Emily Jane GERAHTY [12864]

  General Notes:

Emily lived her life in Western Queensland caring for her 6 children and 2 grandchildren. One day in her garden she got something in her eye which blinded it, sometime later she also lost the sight of her other eye. Emily died at the aged persons home "Eventide" in Charters Towers QLD.

Memories of Granny Skinner from Claude Ernest Wilder her grandson.
My father died and Herb and myself were sent to live with Granny. Our father was only 22 years old when he died, the family home was sold to pay for all the expenses and we were sent off to Granny. As time went on Granny became blind and I was her sight. So I only had a fourth grade schooling and the kids used to rubbish me "Oh where's Granny today".
Granny spoke of Sweers Island in the Gulf where she was born. There was no electricity in the house until 1953 so things were very tough. She outlived two husbands and one son killed in the war and also her oldest daughter Biddy.
She spoke all the time of coming to Julia Creek in 1912, and her husband working at Mullungra, and later passed away in Eventide home in Charters Towers, where she is buried in the Lawn Cemetery.
C. Wilder 23 Jul 2012.

  Other Records

1. Emily Jane Gerahty: Pictures.

Emily married Herbert Christian WILDER [12866] [MRIN: 4328], son of Julius WILDER [12867] and Amanda Whilhelmine MIKKELSEN [12868], on 11 Mar 1913 in Queensland Aust. (Herbert Christian WILDER [12866] was born on 27 Dec 1891 in Queensland Aust. and died on 26 Oct 1928 in Queensland Aust..). The cause of his death was heart failure.

Emily next married Percy Harold "Mick" SKINNER [12865] [MRIN: 4327], son of Alfred SKINNER [13365] and Alice Agnes ALLISON [13366], on 12 Jun 1931 in Queensland Aust. (Percy Harold "Mick" SKINNER [12865] was born on 30 Jan 1887 in Moree NSW and died on 11 Feb 1966 in Julia Creek QLD.)