Above : image courtesy of Margaret White
Margaret White very kindly sent the Wagga Wagga City Library copies of two postcards in her family history collection and some interesting information on the Premier Poultry Yards, which used to be where Burns Way and the Civic Theatre and grounds are now. The poultry yards existed from about 1902 to 1911. The house was called Ingleside and Elizabeth Jane Wilson continued to live there until her death in 1943.
Elizabeth Jane Wilson , nee Elizabeth Jane Jelly, had a very difficult married life, as her second husband was violent, and she was also the victim of a brutal beating and robbery by a male lodger. William Wilson, Elizabeth's second husband, also attacked Elizabeth's daughter Jessie, who was from her first marriage to Douglas Harry Browett.
Above : Elizabeth Jane Wilson (date unknown) on the verandah of her house Ingleside, in Tarcutta Street. Image courtesy Margaret White
Although there is more detail known about Mrs Wilson than usually survives about everyday women particularly, it would be good to know more about her life after her early difficulties. Mrs Wilson's death notice describes her :
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her, and, being of a retiring and kindly disposition, she was loved by all.
Above: from the Daily Advertiser, 12 June 1943
Mrs Wilson's funeral was on Saturday 12 June 1943, and was well attended. The funeral service was held at St Andrews Presbyterian church in Wagga.
Above: from the Daily Advertiser Monday 14 June 1943
The last information we have of Mrs Wilson's life is from the auction notices in the Daily Advertiser in July 1943, where her home is offered up for auction, and from the sale of the contents of her house in September of the same year.
Above : from the Daily Advertiser 1943
The house and contents show what have must been a quite comfortable standard of living at the time. A quiet and retiring life must have been a great relief after the suffering she endured previously. Elizabeth Jane Wilson died aged 76.
Above : image courtesy of Margaret White
