When Mary Ann Cunnington was born on 31 December 1854, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, her father, Clement Cunington, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Patrick, was 25. She married John Lover Wool on 24 June 1874, in Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in New South Wales, Australia in 1854. She died on 29 October 1911, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 56, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia.