Mary Rose Leary
F, #11524, b. Sep 1856, d. 5 Jun 1932
Father* | Joseph Leary b. 7 Oct 1831, d. 20 Oct 1881 | |
Mother* | Catherine A Keighran b. 1832, d. 1 Aug 1915 |
Probate (Will) | 252/950. Mary R MEREWETHER Date of grant: 22 Dec 1932; Date of death: 05 Jun 1932; Occupation: Widow.1 | |
Married Name | Merewether. | |
Related* | Caroline Mercy Alice Moon Alice Moon and Mary Rose Merewether were friends, and Alice was staying with the Merewethers when she died. | |
Birth* | Sep 1856 | Camden, NSW, Australia, #B4064 [par Joseph LEARY & Kate].2 |
Birth-Notice* | 9 Sep 1856 | At the residence of her father, Mr. Keighran, Campbelltown, Mrs. Joseph Leary, of a daughter.3 |
Marriage* | 25 Nov 1879 | Spouse: Walton Lockyer Merewether. Campbelltown, NSW, Australia. |
Marriage-Notice* | 1 Dec 1879 | MEREWETHER—LEARY.—November 25, at the Presbytery, Campbelltown, by the Very Rev. Monsignor Lynch, Walter Lockyer Merewether, barrister-at-law, to Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Leary, Esq., M.L.A.4 |
Probate (Will)* | 16 Jun 1894 | Mary Rose Merewether was the principal beneficiary of Alice Moon's will, though the value of the estate was much lower than anticipated under £45. The will suggested that her estate would have been much larger.5 |
Widow | 23 Nov 1912 | Mary Rose Leary became a widow upon the death of her husband Walton Lockyer Merewether. |
Death* | 5 Jun 1932 | 294 Jersey Road, Woollahra, NSW, Australia, #D9980 [par Joseph & Catherine].2 |
Death-Notice | 6 Jun 1932 | MEREWETHER.—June 5, at Lynton, 294 Jersey road, Woollahra, Mary, widow of Walton Lockyer Merewether, and eldest daughter of the late Joseph Leary. R.I P.6 |
Death-Notice* | 7 Jun 1932 | MEREWETHER.—A REQUIEM MASS for the repose of the soul of the late MARY ROSE MEREWETHER, Jersey road Woollahra will be celebrated at St Joseph's Church Woollahra THIS (Tuesday) MORNING at 9.30. The Funeral will leave the Church immediately after Mass for South Head Cemetery W N BULL, Funeral Director.7 |
Probate (Will)* | 23 Mar 1933 | MEREWETHER Mary Rose of Woollahra New South Wales Australia widow died 5 June 1932 Probate Sydney to the Public Trustee of New South Wales. Effects £1233 13s. in England. Sealed London 23 March.8 |
Citations
- [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), VPRS 7591/ P2 unit 887, item 252/950
VPRS 28/ P3 unit 2390, item 252/950. - [S7] Registry of NSW Births Deaths and Marriages.
- [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Tue 9 Sep 1856, p1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12986831 - [S14] Newspaper - Evening News (Sydney, NSW), Mon 1 Dec 1879, p2
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107165134 - [S204] Find My Past, online unknown url, Will Books held by the State Records Authority of New South Wales (NRS 13661).
Copy of Will NSW written 9 Sep 1891:
- bequeaths all estate and interest in property known as Viney's Hotel Falmouth Tasmania to Mary Rose Merewether of Sydney, and any sum due to her by Mary Rose or Walter Lockyer Merewether in respect of her interest in that hotel.
- £1000 or same amount in shares/stocks held by me to Florence Agnes, wife of Erskine James Rainey Parker of Tasmania Squatter (in codicil changed to all shares held by me in Tasmania Silver Mining Co
- Residue to Josephine Julia Anna McCormick of "The Steyne" Abbotsford Spinster
- Appointed George Peter Mills of Melbourne and Robert Alex Vaughan Rae of Melbourne Merchant as Executors - they renounced probate
- In Codicil 15 Nov 1892 Alice revoked the bequest of £1000 to Florence Agnes Parker, but bequeathed her instead her shares in Tasmanian Silver Mining Companies.
- Bequeathed to Josephine Julia McCormick her reversionary interest in marriage settlement of her late sister Grace Ethel Hall
- to Mary Rose Merewether all her personal effects at "Lurlie", incl clothing, jewellery, books, pictures, papers and my boat "the Lark"
The Probate was valued at under £45 (16 June 1894). - [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Mon 6 Jun 1932, p6
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16915143 - [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Tue 7 Jun 1932, p7
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16901682 - [S190] Index to Probate Calendar England, viewed at ancestry.com.au, 1858-1966.
- [S65] Ancestry - various indices, London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965.
- [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Wed 1 Mar 1882, p1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13505995 - [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Tue 17 Mar 1885, p1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13576482 - [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Sat 24 Dec 1892, p9
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235963766 - [S14] Newspaper - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Tue 10 Jan 1893, p4
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13265673 - [S14] Newspaper - Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW), Sat 12 Aug 1893, p35
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71187772 - [S14] Newspaper - The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW), Sat 19 Aug 1893, p377
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164365195 - [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Sat 19 Aug 1893, p3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236032890 - [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Sat 25 Nov 1893, p3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236130013 - [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Sat 27 Jan 1894, p10
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236095936 - [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Sat 14 Apr 1894, p11
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236092267 - [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Fri 17 Jun 1932, p6
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16892364
Last Edited | 3 Sep 2019 |
Walton Lockyer Merewether
M, #11525, b. 1847, d. 23 Nov 1912
Birth* | 1847 | |
Education* | 7 Jun 1865 | Merewether, Walton Lockyer, 2s. Henry Alworth, of London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 7 June, 1865, aged 18 ; B.A. 1870, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1871. See Foster's Men at the Bar & Eton School Lists.1 |
Marriage* | 25 Nov 1879 | Spouse: Mary Rose Leary. Campbelltown, NSW, Australia. |
Marriage-Notice* | 1 Dec 1879 | MEREWETHER—LEARY.—November 25, at the Presbytery, Campbelltown, by the Very Rev. Monsignor Lynch, Walter Lockyer Merewether, barrister-at-law, to Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph Leary, Esq., M.L.A.2 |
Death* | 23 Nov 1912 | Woollahra, NSW, Australia. |
Death-Notice* | 25 Nov 1912 | MEREWETHER.—November 23, at his residence, Lurlie, William-street, Double Bay, Walton L. Merewether, barrister-at-law, aged 66. Second son of the late Henry Alworth Merewether, Q.C., of Bowden Hill, Chippenham, Wilts., England. R.I.P.3 |
Citations
- [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886.
- [S14] Newspaper - Evening News (Sydney, NSW), Mon 1 Dec 1879, p2
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107165134 - [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Mon 25 Nov 1912, p8
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15377863 - [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1851 census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1477; Folio: 489; Page: 26; GSU roll: 87800."
- [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1861 census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 1283; Folio: 26; Page: 15; GSU roll: 542789."
- [S14] Newspaper - The Star (Sydney, NSW), Sat 31 Jul 1909, p8
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230481981 - [S14] Newspaper - Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW), Thu 28 Nov 1912, p8
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108031442 - [S14] Newspaper - Truth (Sydney, NSW), Sun 1 Dec 1912, p11
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168738160
Last Edited | 18 Oct 2020 |