BIRTH.
On the 11th ult., at North Taieri, the wife of Mr Joseph Culling, of a daughter.
DIED
On the 9th inst., at North Taieri, Hester Hall, the beloved wife of Joseph Culling. Friends will please accept this invitation. -Otago Daily Times, 10/12/1863.
Such a small scrap in a newspaper, and such a volume of love and mourning behind it.
Hester married her husband Joseph in 1862 and died one month after the birth of their child, who was called Hester Hall, after her mother. It is not difficult to assume that Hester senior died from complications following the birth of her daughter. She was eighteen years old.
Southern Cemetery, Dunedin. DCC photo.
Gosh life was tough and short in many cases. Thanks for sharing, Great info.
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