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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1877 - 1927 (49 years)
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| Name |
Annie Sophia RAGGATT |
| Born |
17 Oct 1877 |
Carchap Vic  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Education |
Carchap State School |
| Health |
Meningitis as a child. |
| Occupation |
Mt Arapiles Vic |
| 'St Mary's' Station Domestic staff |
| Residence |
Horsham Vic |
| Baille St Horsham Vic |
| Died |
16 Sep 1927 |
Strathalbyn SA [1] |
| Person ID |
I-7061 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Father |
William RAGGATT, b. 10 Mar 1850, d. 18 Oct 1936 (Age 86 years) |
| Relationship |
-2312 |
| Mother |
Mary MCDONALD, b. 30 Jul 1857, Finniss SA , d. 28 Apr 1935 (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
-2312 |
| Married |
Horsham Vic |
| Residence |
Polkemmet Vic |
| Family ID |
F-2312 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=product&layout=show&Itemid=161&uid=1672762&coid=3&cid=2&request_data=%7B%26quot%3Boption%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3Bcom_search%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3BItemid%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B32%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Bsurname%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3Bmaidment%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Bcheck%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B1%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Bgname%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3Bgertrude%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Byear%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Brange%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B0%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Bcusearch%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3BSearch%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3B__utmc%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B175478836%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3B__utmz%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B175478836.1509200000.157.3.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D(organic)%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3D(not%20provided)%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3Ba4bd3f58e9df756191d0f96ccbc0b1ee%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3Be7015a7d200526083314a342d63ff4c5%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3B__utma%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B175478836.1713450304.1501589010.1515912601.1515928135.351%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3B__utmt%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B1%26quot%3B%2C%26quot%3B__utmb%26quot%3B%3A%26quot%3B175478836.113.10.1515928135%26quot%3B%7D, 7 Feb 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean.
DEATH OF MRS RAGGATT Lived Under Four Reigns. Mrs. Ann Sophia Raggatt died at Strathalbyn on Friday at the age of 99 years and 6 months. To have lived under four reigns, to remember the death of William IV and the crowning of Queen Victoria, were the experiences the late Mrs. Raggatt could claim. To the last she retained a lively memory of the tolling of the bells for her sovereign William IV., and possibly aneven clearer one of the white dress, with white rosettes, which she wore for the celebration of the young Queen's coronation. She was born at Marshfield, Gloucestershire, and after her marriage to Mr.Thomas Raggatt in 1818 came to try her fortune in the young province of South Australia. Residence in Strathalbyn. Travelling with her husband in the ship Baboo, Mrs. Raggatt arrived at Port Adelaide in December, 1848. They lived for a time in Adelaide, where, owing to the scarcity of houses rents were abnormally high. One room, divided by a partition,often accommodated two families. Mr.Raggatt worked for some years in the Macclesfield district, and afterwards went to the Wheal Ellen Mine, near Strathalbvn whence he removed to Strathalbyn 50 years ago. For several years he was librarian of the local institute. Mr. Raggatt died in 1900 at the age of 74 vears. Mrs. Raggatt spent the remainder of her life in the same house in Murray St, which she occupied in all for more than 50 years. There were 11 children, nine of whom survive. They are:-Mr. William Rag
gatt (Victoria), Miss Mary Elizabeth Raggatt (Strathalbyn), Mrs. Ludlow (Angaston), Thomas Raggatt (New South Wales), Mrs. J. Farrant (Hyde Park),
Mr. Ernest Raggatt (Strathalbyn), Mr. Albert E. Raggatt (Hawker), and Miss
Hannah Raggatt (Strathalbyn). There are 54 grandchildren, 66 great grandchil
dren, and one great-great-grandchild. The Changing Times. A representative of The Register, who interviewed the old lady on her ninety ninth birthday, wrote:? 'Mrs. Raggatt, in spite of her great age, enjoys fairly good health, failing eyesight being her greatest trouble, although she can still move from room to room. Her intellect is wonderfully keen, and she can converse spiritedly not only on early day events, but presentday happenings. 'She is not quite convinced that times have changed for the better. In her youth she was fond of a pretty dress, and she is convinced that women in those days
looked comlier. 'Even 20 yeare ago, she said, 'women looked better dressed
than they do to-day. Do I like the present fashions? No, I do not! Such low
necks and short skirts, and this terrible, short hair! When I was young crinolines were not invented, but we wore Fix this text bustles, and very well they looked, too.
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