Mary Eather

Robert and Mary are known to have had no fewer than 83 grandchildren born between 1840 and 1888. Mary died at North Richmond on 8 June 1853 at the age of 51 and her large tomb still stands in the Roman Catholic portion of the Windsor Cemetery. Its admonitory inscription reads:

In Memory of Mary Eather

Died 9th June 1853 Aged 51 Years

Survived by nine children to mourn her loss

' Remember Stranger as you pass by

As you are now so once was I

As I am now so shall you be

So prepare for Death and follow me'

She was, in fact, survived by ten children but Charlotte may have died before the tomb was built.