Jane Coleman (nee Wiltshire) June 1854 – 25 May 1922

Occupation:  Housewife, mother

Address prior to marriage

<1880 – Vernham Dean,  Hampshire, England

Family recollections:

– While at Wyandotte she used to keep a rifle near the house when George was out droving, to scare of the local aboriginals (who sometimes threw spears at the house).

Death:

On 25 May 1922, Jane died suddenly of heart failure.  Her death was reported by husband George.

George must have been devastated by her sudden death, given her cause of death was reported by George.  A year later, he wrote a ‘Memoriam’ post in the Townsville Daily Bulletin.

Her children also placed a Memoriam post in the Townsville Bulletin, in 1925.

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