The Children of Samuel & Elizabeth Mottram

Losing one child would be devastating.  I cannot imagine how crushing it would be to lose four children.

My Great Great Grandparents, Samuel and Elizabeth Mottram, parented ten children, five girls and five boys.  

In birth order;

1.   Mary Mottram  1876 - 1958 (my great grandmother)

2.   Jack Mottram 1877 -1955

3.   Margaret Mottram 1879 - 1882

4.   Elizabeth Mottram 1880 -1884

5.   Sam Mottram 1883 - 1918

6.   Madeline Mottram 1884 - 1972

7.   Fred Mottram 1887 - 1964

8.   Harry Mottram 1889 - 1917

9.   Eve Mottram 1891 - 1981

10. David Mottram 1894 - 1986

circa 1904
Back:  Mary, Samuel, Sam, Jack, Fred
Front: Eve, David, Harry, Elizabeth, Madeline

In 1904, Charlie Farr took photos of the pioneers of the Maryborough area.
Maybe he was paid handsomely for his pioneer photos as he reportedly sold the business later in 1904 ????

The first to die was Margaret, who died in 1882 of Diptheria when she was 3 years old.  Her death was followed two years later by Elizabeth who also died from Diptheria when she was 3 years old.

Henry (known as Harry) was 28 years old when he died from wounds sustained at Polygon Woods, Belgium, during World War 1.  Within 6 months, his brother Samuel, was smothered to death in a mining accident.

Mottram sisters
Mary Walker, Madeline Batty, Eve Bilton

Mary is my Great Grandmother.  She was the only one of 

the three sisters to have children.  She was 82 years old when she died of a "Cerebral haemorrhage and senile atherosclerosis"

Madeline was 87 when she died from "Pneumonia & Chronic Renal Failure"

Eve was 89 when she died from a stroke, after suffering from senile dementia for many years. 

Unknown, Eve and Madeline Mottram

The hats in this weeks Sepia Saturday prompt reminded me of those worn by my
Great Grand Aunts  in the final photo, prompting this post. The unknown lady on the left in my photo also
looks similar to the lady on the right in the Sepia Saturday prompt photo.
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