Emily Mary Wilson

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Emily was born on Tuesday, 4 December 1860 at East India.¹

She married Rev. Henry Samuel Cox Fookes, son of Rev. Samuel Berjew Fookes and Margaret Sarah Westbrook, on Monday, 24 July 1905 at Devonport, Tasmania. She was 44 and her husband Henry was 57..^2,3,4 Emily and Henry lived in 1914 at Waratah, Tasmania.⁵ Emily's occupation was given as 'home duties' in 1914.⁵ She presumably lived with her spouse Henry at Waratah, Tasmania, in August 1914.⁶ Henry and his wife soon settled in Witemark, buying land and building what was to be the first rectory on Flinders Island.⁷

Her husband Henry died 10 February 1924 at the age of 76, leaving her a widow at age 63. "After Henry's death his widow gave the land and building to the Church of England and built a small home on the site which is now the doctor's dwelling, here she lived until her death."⁷ "For the burial of the late Mrs. Fooks an aeroplane specially chartered for the purpose took took the body to Launceston for internment. Mr. and Mrs. Cruickshank, nephew and neice of Mrs. Fooks and the funeral director were passengers on the plane. Motor cars followed the procession to the aerodrome and many wreaths were placed on the casket. In 1938 the new gates to the church grounds were dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. H. Fooks."⁸

Emily died on 5 August 1934 at Whitemark, Flinders Island, Tasmania, at age 73.⁷ She was buried on 7 August 1934 at Carr Villa Memorial Park, in Launceston, Tasmania.^9,10