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- 1937 'LOCAL AND GENERAL
Death of a Greenough Pioneer.
Another link with the early days of the Greenough district was severed on Tuesday last with the death in the Hospital of St. John of God, at Geraldton , of Mrs. Hannah Blayney, wife of Mr. Arthur Blayney, of Geraldton.
The deceased lady, whose maiden name was Hannah O'Malley, and who had reached the advanced age of 82 years, was born in the county of Galway (Ireland). The family' migrated to Western Australia when she was a girl of 14 years of age, making the voyage in the old sailing ship (Tartar), which reached Fremantle in March of 1869.
Six years later she married Mr. William Bone, but the latter was drowned in the big flood at Greenough in 1888. In 1890 the deceased married Mr. Arthur Blayney, of Moonyoonooka, and after taking up residence at the latter center where they remained for many years the couple moved to Eradu. They remained there until about eleven years ago following farming pursuits and then removed to Geraldton, where they have since been.
The deceased leaves a grown up family of six daughters and two sons to mourn their loss. The daughters are the Rev. Sister Gertrude, of St. Joseph's Convent, Subiaco, and Mesdames A. K. Thomas (Moonyoonooka), A. E. Cant and A. E. O'Neil (Geraldton), J. Silcock (Walkaway) and J. S. Cream (Nabawa). while the two sons are Messrs G. J. Bone (Geraldton) and T. Blayney (Eradu).
The deceased is also survived by forty eight grandchildren and ten great grand-children. The remains were interred in the Roman Catholic portion of the Utakarra Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, the bearers being six of the deceased's grandsons. The Rev. Father Gallagher officiated at the graveside, and numerous floral tributes were laid upon the grave. [1]
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