Kathleen Maude Pearl LANDER [12879]
- Born: 28 Jul 1913, Harveys Creek Qld.
- Marriage (1): Herbert Julius WILDER [12878] on 12 Jun 1931 in Queensland Aust.
- Died: 23 Sep 1963, Queensland Aust. aged 50
 General Notes:
When her step-mother left the family her father could not cope with all the family and Kathleen was put in an orphanage in Townsville.
Kathleen was admitted to Hermit Park orphanage Townsville 22nd May 1922, she is recorded as aged 8 born 28 July 1913 at Harveys Creek, a Protestant. His father agreed to pay £1/0/10d per week towards her support. The reason given for her admission was "removal from place to place no fixed abode".
Ref: Application for Admission as a State Child dated 20th May 1922.
At the age of 17 she married Herbert Wilder, on the death of her husband with two young boys she became a single parent and, it is said, on the advice of her mother-in-law Emily Jane Wilder she left her sons with Emily Jane to bring up.
Kathleen established contact with her elder siblings. She lived with a shearer named O'Neil they had a son, she is buried with O'Neil in Longreach Cemetery, Qld.
Kathleen married Herbert Julius WILDER [12878] [MRIN: 4330], son of Herbert Christian WILDER [12866] and Emily Jane GERAHTY [12864], on 12 Jun 1931 in Queensland Aust. (Herbert Julius WILDER [12878] was born on 25 Sep 1913 in Charters Towers QLD and died on 17 Feb 1937 in Cloncurry QLD.)
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