Catherine Low
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ca. 1830 — 8 December 1863
Catherine Low (29A)
Headstone
A fragment of Catherine Low's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2021.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Presbyterian section. After 8 December 1863
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as Catherine Low
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2021
Inscription
1830
…mber 1863
…owan his son
April 1838
ember 1857
daughter
…dolph Zillm…
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Death registration: Catherine Smith
Death year: 1863
Mother's name: -
Father/parent's name: -
Registration details: 1863/B/1440
DEATHS.
SMITH.—On the 8th December, at Bulimba, near Brisbane, Mrs. Charles Smith.
SMITH.—On the 8th instant, Catherine Low, the beloved wife of Charles Smith, of Ipswich.
A remarkable man was James Low, who was born on January 4, 1791, in Scotland, and died at Brisbane on September 24, 1873. His wife, Isabella, died at “New Mill of Drumoak," in Aberdeenshire on October 29, 1831. A son died there also, aged 12. A daughter, Catherine, married to Charles Smith, died at Brisbane on December 8, 1863 and a son aged 19, died on September 2, 1851. His daughter, Annie, married Rudolph Zillman, son of J. L. Zillman, of German Station, one of the ORIGINAL GERMAN MISSIONARIES sent to Moreton Bay. by Dr. Lang in the convict days. James Low, was a very well known timber getter in the Maroochy and Mooloolah districts, and his name is handed down to posterity, attached to the tree known to both timber, getters' and botanists as "Jimmy Low," the botanical name being "Eucalyptus Resinifera."