Died
at about age 87
in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia
Problems/Questions
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Biography
Mary Ann (Whelan) Perry (1830-1917)
Mary (Whelan) Perry was born in Ireland.
Birth
Mary Ann Whelan was born in 1830 at County Waterford, Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Whelan.
Marriage
Robert Perry married / had realationship with Mary Ann Whelan from before/about 1857.
Death
Mary (Whelan) Perry passed away 08 December 1917 at Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. [1]
Burial
Mary (Whelan) Perry is buried at Rushworth Cemetery, Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. [2]
Obituary
Murchison Advertiser and Murchison, Toolamba, Mooroopna and Dargalong Express (Vic. 1914 - 1918), Friday 14 December 1917, page 2
OBITUARY.
A very old colonist, in the person of Mrs Mary Perry, died at her daughter's residence, Rushworth, on Saturday last, at the age of 87 years. Deceased came to Victoria 64 years ago, where she married the late Mr Robert Perry. She leaves a family of two sons and four daughters, besides 42 granchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. [3]
Research Note
Marriage Found but I do not think it is the marriage between Robert Perry and Mary (Whelan) Perry
Marriage: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Robert|Marriage|MATTHEWS, Mary Ann Curlew| Year: 1857 | Reg. No. 1168/1857| Reg. Victoria, Australia
Births Found for children born to Robert Perry and Mary Ann (Curlew/Curnow) Matthews
I think these births are for children of the couple who married in 1857.
Birth: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Philip Coleman| Birth| Mother: Mary Ann CURNOW| Father: Robert| Born: EMERALD H.| Year: 1858| Reg. No. 549/1858| Reg. Victoria, Australia
Birth: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Mary Elizabeth|Birth| Mary Ann MATHEWS | Father: Robert | Born: COLL'WOOD| Year: 1859| Reg. No. 10532/1859| Reg. Victoria, Australia
Birth: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Caroline |Birth| Mother: Mary Ann CURNOW | Father: Robert| Born: COLL| Year: 1863| Reg. No. 1549/1863| Reg. Victoria, Australia
Birth: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Louisa Ann| Birth| Mother: Mary Ann MATTHEWS| Father: Robert | Born: COLL| Year: 1864| Reg. No. 14209/1864| Reg. Victoria, Australia
Birth: VIC, Australia BDM IndexPERRY Robert Alexander|Birth| Mother: Mary Ann CURNOW | Father: Robert Comer | Born: COLL| Year: 1865| Reg. No. 14521/1865| Reg. Victoria, Australia
More Research required Darcy-578 22:25, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Sources
↑ Death: VIC, Australia BDM Index PERRY Mary |Death| Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN| Father: Whelan Thos| Died: Rushworth| Age: 86 | Year: 1917| Reg. No. 14039/1917 | Reg. Victoria, Australia
↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214925737/mary-perry: accessed 24 January 2023), memorial page for Mary Whelan Perry (1830–8 Dec 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #214925737, citing Rushworth Cemetery, Rushworth, Campaspe Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tanya V (contributor 49442830).
↑ OBITUARY. (1917, December 14). Murchison Advertiser and Murchison, Toolamba, Mooroopna and Dargalong Express (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved January 23, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131441916
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