Catherine Gilderdale

Catherine Gilderdale was christened at Thorne in Yorkshire in 1798. Her father Joseph died in York that year and was buried at Thorne. In 1804, her mother remarried John Smith at Wrawby. This explains the surname Smyth given on her son William's death certificate in 1902.
Catherine married William Foster Sergeant at Wrawby, near Brigg, in Lincolnshire in 1824. They named their first son, Joseph Gilderdale Sergeant and their eldest daughter Mary Goodwin Sergeant after her mother. They had 7 children when they emigrated to Adelaide from Gravesend in 1838, the youngest son dying after they had been at sea for 3 months, and the next youngest son also died 6 weeks after they arrived. By then, Catherine also had a second daughter Jane, who was born 9 days after they arrived.
They farmed on the Sturt River at Marion, not far from Adelaide, but in 1858, William died when he fell from his horse in South Terrace. Her eldest son, Joseph had died in 1851 and the next son, William had gone to Victoria.
Catherine died in 1884 and was buried with her husband at West Terrace cemetery in Adelaide.