Mary Ann Cunnington

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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Family Time Line

John Lover Wool
1852–1937
Mary Ann Cunnington
1854–1911
Marriage: 24 June 1874
Mary Ann Elizabeth Ada Wool
1875–1963
Alice Selina Wool
1877–1878
Arthur Edward Wool
1879–1945
Charles Alfred Wool
1880–1935
Frederick John Wool
1882–1953
Eva May Wool
1885–1970
Herbert Lover Wool
1887–1968
Leonard Wool
1888–1966
Maud Kate Wool
1890–1979

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"

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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