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Grandmother Rayward
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Eileen Rayward at her 99th birthday party.Contributed


by John Rayward

THE GRANDDAUGHTER of Byron Bay's first European settler has died just shy of her 100th birthday.

Eileen Rayward has passed away at age 99 years, 11 months. She was born in Byron Shire and lived there all her life.

A mother of six, housewife, dairy farmer and plant nursery owner, she saw Byron grow from horse and buggy to traffic jams. She saw the rise and demise of the Norco Butter Factory, Anderson Meat Works, whaling, the abattoir, and Rutile sand mining.

Grandmother Rayward was the last relative of Tench Tilghman in Australia ~ with the Tilghman name spelling changed to Tillman~ aide de camp to General George Washington```

Her husband served in WW I~ on horseback ```

We had planed to attend her 100th birthday~ she almost made it```
She came for a visit when the girls were younger~ we went to Grand Canyon and many other places```

Her son John Rayward was military as well as Steven ~( wife's Father) Steven Rayward came up with an Flight Simulator used by the RAF as well as Civilian~ he just retired~ not long ago and built a home in Toowoomba```

Susannah~ wanted you to see the above~ Maybe it should have been a it's own thread```
 
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