Obituaries Australia

The death occurred last week at Windsor, Hawkesbury River district, of a very old Northern Rivers resident in the person of Mrs. Ellem, relict of the late Mr. James Ellem. The deceased, who had for some years resided with her son, Mr. Arthur Ellem, at Casino, left there a couple of months ago, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Sneesby, on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Shein, at Windsor. While passing through Sydney she contracted a severe attack of influenza, from which she never recovered. She was within a few days of her 83rd birthday, and the sister with whom she was staying at the time of her death is 85. The deceased and her late husband, who predeceased her some 14 years, were for a number of years residents of the Clarence River district, and the remains were brought via Glen Innes to Grafton for interment there. She leaves to mourn her loss three daughters—Mrs. Sneesby, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Bailey (Ballina)—and four sons, William and Walter, on the Clarence, and Arthur and Thomas, Casino. She was a native of Windsor, and was born but a short distance from where she passed away.