Today's posting concerns my first cousin five times removed Rosa Dargan (nee Last). Born in 1866 to George Last and his wife Ann (nee Costello). In 1906 she married Laurence Joseph Dargan. Laurence died in 1922 leaving Rosa and their daughter Mary extremely well provided for. Rosa died in 1933 not long after returning from a grand European tour with Mary. She was buried at Binalong , New South Wales. Source: MRS. ROSA DARGAN. (1933, June 12). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 3 Edition: DAILY and EVENING. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102854727 Transcript: MRS. ROSA DARGAN The death occurred in a private hospital at Kensington (Sydney) on Sunday last of Mrs. Rosa Dargan, of Elms Station, Binalong. She was the fifth daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Last of Fern Hill, Tumut, and had resided at Binalong for 26 years., having returned six months ago from a trip abroad. Her...
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