Catherine Maria SMEATON, ,daughter of Peter aSmeaton and Helen Stalker

1861 - 1900  (38 years)

• Name	Catherine Maria SMEATON
  Suffix	,daughter of Peter aSmeaton and Helen Stalker
  Born	17 Aug 1861	Creswick, Victoria.Australia
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Apr 1900	Cowra, New South Wales , Australia
  	A descendant of Catherine was written: "Catherine was portrayed as the deranged one but this may have something to do with the position of women in society in the 1890s and who is believed in court". It is thought that her sister Anne (Swindle) may have looked after her after the divorce and the loss of her children. Catherine Riddle died in Cowra Hospital 6 April 1900 and is buried in Canowindra cemetery. It is recalled that she "died of a broken heart".(Ref:Smeaton Family by Neil Pollock)
  Buried	Canowindra, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I24891	Kirkpatrick Family
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	Walter Hogg RIDDLE, ,of Canowindra and South Granville,New South Wales,   b. 1858, Gisbourne.Victoria, Australia ,   d. 2 May 1933, Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1881	Victoria , Australia
  	Ref:Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) Saturday 19 February 1898 RIDDLE DIVORCE SUIT. [BY TELEGRAPH.] SYDNEY, Friday." In the Riddle divorce suit today, his Honor granted a decree nisi on the ground of cruelty. The Court granted the decree nisi to the petitioner on grounds that respondent, within one year of filing of petition, had repeatedly assaulted and cruelly beaten him. Costs to be paid by the petitioner. In this case the petitioner, Walter Riddle, a farmer and selector near Cowra, prayed for the dissolution of his marriage with Catherine Maria Riddle on the grounds of cruelty, and adultery with Stephen Stapleton, a young man who had been in his employ." Riddle family sources inform that "Walter was having an affair with the children's governess, Ada Badham, and insisted the last child be named after her. Because of the affair, Catherine threw acid in Walter's face - he sported a beard after that". Ada became Walter's second wife.(Ref:Smeaton Family by Neil Pollock)
  Marital status	N
  Status	18 Feb 1898
  	Divorced
  Children	1. Peter Smeaton RIDDLE, , owner and trainer of champion racehorse, Shannon,   b. 1885, Scone, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 29 Jun 1947, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2013
  Family ID	F8396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart