Obituary - Dunstan Times 22.7.1902

There died in Clyde on Friday morning last, one of the institutions of the district in the person of Mrs Susan Asquith, the mother of Mrs Gye of Clyde. The old lady who was in her one hundred and second year first saw the light in Bristol City (England), on the 29 May, 1801 and eventually found her way to Hobart where she met her husband. Victoria was her next dwelling place and there her husband died. At the ripe old age of eighty-four granny essayed the long journey "by her lone" and just a trifle over seventeen years ago she reached Clyde, where she reamined until her death, attended by her daughter and grandchildren. She had in all 22 children, 17 of who still live, her eldest son is 79 years, and her grandmother lived to 102 years. For the past 12 months, the old lady has been confined to her bed, her strength finally waned, until the end came. The funeral on Sunday was largely attended. Mr Mackie officiating at the grave.