Wills, Celia

Daughter of Thomas and Mary Reibey who married Thomas Wills. She died a few months after she gave birth to her daughter. The Sydney Gazette reported she had 'caught a violent cold, which fastened on the lungs, and originated a rapid consumption' which suggests she may have died from tuberculosis. It went on to note, 'We have not much occasion to say, that the deceased is deservedly lamented; the many mental adornments, and attractive virtues, with which she was gifted, will long retain cherished in the bosom of her numerous relatives'.