Born about in Aberdeen, Scotland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Law
— married
17 Sep 1878 in Shanghai, China
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 77
in Harfendon, England
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2021
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Biography
Mary was born in 1853 in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1][2]
When Mary was about 25 she married on 17 September 1878 in Shanghai, China. Note: Robert Law left Aberdeen and went to Glasgow to work in 1875. He got a job with a shipping company where he met a Captain of a ship which sailed to China. He was persuaded to go out as the Captain told him young men are needed out there. He left Glasgow for Shanghai in 1876. Having known Mary Lizzie Ewing in Aberdeen where the families Law and Ewing attended the same church in Old Aberdeen – he asked her to go out with him. She left in 1878 and they were married in Shanghai 17 Sept 1878, as follows: "Robert Law (of full age, bachelor, bookkeeper, living Shanghai, s/o Robert Law) married Mary Lissie Ewing (of full age, spinster, no profession, living Shanghai, d/o James Ewing) in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Church of England, by Charles Henry Ritchie DD, witnesses were Geo S MacBan, W H Poate and A Twiggs.".[3][4]
Mary died at the age of about 77 on 24 December 1930 in Harfendon, England.[5][6]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: Information from Liz Jones email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne. Citing: email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne (accessed 2 April 2021)
- ↑ Birth: Information received from Julienne Schofield. Citing: Email Sun 1/3/2021 19:05 Descendants of Robert Law.pdf (accessed 2 April 2021)
- ↑ Marriage: Information from Liz Jones email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne. Citing: email Fri 1/15/2021 14:01 Notes written by Jessie May Law (accessed 2 April 2021)
- ↑ Marriage: Information from Liz Jones email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne. Citing: email Sat 1/16/2021 12:43 with attached JPG of marriage record (accessed 2 April 2021)
- ↑ Death: Information from Liz Jones email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne. Citing: email 28 Dec 2020 via Julienne (accessed 2 April 2021)
- ↑ Death: Information received from Julienne Schofield. Citing: Email Sun 1/3/2021 19:05 Descendants of Robert Law.pdf (accessed 2 April 2021)
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Rejected matches › Mary E (Ewing) Motz (1854-1928) › Mary Ewin (1855-) › Mary (Ewings) Archbold (abt.1851-) › Mary McEwan (1853-) › Mary McCune (1855-) › Mary C. Wing (1853-) › Mary (McCune) Moan (abt.1852-) › Mary O (Wing) Child (abt.1854-) › Mary Ann (Law) Bucquet (1851-abt.1915) › Mary Elizabeth (Woodward) Ewing (1853-1930)
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