Effie Mary Kirkland, 18781955 (aged 77 years)

Name
Effie Mary /Kirkland/
Given names
Effie Mary
Surname
Kirkland
Name
Effie Mary /Gobert/
Type
also known as
Given names
Effie Mary
Surname
Gobert
Birth 1878 28

Birth of a sisterJessie Margaret Kirkland
1880 (aged 2 years)

Death of a sisterJessie Margaret Kirkland
1882 (aged 4 years)

Birth of a brotherWilliam A Kirkland
1883 (aged 5 years)

MarriagePeter GobertView this family
1911 (aged 33 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam A Kirkland
1921 (aged 43 years)

Death of a motherKate Nicholson
1923 (aged 45 years)

Death of a fatherRichard Kirkland
1930 (aged 52 years)

Death of a brotherJames Nicholson Kirkland
1940 (aged 62 years)

Note: Obituary Notice - James Nicholson Kirkland

Obituary Notice - James Nicholson Kirkland The hand of death turned the page and wrote finis to a full and useful life when Alderman James Nicholson Kirkland, widely honoured member of the Richmond Council and beloved member of the Richmond community, passed peacefully to his last rest on Monday of last week, and seldom has such a sad event caused a more sincere and widespread sorrow in the old town is that which greeted this news when it became generally known throughout the district. Though the sad tidings were not perhaps entirely unexpected (for it was generally realised among his anxious friends that he was critically ill with a serious throat complaint, which had made steady headway against his gallant resistance for many months past), this did not lessen its poignancy, and everyone who had had the pleasure of knowing him regarded his passing almost in the light of a personal bereavement, allied to deep regret that such a valuable life should be lost to the community. Even now it is still with somewhat of a shock that they realise that the infectious smile and cheery voice which gained him friends wherever he went will be seen and heard no more. Nevertheless "Jim" Kirkland - as he was affectionately known to everyone - would have been the last man to countenance any mourning for him, such as the broad humanity of the man which dominated his every thought and action throughout his life, that it would have brought him distress to think that the passing should cause undue sorrow to others. It was the same humanity - this consistent desire to help the less fortunate and study the interests of his fellow man in all he did - that drew friends to him without effort, and that was the prompting impulse which caused him to enter local government, in which he served with such distinction in the comparatively brief time allowed him. He was not the type of man to rail at Fate when he realised that his end was near, and his chief regret, one might imagine, would be much as that of another man, more famous perhaps but certainly not of more noble character, who murmured with his final breath:"so much to do: so little done." The deceased, who was 64 years of age, was born at Wollar, in the Mudgee district, and came to Richmond some 14 years ago, the greater period of which time he had spent as an engineer in the service of the Nepean Sand and Gravel Company, with the other employees of which, needless to say, he was immensely popular. Nine years ago he was elected to the Richmond Council and quickly distinguished himself as a forceful and practical speaker and a forthright and unflinching advocate of what he conceived was the best interests of the community, his absolute impartiality being a particularly strong attribute of his counsel service. His colleagues opinion of his capabilities was evidenced by the fact that he held the important position of vice-chairman of the electricity committee, in which he played no mean part in a gratifying development of the council's electricity undertaking in recent years, and the ratepayers opinion of his worth was demonstrated by the fact that he topped the poll at the 1937 triennial election. In connection with the latter event, the unassuming nature of the man, which was one of his most likeable attributes, is illustrated by an incident which he since related to a representative of this paper. When the results were being posted he was not present, being engaged, as usual, in "fixing up" something to someone else. Making a tardy arrival, he diffidently approached the rear of the crowd and asked whether he had been elected, and was genuinely astonished to find that, instead of occupying a modest position near the bottom, as he had expected, he actually topped the poll. Deceased is survived by his wife and two daughters, Joan and Heather, who may derive some comfort in their sorrow from the knowledge that their bereavement is shared, in a lesser sense, by a whole host of friends, who will need no monuments to cherish the memory of one whose loss they so keenly feel. The big concourse at the funeral, after an impressive service of the Presbyterian Church, Richmond, on the Tuesday afternoon, left no doubts as to the esteem in which the deceased had been held. Operations were suspended at the Company's works for the afternoon so that employees might pay their last respects and among the public bodies represented were the Richmond Council and the Red Cross Society, of which the deceased was a keen supporter and a former vice president of the Richmond branch. Interment took place in the Presbyterian Cemetery, the Rev D L Paterson, who had conducted the service, officiating at the graveside, a profusion of beautiful wreaths further testifying to the widespread nature of the community sorrow which attended the sad occasion. Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 2 August 1940 p. 2

Death of a sisterChristina Janet Kirkland
1944 (aged 66 years)

Death 1955 (aged 77 years)

Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage Marriage1873
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Family with Peter Gobert
husband
herself
Marriage Marriage1911