Miss Beath, 50 years of age, daughter of the late Mr. David Beath, and one of the oldest residents of Hamilton, to which she came when only a year old, from pneumonia and pleurisy. Miss Beath had been governess and companion with the Robertson family at Skene and had nursed the late Mrs. Robertson in her fatal illness.
'Beath, Miss (1850–1900)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/beath-miss-14515/text25619, accessed 1 October 2023.