Catherine Bryant nee Davies FMM

Name: Catherine Mary Bryant nee Davies
Date and place of birth: 27 September 1856 Castlemaine, Victoria .. The Loddon Reg No. 13693 (Kangaroo Flat)
Names of parents: Thomas Davies and Susanna Symons
Date and place of baptism: Not Found .. Probably Wesleyan or possiblly her birth recorded as a Baptist
Marriage: to Benjamin Bryant on 2nd March, 1875 Stawell, Victoria, Australia Reg No. 276
Occupations: "Mrs Bryant, a lady of kindly and motherly feelings; her acts of charity have made her popular in Kunnanalling. She is a great supporter of the Church, and her efforts have been the means of securing a piano for the new Mechanics' Institute. Devoted to her husband and family, she is hospitality itself to the travellers who may be fortunate enough to stop at the mine". (Extract from the Davis' Machinery Register, page 8 May 13, 1900 -The Premier Gold Mine, Kunanalling, WA)
Military service: Nil
Addresses where they lived: Stawell & Ballarat, Vic; Drake & Adelong, NSW; Coolgardie (Kunnanalling) & (Leederville) Perth, WA; Tenterfield, NSW
Date, place and cause of death: 27 December, 1923, "Merton Villa" Tenterfield, NSW
Date and place of burial: December, 1923, Methodist Section Tenterfield Cemetery, NSW
Details of will / administration of their estate: Unknown
Memorial inscription: In the Tenterfield Cemetery Methodist Section: Headstone is in the form of an open bible with a marker in the centre - the 2nd side is a memorial to her husband Benjamin who was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, WA. "In Loving Memory of .... OUR DARLING MOTHER ..... CATHERINE MARY BRYANT ...WHO SANK TO REST ....ON THE 27TH DEC. 1923 ... AGE 66"

13 Children - 4 Children died as infants marked*: At Stawell, Vic (Pleasant Creek): Benjamin* 1875, Robert Ford* 1876, Ernest William 1877, Joseph Symons 1880, Thomas Davies* 1882; at Ballarat, Vic: Miriam Symons 1883; at Burkes Flat, Vic: Catherine Mary 1885; at Drake, NSW: Adeline Fairfield 1887, Benjamin Davies 1889, Susannah Gertrude 1892, Emily Ford* 1893, John Clarence 1894; Ballarat? Vic: Bernice Ivy 1896.