Louisa Watson
born 22 April 1838
died 23 April 1839
mother Charlotte Eliza Float (Watson)
father Henry Watson
extract from Henry Watson's diary
https://archival.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/prg/PRG456_13_HenryWatson_diary_transcript.pdf
page 98 and 99
April 23rd.
Alas ! for the fallacy of human expectations. Our poor baby whom we had brought with so much anxiety & watchful care across the sea, & who seemed so completely reestablished in health since she got on shore, was this day snatched from us very suddenly. Several of her teeth were pressing, we had her gums lanced, lest congestion came on & after two days illness we lost her. She passed away so tranquilly that we could scarcely tell when she ceased to exist. Thus it has pleased Almighty God for purposes only known in his inscrutable wisdom to bereave us of our child: may He give us strength to bear this heavy blow of his chastening hand. She was the darling of our hearts, the light of our eyes, endeared to us by her many sufferings & her sweet patience under them. Her countenance continued still more lovely after life had left it, nothing could exceed its beautiful expression, its calm serenity. She died this morning between 5 & 6 Oclock being exactly a year old.
April 25th.
This morning I performed the melancholy duty of laying my childs head in the dust. Her remains, after having been taken into the Church when the usual prayers were read, were conveyed across the River to North Adelaide, to a beautiful enclosed piece of ground where our poor niece Annie Mary Hack already reposes, & by her side we laid our dear little Louisa hoping we may be found worthy to rejoin her at the resurrection of the Just.
Tragically, in 1839 John Barton Hack’s daughter (Annie Mary Hack) and niece (Louisa Watson) died and he needed a place to bury them, but because they were Quakers they couldn't be laid to rest in South Australia's new church plots. Hack solved the problem by using part of the land he had sold to the Friends for burials.
Other burials soon followed. Eventually 14 other graves alongside the Meeting House have been used but later moved to a Quakers plot at West Terrace Cemetery. The remains of the two little girls were never located. The Friend's Meeting House has been on the South Australian Heritage List for some time but as yet not on the national list.
https://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/quakers.htm
https://archival.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/prg/PRG456_13_HenryWatson_diary_transcript.pdf
page 98 and 99
April 23rd.
Alas ! for the fallacy of human expectations. Our poor baby whom we had brought with so much anxiety & watchful care across the sea, & who seemed so completely reestablished in health since she got on shore, was this day snatched from us very suddenly. Several of her teeth were pressing, we had her gums lanced, lest congestion came on & after two days illness we lost her. She passed away so tranquilly that we could scarcely tell when she ceased to exist. Thus it has pleased Almighty God for purposes only known in his inscrutable wisdom to bereave us of our child: may He give us strength to bear this heavy blow of his chastening hand. She was the darling of our hearts, the light of our eyes, endeared to us by her many sufferings & her sweet patience under them. Her countenance continued still more lovely after life had left it, nothing could exceed its beautiful expression, its calm serenity. She died this morning between 5 & 6 Oclock being exactly a year old.
April 25th.
This morning I performed the melancholy duty of laying my childs head in the dust. Her remains, after having been taken into the Church when the usual prayers were read, were conveyed across the River to North Adelaide, to a beautiful enclosed piece of ground where our poor niece Annie Mary Hack already reposes, & by her side we laid our dear little Louisa hoping we may be found worthy to rejoin her at the resurrection of the Just.
Tragically, in 1839 John Barton Hack’s daughter (Annie Mary Hack) and niece (Louisa Watson) died and he needed a place to bury them, but because they were Quakers they couldn't be laid to rest in South Australia's new church plots. Hack solved the problem by using part of the land he had sold to the Friends for burials.
Other burials soon followed. Eventually 14 other graves alongside the Meeting House have been used but later moved to a Quakers plot at West Terrace Cemetery. The remains of the two little girls were never located. The Friend's Meeting House has been on the South Australian Heritage List for some time but as yet not on the national list.
https://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/quakers.htm
