Mary Mitchell

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Mitchell was born on 4 April 1837, in Longford, Tasmania, Australia, her father, William Mitchell, was 31 and her mother, Mary French, was 18. She married Francis Joseph Edgcumbe on 22 April 1858, in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 14 November 1927, in Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 90, and was buried in Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Francis Joseph Edgcumbe
1825–1891
Mary Mitchell
1837–1927
Marriage: 22 April 1858
Osmond Francis Clarence Edgcumbe
1859–1881
John EDGECUMBE
1861–1926
Florence Eva Mary Edgecombe
1862–1945
Ella Frances Louisa Edgcumbe
1871–1947

Sources (13)

  • Mary Mitchell, "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
  • Mary Mitchell, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
  • Mary Edgecombe in entry for Clarence Edgecombe, "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933"

World Events (8)

1841

George Grey appointed Governor of South Australia.

1856

Table Cape Post Office opened around 1856 and was renamed Wynyard in 1882.

1867

End of transportation to Western Australia.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .

English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.

Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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