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Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY (1878 - 1957)

Dressmaker, home duties

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY (1896 - 1953) William Alan BELL (1911 - 1977) Dulcie Honora BELL (1913 - 1983) Marjorie Alice BELL (1916 - )	Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY (1878 - 1957) + Tasman JILLETT (1867 - 1957) Joseph William BELL (1885 - 1948)	David Maitland CAIRNEY (1831 - 1889)	Gordon Grace CAIRNEY (1806 - 1873)	John CAIRNEY (1770 - 1871)
				Mary NICHOLSON (1770 - )
			Marion Murray HAIR (1809 - 1841)	David HAIR (1771 - 1841)
				Janet LITTLE (1771 - 1841)
		Honora M O'CONNOR (1841 - 1905)	Cornelius O'CONNOR (1810 - 1885)	Dennis O'CONNOR
				Mary HOWAGAN
			Mary A BARRY (1818 - 1896)	David BARRY
				Mary KAVANAH

b. 26 Mar 1878 at Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (1) Tasman JILLETT (1867 - 1957)

m. (2) 15 Jan 1910 Joseph William BELL (1885 - 1948) at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

d. 13 Dec 1957 at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia aged 79

Parents:

David Maitland CAIRNEY (1831 - 1889)

Honora M O'CONNOR (1841 - 1905)

Siblings (2):

Marion Helen CAIRNEY (1865 - 1867)

Gordon CAIRNEY (1877 - 1877)

Children (4):

Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY (1896 - 1953)

William Alan BELL (1911 - 1977)

Dulcie Honora BELL (1913 - 1983)

Marjorie Alice BELL (1916 - )

Grandchildren (5):

Beverley Joyce MAITLAND-CAIRNEY

Events in Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY (1878 - 1957)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
26 Mar 1878		Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY was born	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Certificate
07 Nov 1889	11	Death of father David Maitland CAIRNEY (aged 58)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	61
1894	16	Residence	Kynunna Station, Kynuna, Queensland, Australia	with her mother Honora
abt Jun 1896	18	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
21 Dec 1896	18	Birth of son Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1897/C005889
1902	24	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1903	25	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 3
1903	25	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 4
04 Nov 1905	27	Death of mother Honora M O'CONNOR (aged 64)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 5
15 Jan 1910	31	Married Joseph William BELL (aged 24)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	61
08 Jan 1911	32	Birth of son William Alan BELL	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1911/C006555	61
10 Dec 1913	35	Birth of daughter Dulcie Honora BELL	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1913/C007520	61
18 Jan 1916	37	Birth of daughter Marjorie Alice BELL	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
1922	44	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	School St
1934	56	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 7
21 Nov 1948	70	Death of husband Joseph William BELL (aged 63)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	61
1949	71	Residence	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	cnr. King & Mary St
02 Aug 1953	75	Death of son Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY (aged 56)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
29 Nov 1957	79	Death of husband Tasman JILLETT (aged 90)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1957/B023196
13 Dec 1957	79	Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY died	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 9
14 Dec 1957	79	Burial	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Y		Death of daughter Marjorie Alice BELL	Queensland, Australia	Note 10

Note 1: Death Certificate A 70860 1889/B22502

Note 2: Charters Towers Dirctory, Mosman St, dressmaker (same side as stock exchange about opposite School of Arts) Mrs M Maitland

Note 3: Electoral roll: Mosman Streee: dressmaker

Note 4: Charters Towers Dirctory, Mosman St, dressmaker (same side as stock exchange about opposite School of Arts) Mrs M Maitland

Note 5: hand copy of certificate made by M Stanger in Charters Towers

Note 6: 1910/001653, witnesswed by Joseph's brother George Henry Bell

Note 7: Electoral roll, School St, compositor

Note 8: copy of certificate by M Stanger, 1948/004715 Lynd Hwy, sect 8, plot 613, No 10790, Anglican, beside 12254 (Mary Maud Elizabeth)

Note 9: copy of certificate by M Stanger Lynd Hwy, Sect 16, Plot 603, No. 12258 (Mary Maud Elizabeth), beside 10790 (husband Joseph William)

Note 10: Lynd Hwy, Sect 56, Plot 0, grave 267, Ashes

Personal Notes:

Birth certificate has 619 Burke St, Surry Hills. Claimed she had attended the old normal school in Parramatta. In 1895-96 Mary and her mother Honora went for employment to Kynuna Station outside Winton. Mary Nora was 17 or 18. It is very likely that she conceived Tasman wile at Kynuna Station in April 1896. They came to Charters Towers in 1897 where Mary's son Tasman was born - she was 18. She did not tell her family much about her life before she married Joseph. Her description of Kynuna was of Afgan traders and their camel trains which used to go all over the outback. When she was at Kynuna, Banjo Patterson was at Dagworth Station next door. This was where he wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' in 1895, supposedly as an ode to Christine McPherson with whom he had an infatuation After Tasman was born she worked as a dressmaker, trading as Mrs Maitland. After marriage to WJB in 1910, she negotiated the purchase of a house for ₤100 and WJB was very angry because he thought she had incurred a debt that they would never repay! This was the house in School street where the family grew up.

Source References:

61. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian BDM Record Index, Title: Australia Birth, Death, Marriage Record Index

- Reference = Qld Marriage 1910/C1653 (Marriage)

- Notes: 1910/001653, witnesswed by Joseph's brother George Henry Bell

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