Emily Roberta Wauch (c1830-1924)

Obituary
Mrs. Emily Roberta Wetherell, widow of the late Dr. Benjamin Wetherell, of Neutral Bay, died on Sunday at her residence, Wycombe road, Neutral Bay, at the age of 95 years. Mrs. Wetherell came to Australia with her father, Captain R. A. Wauch, of the 48th Regiment, in the ship North Britain, in 1836, and had a wonderful recollection of the early days. Captain Wauch, who had a distinguished military career, came to Australia to engage in pastoral pursuits, and was given a grant of land of 3000 acres, which he called Wauchope, which is now the site of a prosperous town on the North Coast railway line. Miss Wauch, as she was then, at 19 years of age married Mr. Herbert Salwey, a solicitor, who became the owner of two properties, Gallalina and Tessaba, on the Macleay River. They had a family of four sons and one daughter. The former are Messrs. Henry Salwey (of Salwey and Primrose, solicitors), Edgar Salwey (Java), Herbert Salwey (South Africa), and Alfred Salwey (Mosman), while the daughter is Mrs. Bodenham (Strathfield). Mrs. Salwey later married Dr. B. J. Wetherell, by whom she had two daughters—Mrs. Mojer and Miss Madeline Wetherell.

The funeral, which was of a private nature, took place yesterday in the Church of England Cemetery, Waverley.

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