Maria Anny Sophie (Mahnke) Edwardes (1874 - 1933)

Ancestors

Biography

Maria Anny Sophie Mahnke was born on 18 September 1874 at North Adelaide. Her parents were Diedrich Friedrich Georg Carl Heinrich Mahnke and Anny Georgine Wilhelmine Stakemann.^[1]

MAHNKE. —On the 18th September, at Gover-street, North Adelaide, Mrs. Mahnke, of a daughter.

--South Australian Register, 10 October 1874 page 7^[2]

She married Henry Edmund Arthur Edwardes on 16 July 1904 at St Matthews Church, Kensington, South Australia. His father was Henry Powys Edwardes. Henry was 23, Maria was 28.^[3]

EDWARDES-MAHNKE.-On the 16th July, at St. Mathew's Church, Kensington, by the Rev. R. W. Dempster, assisted by the Rev. M. Williams, H. E. Arthur, elder son of H. P. Edwardes of Norwood, to Meme, only daughter of the late D. Mahnke, of North Adelaide. At home 97 Gover street, North Adelaide. August 10, 11, and 12.

--The Register, 2 August 1904 page 4^[4]

She died aged 56 on 21 February 1933 at Port Victoria, South Australia.^[5]

EDWARDES. —On the 21st February, at Port Victoria, M. A. S. (Meme), beloved wife of H. E. A. Edwardes, and darling mother of Bon, Gwen, Bob, Roland, Charlie, Alison, Gerald, and Kathleen, aged 56 years.

--The Advertiser, 22 February 1933 page 14^[6]

She was buried at Port Victoria Cemetery. Her husband was leter laid to rest with her.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ MAHNKE, Maria Anny Sophie, South Australian Birth registrations index, Adelaide 141/25, accessed 15 April 2023 via Genealogy SA
2. ↑ Family Notices (1874, October 10). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 7 (Supplement to the South Australian Register). Retrieved April 15, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39821254
3. ↑ MAHNKE, Marie Anny Sophia, South Australian Marriage registrations index, Norwood 220/237, accessed 15 April 2023 via Genealogy SA
4. ↑ Family Notices (1904, August 2). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), p. 4. Retrieved April 15, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55616997
5. ↑ EDWARDES, Marie Amy Sophie, South Australian Death registrations index, Daly 546/255, accessed 15 April 2023 via Genealogy SA
6. ↑ Family Notices (1933, February 22). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 14. Retrieved April 15, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41469376
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201275383/mas-meme-edwardes: accessed 15 April 2023), memorial page for M.A.S. Meme Edwardes (unknown–21 Feb 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #201275383, citing Port Victoria Cemetery, Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Faithe Jones (contributor 50048377).