Mary (Harrington) Rowe (1856 - 1936)

Born 24 Aug 1856 in Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia

Wife of James Beattie — married 1877 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1936 at age 79 in Stawell, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Mary (Harrington) Rowe was born in the Colony of Tasmania (1856-1900)

When Mary Harrington was born on August 24, 1856, in Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia ^[1], her father, Timothy, was 32, and her mother, Bridget, was 23. Mary was the only child of Timothy and Bridget and was born with a club foot (Her father died in an accident the following year).

When her father Timothy died 1857 her mother Bridget remarried David Baker, and moved to Victoria. She left Mary behind in the hands of the catholic church and sent for her much later. So Mary relocated to Victoria.

About 1868 onward, Mary gains mention in Melbourne newspapers in various unseemly ways (unruly teen years? running away from home, Gaining goods by deception, etc.).

Mary married James Beattie 1877 at Victoria^[2]. and had 7 children.

Children of James Beattie & Mary Harrington

• Timothy James Beattie 1879 at Murchison, Vic 10860/1879
• James Henry Beattie 1882 at Murchison, Vic 17901/1882
• William Beattie 1885 at Murchison, Vic 19973/1885
• George Henry Beattie 1888 at Murchison, Vic 13931/1888
• John Beattie 1890 at Murchison, Vic 25774/1890
• John Joseph Beattie 1896 at Murchison, Vic 5592/1896
• Edward Beattie 1900 at Euroa, Vic 3007/1900

Married James Rowe... She also had three sons from another relationship (second marriage).

She died in 1936 in Stawell, Victoria, at the age of 80 years.^[3] Her remains were buried in the Navarre cemetery as Mary Rowe. After the death of husband James, she became Mary Rowe in 1914. Married James Rowe of the Stawell area.

Mary's Father (Timothy) was a convict sent to Tas. It's possible that her mother was as well. She was noted as housekeeper on their marriage certificate.

Sources

MISSING from her home, 6 Faraday street, Carlton, since Boxing Day, MARY HARRINGTON, aged eleven years; rather tall, round face, slightly freckled, dark brown hair. Had on grey cloth jacket wincey frock, white straw hat, with puggaree; leather boots, laced in front. ^[4]

1. ↑ Birth Mary Harrington 1856 at Oatlands, Tasmania. Ref# RGD33/1/34 no 1299. Parents; Timothy Harrington & Bridget Williams. https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qu=mary&qu=Harrington&qf=NI_INDEX%09Record+type%09Births%09Births&qf=PUBDATE%09Year%091840-1856%091840-1856&isd=true
2. ↑ Marriage 1 James Beattie & Mary Harrington 1877 at Victoria. BDM Vic ref# 2140/1877. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/
3. ↑ Death record: 16155 / 1936. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Mary ROWE); (Place of death: STAWELL); (Age at death: 80); (Mother: Margaret WILLIAMS); (Father: HARRINGTON Timothy)
4. ↑ Missing Child. The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Tue 31 Dec 1867, p.1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244958003?searchTerm=Mary%20Harrington

• Births death marriages Tasmania
• Tasmania convict records
• trove.gov.au
• Beattie Family history collection