Joclyn.
1944 SA Death 673/737 MCBRIDE Rosina Thomas MCBRIDE [DH], Adelaide (resided New Mile End)
1944 Burra Cemetery Memorial Inscription McBRIDE Rosina 72y
Burra Cemetery Burial Register McBRIDE Rosina 72y; Wife of Thomas

1944 - McBRIDE, Rosina, nee BULLEN
Burra Record (SA : 1878-1954) Tuesday 29 February 1944
The Late Mrs. Tom McBride
Mrs. Tom McBride, a well known personality of the Burra District passed away at Calvary. Hospital, North Adelaide, on Sunday, 20th February, after a long and trying illness. The deceased lady was born in Cornwall, England, on 2nd February, 1862 and her maiden name was Miss Rosina Bullen. At the age of four years she, together with her parents and brothers and sisters, sailed to Australia in the ship 'Lady Joclyn'. After arriving at Pt. Adelaide the family came straight to Burra and her father was employed as a blacksmith by the Burra Copper Mining Company. In the year 1890 she was married to the late Mr. Tom McBride, and the couple took up residence at Broken Hill. Later they returned to Burra and managed the property known as Oakleigh Station. Later they acquired Redcliffe Station and it is with this property that their names are generally associated. They lived at Redcliffe for many years until Mr. McBride's retirement some years ago when they took up residence in Adelaide. Mr. McBride died in 1938.
There were twelve children (nine sons and three daughters) of the marriage, three of whom predeceased her, including Norman who was killed in action during the 1914-18 war. Other members of Mrs. Mc Bride's family are Messrs Reuben (WA), Clem (Narracoorte) Claude (Sydney), Keith (Burra), Jim (Caroona), Charles (Narracoorte), Jeffery (2nd A1F.) Mrs. C. Bull and Mrs. S Webb, both of Perth WA. There were 18 grand children. Rev. Martin, of Burra Methodist Church, officiated when the funeral took place at the Burra Cemetery on Tuesday and the bearers were Messrs Roy Lloyd, Reuben Rogers, A.P. Rogers and L.M. Gordon.

Rosina married Thomas McBRIDE [6069] [MRIN: 2068], son of Robert James Martin McBRIDE [6053] and Elizabeth DUNN [6054], on 11 May 1891 in Res J Harry, North Adelaide, South Australia. (Thomas McBRIDE [6069] was born on 31 May 1870 in Burra Creek, South Australia, died on 5 Jan 1938 in New Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia and was buried on 13 Jan 1938 in Kooringa Cemetery, South Australia.)