OBITUARY

Northern Advocate, 6 February 1934, Page 8

OBITUARY

MRS M. CAHILL. The death of one of Auckland’s early pioneers, Mrs Marion Cahill, formerly of Thames, occurred last week after a long illness. Porn in Stratliavon, Scotland, 84 years ago, she arrived with her, parents, Mr and Mrs T. 3. Miller, in Auckland on the last voyage of the ship Joseph Fletcher, in August, 1859. They settled in the Wairoa South district, engaging' in farming In the vicinity of Clevedon. Three years later her mother died, leaving a family of seven children. Deceased was married to Mr Matthew Cahill in .1866, and went to reside at Thames, where she made her homo ler over 40 years, eventually coming back to Auckland. She had some stirring talcs to tell of the old hardships and dangers of those early clays. Her husband predeceased bor in 19.12. The late Mrs Cahill reared a family of seven sons and eight daughters, of whom two sons and six daughters are living. They are Mr W. J. Cahill, St. Uclier’s Bay; Mr N. Cahill, Bays water; Mrs Lever, Papakura; Mrs ,1. B:oom, Mrs A. Cutforth, Mrs R. Phillips, Mrs Holland, and Miss M. Cahill, of Auckland. There are 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.