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From: Elizabeth Revell <>
Subject: Mary MARKS - died Cowra 1876
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:12:02 +0100


I wonder if anybody can tell me about this woman or her
family? It is a bit of a long shot but her death in Cowra fits in well with
what I have of the family.

My Mary - hopefully this is her - arrived at Moreton Bay
with her two sisters, Ellen and Harriet in 1854. Ellen and Mary went to
stay with their recently-widowed brother-in-law, James Marks. His wife,
their sister, Sarah, had died earlier that year. Mary subsequently married
James and my sketchy knowledge ends there.

Ellen married John Fitzgerald and lived in Cowra from the
1860's to her death in 1920. (I have posted a number of queries about them
to the list).

Mary died in Cowra at 56 years of age and this roughly
correlates with age on landing at Moreton Bay making me think this could be
my Mary.

I am trying to make a great leap of faith and have Mary
(perhaps widowed in 1861) going to live with her sister, Ellen, in Cowra.

Can anybody help here? Is she buried in Cowra cemetery and,
if so, is there a gravestone? Is there anything else that can help me
confirm this, or not, as the case may be?

Elizabeth
Leicester, UK

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