[3] After marrying James Alston she moved to Majella on St Kilda Road, Melbourne[4] and gave birth to four sons and three daughters.

[7] Over the years she gave money generously to various charities, with one paper estimating at her death that she "distributed thousands of pounds in five and ten-guinea subscriptions", which they reported she did in "stealth" as she preferred to remain in the background.

[8] She was an extremely active charity worker, involved in 20 welfare committees in Melbourne towards the end of her life.

[12][1][8][4] After an illness lasting four months[15] she died on 13 December 1932 at Majella ;the primary residence she lived in since she had arrived in Melbourne.

[4] A Requiem Mass was held for her at St Patrick's Cathedral and she was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.