This was their wedding cake decoration:
Wedding Cake Decoration from the wedding of Mr and Mrs Dibley of Bathurst. Donated [to Gulgong Pioneer's Museum] by their grand-daughter, Mrs Wilfred O'Brien
Photo taken by her granddaughter, Grace Morris
Hannah died in 1926 in Bathurst.
The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942) Thursday 6 January 1927 p 36 Article
An old and esteemed resident of the Bathurst
district, in Mrs. Hannah Mary Dibley, wife of Mr. Jesse Dibley, died at her
residence 41 Lambert-street, on Monday, 13th ult., at the age of 81. She
was a native of Ireland, and came to Australia when quite a young girl. She had
resided in Bathurst for over 70 years, where her loyalty to her Church, and her
many generous and charitable acts won her the love and esteem of all who knew
her. Besides the bereaved husband, two sons and four daughters are left to
mourn their loss. The funeral, from her late residence to the Mortuary
Chapel, where prayers were offered by Rev. Father Brodbin, who also officiated
at the graveside, was largely attended. — R.I.P
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Wednesday 26 August 1891 p 4 Family Notices
DIBLEY. — In fond and loving
remembrance of my dearly beloved mother, Sarah Dibley, relict of the late Jesse
Dibley, who died at her residence, Meadow Flat, Bathurst, August 24, 1890, in
her 70th year. Beloved by all.
She has gone to grave; her troubles are
o'er,
She's freed from all sorrow and
pain,
The trials of this earth, which she
patiently bore,
Will never distress her again.
Inserted by her loving daughter,
Martha J. Wiggins.
