Catherine Elizabeth Stock died in childbirth
Catherine (Kate) was the oldest of Anna and John Wheeler's ten children, and was 16 years old when her mother died at Titi Farm, Mauku. Catherine and her next sister down Charlotte, (Lottie) would have had to assume a lot of responsibility for the care of the younger ones during Anna's illness and subsequent death.. Catherine later is described as a "ladies help." She married Cecil Stock, described as a "gentleman", but died aged 24 giving birth to their first child. Kate's husband, Cecil, now a widower, remarried in March 1892, but tragedy struck again for him as his second wife was killed in an accident on their journey home to Waiuku after the wedding. Kate is buried at St Bride's, in Mauku. Catherine's dates: Born Dec 7, 1866, at Mauku Died Jan 11, 1891, at Mauku |
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