Mary Ann Cunningham (Crawford) Morrow (1870 - 1957)

Born 1870 in Footscray, Victoria, Australian Colonies

Wife of Robert Stephen Morrow — married 8 Sep 1917 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Died 24 Dec 1957 at about age 87 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Mary Ann Cunningham was born in 1870 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Colonies. She was the daughter of William Crawford (a Farmer) and Jane "Jean" Leidenroth. She passes away in 1957 in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

NAME

Surname: CRAWFORD

Given Names: Mary Ann Cunningham^[1].

BIRTH

Date: 1870

Place: Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Colonies^[2].

MARRIAGE

Date: 8 SEP 1917

Spouse: Mary Ann Cunningham CRAWFORD

Place: The Residence of her mother, "Caddiehill", 19 Mantell Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^[3].

RESIDENCE

Date: 1905

Description: Living with her widowed mother, Jane "Jean" (Leidenroth) and siblings Andrew and Marjory Macfarlane

Place: "Caddiehill", 19 Mantell-street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds Subdivision, Bourke Division, Victoria, Australia^[4].

Date: 1910 to 1917

Description: Living with her mother Jane "Jean" (Leidenroth) and siblings

Place: "Caddiehill", 19 Mantell-street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds Subdivision, Bourke Division, Victoria, Australia^[5].

Date: 1922 to 1924

Description: Living with her husband Robert Stephen and his children Myrtle Annie, Arthur Robert and Irene Mabel

Place: Town of Boolara, Shire of Morwell, County of Bulu Bulu, Latrobe Valley, Central Gippsland Region, Victoria, Australia^[6].

Date: 1928 to 1931

Description: Living with her husband Robert Stephen and his children Arthur Robert and Irene Mabel

Place: Town of Boolara, Shire of Morwell, County of Bulu Bulu, Latrobe Valley, Central Gippsland Region, Victoria, Australia^[7].

Date: 1936 to 1937

Description: Living with her husband Robert Stephen

Place: Town of Boolara, Shire of Morwell, County of Bulu Bulu, Latrobe Valley, Central Gippsland Region, Victoria, Australia^[8].

Date: 1942 to 1954

Description: Living as a Widow

Place: "Caddiehill", 19 Mantell-street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Moonee Ponds Subdivision, Bourke Division, Victoria, Australia^[9].

OCCUPATION

Date: 8 SEP 1917

Occupation: Trained Nurse

Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^[10].

NEWS ITEM

Date: 12 AUG 1949

Source: 1949 'LIEUT-GOVERNOR'S APPEAL', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 12 August, p. 3.

Item Details: {Photograph} SIR EDMUND HERRING, Lieutenant-Governor, and Nurses Marie Durnan (left) and Mary Morrow looking at a sketch of the proposed new building when the Mercy Public Maternity Hospital Building Appeal was launched yesterday. LIEUT-GOVERNOR'S APPEAL. Last night Sir Edmund Herding issued the following statement: "Some short time ago my attention was directed to the efforts of a group of Melbourne citizens who were working to build a new maternity hospital to serve the mothers of this State. This afternoon I had the pleasure of opening the appeal 'to the public at a meeting in the Melbourne Town Hall. I have been fully apprised of the nature of the proposed public hospital, to be known as the Mercy Public Maternity Hospital, and I wish to heartily endorse this appeal and to recommend to the sympathetic notice of the people of this State the fine work being carried out by the civic-minded citizens who are implementing this most laudable idea.

I feel sure that anything which the public can do to help in this campaign to provide further facilities for the mothers and new Australians of this community is a contribution to national welfare which can result in nothing but good to all. I have pleasure In endorsing the work of all those who are striving-to make this new hospital a reality."^[11].

DEATH

Date: 24 DEC 1957

Place: "Caddiehill", 19 Mantell-street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^[12].

CREMATION

Date: 27 DEC 1957

Place: Fawkner Memorial Park, 1187 Sydney Road, Fawkner, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ashes: Collected by Funeral Director^[13].

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Family History Search Births (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Birth Year-1870); Registration District: Footscray; Registration Details: 23135 / 1870
2. ↑ Source: Family History Search Births (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Birth Year-1870); Registration District: Footscray; Registration Details: 23135 / 1870
3. ↑ Source: Family History Search Marriages: Marriage Record (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Marriage Year-1917); Registration District: Moonee Ponds; Registration Details: 5803 / 1917
4. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Bourke; Subdivision: Moonee Ponds; Record Nos. 820 (Andrew), 824 (Jane "Jean"), 828 (Marjory Macfarlane) & 829 (Mary Ann Cunningham); Page number: 12
5. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Maribyrnong; Subdivision: Moonee Ponds; Record No. 34; Page number: 34 (1910); Record Nos. 1153 & 1156 (Marjory Macfarlane); Page number: 20 (1912); Record Nos. 1605 & 1608; Page number: 28 (1914); Record Nos. 1575 & 1576; Page number: 27 (1916)
6. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Gippsland; Subdivision: Moe; Record Nos. 1970 (Arthur Robert); 1971 (Mary Ann Cunningham) & 1972; Page number: 34 (1922); Record Nos. 2134, 2135 & 2136; Page number: 36
7. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Gippsland; Subdivision: Trafalgar; Record Nos. 2006 (Arthur Robert), 2007 & 2008; Page number: 34 (1928); Record Nos. 2305, 2306 (Irene Mabel), 2307 & 2308; Page number: 39 (1931)
8. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Gippsland; Subdivision: Trafalgar; Record Nos. 2457 & 2458; Page number: 42 (1936); Record Nos. 2446 & 2447; Page number: 42 (1937)
9. ↑ Source: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 (Ancestry.com Operations & Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra); Division: Maribyrnong; Subdivision: Moonee Ponds; Record No. 10224; Page Number: 171 (1942); Record No. 10554; Page number: 177 (1949); Record No. 9697; Page number: 162 (1954)
10. ↑ Source: Family History Search Marriages: Marriage Record (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Marriage Year-1917); Registration District: Moonee Ponds; Registration Details: 5803 / 1917
11. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22771155)
12. ↑ Source: Family History Search Deaths (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Death Year-1957); Registration District: Melbourne; Registration Details: 105 / 1958
13. ↑ Source: Deceased Search (The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, Melbourne); Reference: (Death Year-1957); (http://gmct.com.au/deceased/1657975)