KING Mary Ann

Name Mary Ann KING
Country Of Origin Australia
Born 1859
Died 1945
Birth/ Baptism Born 7 March 1859, Hobart
Parents William and Alice Fisher (formerly Smith)
Skills Business Owner, Manager
Work Locations Hobart
Street Address
 99 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse 7 June 1884, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, to William Westfold King
Other Following William’s death in 1950, Mary announced the successful business run by her husband would continue under her supervision.

Other skills: Dressmaker, Treasurer of the Women’s Auxiliary of St James Church, Secretary of the Mother’s Union.

William and Mary’s daughter Alice was an army nurse with the Australian Imperial Force. She served full-time in Egypt, England, France, and Belgium, working in theatre wards.
Charles Stanley King, the only surviving son of William and Mary, was a Rhodes Scholar and served in the King Edward’s Horse and Royal Field Artillery in France in 1914.
Death 3 July 1945, at her daughter’s residence, 26 Bay Road, New Town.
References
TAHO: RGD33/1/7 no2316 Birth 1859.
The Mercury (Hobart) 4 & 5 July 1945; Tasmanian News 23 December 1901.
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Convict clockmakers and convict watchmakers in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania.