Martha (ARMSTRONG)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Dorinda ARMSTRONG (1854 - 1904)	Martha (ARMSTRONG) + James ARMSTRONG

+. James ARMSTRONG

Near Relatives of Martha (ARMSTRONG)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Martha (ARMSTRONG)

Spouse/Partner	James ARMSTRONG

Daughter	Dorinda ARMSTRONG	1854	Carvan, Ireland	1904	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	50

Son in Law	William Hunter COLLINSON	1840	England OR Melbourne?	1916	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	76

Grandson	Jim George COLLINSON	1879	Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Dolly COLLINSON	1880	Queensland, Australia	1951	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Edith COLLINSON	1883
Granddaughter	Mary Matha COLLINSON	1883		1954	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Grandson	Joseph Hunter COLLINSON	1886		1947	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Elizabeth (Lizzie) COLLINSON	1888		1892	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	4
Grandson	Fred James COLLINSON	1892	Queensland, Australia	1963	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	71

Events in Martha (ARMSTRONG)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1854		Birth of daughter Dorinda ARMSTRONG	Carvan, Ireland	Note 1
1904		Death of daughter Dorinda ARMSTRONG (aged 50)	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60

Note 1: See burial record

Marriage cert - age 24 in 1878 = b1854 at Carvan, Ireland

Balleyhue, Ireland on birth cert of first child Jim George

Note 2: See burial record

Morning Post (Cairns) 12 Feb 1904
Death of Mrs W. H. Collin-
son.
On Tuesday morning when the death
of Mrs W. H. Collinson was known in
Cairns, the flags throughout the town
were flown half-mast high, expressions of
regret and sympathy with Mr Collinson
and family were heard on all sides, and it
was a foregone conclusion that the funeral
cortege would be one of the largest ever
seen in the district.
The deceased, who at the time of her
death was 50 years of age, had been a
resident for over 27 years, and was
universally respected and loved through-
out the length and breadth of the Cairns
district. The hospitality of Emerald Park
was proverbial, and in the olden days,
before the advent of the tramway, open
house was kept. It was nothing unusual
for 20 or 30 people to sit down to dinner
at least four days out of the week, and no
one thought of passing Emerald Park to
or from town without calling and par-
ticipating in the lavish hospitality which
prevailed. It was the rendezvous of the
whole district, and nearly the whole of
the younger-generation at Hambledon,
Wright's Creek, and Mulgrave looked
upon the late Mrs Collinson as a second
mother. This fact was testified to in a
most eloquent way when the service at
the grave side was being read. At least
half of those present completely broke
down, and the funeral service was read
amidst tears and sobs that almost ren-
dered the service inaudible.
A special tram conveyed about 60
Cairns residents to Emerald Park on
Tuesday afternoon, and when the sad
procession wended its way to the Emerald
Park Cemetery, at least 200 people took
part in it.
The coffin was smothered with flowers,
wreaths, and crosses. The pall bearers
were Messrs J. Lyons, M.L.A., J. Bastin,
W. Hannaysee, D. O'Hara, W. Banner,
and F. Lynehe. Kev. E. A. Fox read the
burial service in a most impressive manner,
but, as before stated, his words were
hardly audible owing to the manifesta-
tions of sincere grief round the grave-
side.
The deceased leaves a husband, two
daughters, and three sons, to mourn their
loss, and the utmost sympathy is extended
to them in this, their dark hour.

Personal Notes:

given as mothers name on Dorinda's death cert

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