Eileen May Brown was the last of Rosa Corvan's children. She was born on April 21, 1893, at Kamarooka, and Rosa was 42 years old when she delivered her.
Eileen was only 18 months old when her father Robert died suddenly in 1894, and after a basic schooling at Kamarooka she went into domestic service like her older sisters to help support her family.
When Eileen was six years old, her eight year old brother Ralph died of tubercular meningitis.Ten years later, the same disease claimed Eileen's life as well.
Sixteen year old Eileen Brown fell ill in the first week of July, and a week later she was dead. She died in the Bendigo Hospital on July 11, 1909, and was buried in the Raywood Cemetery on July 13, 1909.
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