Her parents migrated from Ireland.  Her parents had a holding at Saltpans.

She married Thomas Buffham in 1882 and she lived on the farm at Gymbowen, moving in to Horsham in later years.  She died in 1940.

Julia Anne Buffham (Mills) born 1860 Saltpans

died 1940 Horsham at age 81.

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Reminiscences of grandchildren.

Allan Oliver- he remembers her as good hearted, always had shortbread and a lovely garden with pot plants everywhere. She was the greatest prize winner at the Goroke and Horsham shows with her jams, pickles, cakes etc. and had a tin trunk full of prizes. After moving to Horsham they travelled to the Goroke Show by train. They moved to Horsham because of her asthma- she had the last rites often. Granny got an Essex car when Grandfather died- Uncle Bill drove her. She used to do the washing on the side of the house, one day they heard a crash- a cat had an enamel jug stuck on it’s head. Bill kicked the cat until the jug was dislodged.
Jean Mills (Buffham)- She remembers her sitting outside at the tank, plucking chooks with boiling water.
Arthur Buffham- Lovely lady, very pretty and slimly built. She was always a bit asthmatic and won prizes at Shows for jams, cakes etc. She kept boilers in the bath full of cakes, he doesn’t think they bathed very often- they washed in a dish. She was senile for the last few years of her life. Julie Macgill (Buffham)- she always wore a long black dress with long sleeves with a white lace collar even in summer. She always had seed cake and fruit cake on hand. Moira Tinker (Buffham)- Granny made plum puddings every Christmas and put 2/- in each one, we would eat it until the 2/- was found and then wouldn’t touch it. I remember people coming after church- they were given wine in small glasses and seed or fruit cake. Granny had heart trouble, the doctor told her that brandy would help so she overdid this cure a bit. She was senile in later years and used to stand on the front verandah and call- “Cooee Mrs Buckley, they’re trying to kill me Mrs Buckley!!” Julia died in her sleep, she was 81.