Sarah Hynes MBE (1859 - 1938)

Born 30 Sep 1859 in Danzig, Prussia

Died 27 May 1938 at age 78 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Sarah "Sally" Hynes was born on 30 September 1859 in Danzig, Prussia, Germany, the daughter of Eliza Adeline Hynes and William John Hynes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

She and her family migrated from England to Australia in 1884, when her father was appointed managing director of the Australasian Steam Navigation Co.^[1]

She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales.^[6]

Sarah was a botanist, public servant and teacher.^[1]

She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1934.^[7]

She never married.^[6]

Sarah died on 27 May 1938 in Randwick, New South Wales.^[1][2][6]

Research notes

The Australian Women's Register incorrectly states Sally was 'OBE', when she was in fact 'MBE'.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Hynes, Sarah (1859 - 1938)." The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2 June 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4313b.htm.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Deaths Search Results: Sarah Hynes (M-Eliza Adeline; F-William John) - Registration number: 9268/1938 (District: Randwick)." Retrieved 2 June 2018 by Clare Spring from https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?7.
3. ↑ "Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT83-83J : 9 February 2018), Sarah Hynes, 30 Sep 1859; citing Dantzig, Germany, reference p3 cn13, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,494,354.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-L3V4 : 10 December 2017), Sarah Hynes in household of Eliza Adeline Hynes, Hampstead, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 44, Piece/Folio 168/51, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,349.
5. ↑ Claire Hooker, 'Hynes, Sarah (Sally) (1859–1938)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hynes-sarah-sally-13000/text23499, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 2 June 2018 by Clare Spring.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Miss Sarah Hynes." 30 May 1938. The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7. Retrieved 2 June 2018 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17469672.
7. ↑ "Sarah Hynes." Australian Honours Search Facility: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2 June 2018 by Clare Spring from https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search.