Biography

Ada Jane Eberhard (nee Abbott) (1868 - 1932)  Born in 1868, she was the daughter of W. H. Abbott of Paterson Street. Her sister was Mary Ellen Abbott. She married Carl Theodore Eberhard in Launceston. Carl and Ada had two daughters. Both Carl and Ada took an active interest in the development of Broadland House School as a school for young ladies under the special protection of the Church of England. Ada died on 22nd December, 1932, and Carl on 11th July, 1938, and in their memory two memorials were placed in St. Aidan's Church. These were a large carved altar chair, and a window featuring ‘St. Columba’. The inscription on both memorials reads:
“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF CARL AND ADA EBERHARD WHO DIED 1932 AND 1938”

Source

"Engraved in Memory", GILL, Jenny, 1988

Launceston Family Album
https://www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.au/detail/1030867/ada-jane-eberhard