Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Cunnington was born on 31 December 1854, in New South Wales, Australia, her father, Clement Cunington, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Ada Patrick, was 30. 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 died on 29 October 1911, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 56, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia.
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Sources (7)
- Mary Ann Cunnington, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Mary Ann Cunnington Wool, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Ann Wool, "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005"
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World Events (7)
1859
The state of Queensland was formed as a partition from its parent, New South Wales, on 6 June 1859, with Brisbane designated as its capital.
1859
Brisbane was chosen as Queensland's capital when the state separated from New South Wales. Proclaimed a municipality
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in Cambridgeshire (one formerly in Huntingdonshire) called Conington, from Old Norse kunung ‘king, chieftain’ (probably replacing earlier Old English cyning) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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