Wife of Stephen Martin Mahy and mother of Mary Eileen Watts (nee Mahy)

Antoinetta is the daughter of Phillip Gersbach and Sara Anne Campbell. She was born on November 21, 1888, in Kempsey, NSW.

She and Stephen had seven children. These were born in Rutherglen (Phil), Howlong (Mary). They later moved to Yenda where they were living when the others were born, with the exception of Reg who was born in Jerilderie.

Thomas Phillip		B: April 24,1918
Mary Eileen		B: February 2, 1920 (Howlong)
Bernard Stephen		B: September 29, 1922 (Leeton)
Margaret Thelma		B: August 8, 1924 (Leeton)
John Reginald (Reg)		B: December 18, 1926 (Jerilderie)
Francis Douglas (Jim)		B: November 22, 1928 (Leeton)
Sarah Theres		B: October 6, 1933 (Leeton)

We often went to her Farm 751, Canal Street home to visit. We also stayed there while mum had the last couple of babies and when dad was killed. She always had a beautiful garden. There was no lawn in the front yard. It was all garden beds of flowers. When she was able she grew her own vegetables in the back yard and kept farm birds like chickens and geese. It was a fairly big block and had some big willow trees on it that we climbed whenever we could. (We climbed the almond trees next door too, even though we weren’t supposed to). We spent a lot of time sitting in the channel too, waiting for the water to come down when it was released through the sluices to water the farms and gardens.