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Mary Ann (Griffin) Lee (1858 - 1945)

Mary Ann Lee formerly Griffin
Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australiamap
Wife of — married [date unknown] in Unmarriedmap
Wife of — married 20 Feb 1885 in Northam, Western Australia, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 86 in Wagin, Western Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

Mary Anne was born on 2 May 1858 in Fremantle, Western Australia.[1]

She had a child outside of marriage in 1877 with a Joseph Lee. Her birth was registered under Lee.

Mary married Wheatley Maplethorpe Lee on 19 December 1885 at Northam.[2]

The death occurred at the Wagin Hospital on Jany, 13th, 1945, of a very old resident of Wagin in the person of Mrs. Mary Lee, at the advanced age of 86 years. The late Mrs. Lee was born at Toodyay, W.A., and with her husband she came to Wagin 47 years ago, the late Mr. Lee pre-deceasing her in 1912. She was well known and respected, and her passing came as a blow to her many friends. The late Mrs. Lee was the mother of 9 children, four of whom pre-deceased her. Those living are James, Lizzie, John, Robert and Maud. The funeral took place on Sunday January 14th, a representative ga thering of friends following the cortege to the place of interment in the R.C. portion of the Wagin Cemetery where the Rev. Father Casey performed the last rites.[3]

Sources

  1. "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT8X-Z5T : 28 January 2020), Maria Griffin, 1858.
  2. The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
  3. OBITUARY (1945, January 25). The Wagin Argus and Arthur, Dumbleyung, Lake Grace Express (WA : 1924 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257842208




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