Born in England, United Kingdom
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Geake
— married
1869 in Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Thomas Geake
Died
at about age 60
in California Gully, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Mary (Hitchens) Geake was born in England.
Mary (Hitchens) Geake migrated from England to Australia.
Mary was born in 1842. Daughter of John Hitchens and
Widower Richard Geake married Mary Ann Hitchens in 1869 in Tavistock, Devon. [1]
Children
- Frederick William Geake (1871–1922)
- Hannah Geake (1873–1919)
- Emma Teresa Geake (1878–1958)
- Richard Thomas Geake (1880–1941)
- Rosena Geake (1884–1919)
- Samuel James Geake (1888– )
- Alfred Geake (1891– )
In 1870 Richard Geake (34) Miner, wife Mary A Geake (28) with children Hannah Geake (9), John Geake (7) and Jane A Geake (6) emigrated from England on board the vessel Alumbagh and arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 30 October 1870. [2] Son Frederick was born in Eaglehawk, Victoria in 1871.
She passed away in 1902, widow aged 59 [3] and was buried at the Eaglehawk Cemetery, Mon B 28. [4]
Probated granted on 17 September 1908. [5]
Sources
- ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1869; Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun; Registration district: Tavistock; Inferred County: Devon; Volume 5b; Page 601Records on Page4; Listed as Mary Ann Hutchings;
- ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923
- ↑ Victoria, Australia Death Registration Number 1462/1902; Father: John Hitchens
- ↑ Find A Grave
- ↑ Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009
- Ancestry.com Family Trees
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