Biography

Florence Wilkinson (nee Shann) (1861 - 1937) was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. Her mother had died of tuberculosis in her early twenties, and three-year-old Florence was left in Yorkshire to be brought up in Ripon by her aunt and guardian, Hannah More Shann.
In 1882, she married Christopher George Wilkinson, who was ordained in Ripon a year earlier. 
They came to Australia in 1890 at the invitation of Bishop Montgomery, and in 1895 came to Launceston, where her husband had been appointed co-headmaster of Launceston Church Grammar School.
Mrs Wilkinson was known to be a much-loved school matron.
The Wilkinsons had two sons and four daughters, one of the latter, Doris, became headmistress of the Launceston Girls' Grammar School, in Elizabeth Street.
They retired from LCGS in 1918, and lived for a time with their daughter, Doris, who was headmistress of the Launceston Girls' Grammar School, in Elizabeth Street. 
They moved to Sydney when Doris was appointed headmistress to Darlinghurst Church of England Girls' Grammar School, but in 1926, the Reverend and Mrs Wilkinson moved to Cremorne, Sydney. He died there on 4^th May 1929 and she died on 16^th August 1937.
See linked biography for Christopher George Wilkinson

 

Source

eBook - Her Story in Four Centuries - section on Christopher and Florence Wilkinson (linked) and Extract from 'Engraved in Memory' by J.S.Gill. 1988