Biography

Known as Katie. In company with her first cousin, now Mrs T. Carroll, the deceased landed in Broken Hill in 1889, and was married in the same year. They remained in that state for two years before moving to Western Australia. There were four in the family, all of whom were still alive and most were with their mother at the time of her death. Mr and Mrs McAleer and family arrived in Lawlers in 1898, when Mr McAleer entered into the storekeeping business. which had been carried on for the previous 13 years. Mr McAleer was considered to be a pioneer storekeeper of the Lawlers district. One of the earliest and most esteemed residents of Lawlers, Mrs McAleer had been confined to bed for some time and had recently undergone an operation in Perth - but she was not able to regain her health. As a mark of respect, all the businesses in town closed at the news of her death. Deceased was a first cousin of Mrs. T. Carroll, late of Mt. Magnet - believed to have been Rose Roddy prior to her marriage in Mt Magnet. Catherine is buried in Plot 31, Section A, Roman Catholic section of Lawlers Cemetery.