Mary Alice Townsend (436)
Date of Birth: | 6 Apr 1846 |
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Date of Death: | Unknown |
Generation: | 7th |
Residence: | Australia & Castletownshend |
Father: | Samuel Townsend [412] |
Mother: | Becher, Charlotte Augusta |
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See Also: | Table IV ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree |
Notes for Mary Alice Townsend
Mary's birth is recorded in the diary of Agnes Townsend [334] - '6 April Mrs Sam Townsend had a daughter Mary.'
Married 21 November 1865 in St Nicholas Parish Church, Cork. Edward James Townsend [340] 4th son of Commander Thomas Townsend [319].
Edward emigrated to Corowa, NSW as a young man and returned to Ireland in about 1855. He returned to Corowa with Mary in about 1861 and died there in 1885 (1). Mary never really cared for living in Australia and following Edward's death she sold the station and returned to Castletownshend having put her sons into private schools in Switzerland.
These details are drawn from a letter dated 26 April 1975 from May Miller of Fullerton, California to Rose-Marie Townsend [269].
(1) Entry in the diary of Agnes Townsend [334] - 'Dec 1 1885 Edward Townsend died in Australia'.