Martha Rebecca Jane Churchill

1839 - 1901  (62 years)

• Name	Martha Rebecca Jane Churchill
  Born	1839	Fennor, Tipperary, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Feb 1901	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia   [3]
  	Inquest 7th Feb 1901. Martha was hit by a train on a station level crossing on the 6th February 1901. She was hit by the tender of trian number 99. She was a widow age 63.
  Buried	8 Feb 1901	Baptist Cemetary, Rookwood , New South Wales. Australia
  Person ID	I8365	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	John Churchill,   b. 1811, (in/of) Fennor, Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. 1865, Tipperary  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Lawrence,   b. 1816, Kilkenny, Ireland ,   d. 1894, Sheerness, Swale Borough, Kent, England. 2nd qtr (2a 481)  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1835	Kilkenny, Ireland. [church marriage]   [4]
  Family ID	F316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence William Linden,   b. C1843, Kent, England ,   d. Bef 1901, Martha was described as a widow on her death in 1901  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1872	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  	St Johns Baptist Church, Mudgen. Clarence was a batchelor living at Hill End. & Martha was a spinster living at Mudgen. The Witnesses at the wedding were Peter Campbell & Ann Webb.
  Children	1. Clarence William Henry Linden,   b. 1873, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1925, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 52 years)   2. Martha Rebecca Linden,   b. 1875, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1926  (Age 51 years)   3. Florence F Linden,   b. 1877, Newcastle,New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1877, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)   4. Samuel Frederick Linden,   b. 1879, Goulbourn, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1879, Goulbourn, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)   5. Arthur E Linden,   b. 1884, Goulbourn, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1915, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F2968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martha Emigrated to Austrailia in 1864, and then sponsored her sister Mary Ann and then her brother John to join her. She had a hard life bringing up her three children on her own after her husband Clarence deserted them. She worked as a domestic all her life untill she died in 1901, suffering a horrible death after being hit by the tender of train number "99" on a station level crossing. . Her great grand daughter is Judith Knox. Residence in 1867 Newtown, Sydney Australia

  
  

• Sources

  [S576] Judith Knox Family History, Judith Knox Family History. [S24] gravestone. [S622] Ancestry.co.uk/family trees, Ancestry.co.uk/family trees. [S877] Rootsireland.ie, Rootsireland.ie.