Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY (1878

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 - 1993)	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

Near Relatives of Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY (1878 - 1957)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Gordon Grace CAIRNEY	bef 17 Jun 1806	Tongland, Dumfries-shire, Scotland	27 Jun 1873	Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland	67
Grandmother	Marion Murray HAIR	bef 15 Aug 1809	Lochrutton, Kirkcudbright, Scotland	bef 1841		32
Grandfather	Cornelius O'CONNOR	abt 1810	Kanturk, Cork, Ireland	28 Mar 1885	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandmother	Mary A BARRY	abt 1818	Kanturk, Cork, Ireland	10 Nov 1896	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	78

Father in Law	Thomas JILLETT	24 Sep 1817	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	30 Oct 1891	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	74
Mother in Law	Mary Ann STONE	01 Nov 1821	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	06 Sep 1915	New Town, Tasmania, Australia	93
Father in Law	William BELL	10 May 1855	Knaresdale, Northumberland, England	03 Sep 1907	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	52
Mother in Law	Isabella GREY	17 Jan 1859	Tynemouth, Northumberland, England	12 Aug 1934	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	75

Father	David Maitland CAIRNEY	1831	Dalbullon, Dumfries-shire, Scotland	07 Nov 1889	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	58
Mother	Honora M O'CONNOR	1841	Kanturk, Cork, Ireland	04 Nov 1905	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	64

Self	Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY	26 Mar 1878	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1957	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	79

Husband	Tasman JILLETT	28 Jun 1867	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	29 Nov 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	90
Husband	Joseph William BELL	31 Mar 1885	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1948	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	63

Son	Tasman Jillett (Gillett) Maitland CAIRNEY	21 Dec 1896	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Aug 1953	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	56
Son	William Alan BELL	08 Jan 1911	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	12 May 1977	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia	66
Daughter	Dulcie Honora BELL	10 Dec 1913	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Jun 1983	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	69
Daughter	Marjorie Alice BELL	18 Jan 1916	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	26 Feb 1993	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	77

Sister	Marion Helen CAIRNEY	05 Nov 1865	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	15 Apr 1867	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	1
Brother	Gordon CAIRNEY	11 Apr 1877	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1877	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0

Daughter in Law	Doris Ellen STOCKER	1904	Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Mavis Beatrice Florence ATKINSON	12 Jul 1916	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 2010	Strathpine, Queensland, Australia	94
Son in Law	Thomas BILLAM	04 Aug 1914	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	14 Jul 1991	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	76
Son in Law	Frank STANGER	14 Nov 1913	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Jun 1976	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	62

Granddaughter	Beverley Joyce MAITLAND-CAIRNEY			Y
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Elizabeth CAIRNEY	1833	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Uncle	John CAIRNEY	1835	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Uncle	Gordon D CAIRNEY	1837	Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Aunt	Mary CARSWELL	1836
Aunt	Marion CAIRNEY	16 Dec 1838	Girthon, Scotland
Uncle	male O'CONNOR			bef 1885
Uncle	male O'CONNOR			bef 1885
Uncle	male O'CONNOR			bef 1885
Aunt	Mary Ann (Kate) O'CONNOR	1852	At sea	1887	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	35
Uncle	William LLOYD
Aunt	Ellen O'CONNOR	25 Jan 1858	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	28 Sep 1891	Callan Park hospital, Leichardt, New South Wales, Australia	33
Aunt	Margaret O'CONNOR	abt 1862		1908	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	46
Uncle	George Wallace HOWARD

Cousin	Mary LLOYD	1877	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Harold Joseph HOWARD	23 Feb 1883	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	15 May 1942	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	59

Nephew	Jack Christison JILLETT			1958	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Robert Edward JILLETT			1946
Nephew	William Edward BELL	25 Sep 1919	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	05 Apr 2000	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Nephew	Gordon Henry BELL	1921	Queensland, Australia	Y	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Niece	Betty BELL	1923	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	John Frederick (Jack) BELL	15 Dec 1925	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	02 Jun 2004	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	78
Nephew	Robert Simpson BELL	Oct 1927	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Y	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Niece	Lilly BELL			Y

Brother in Law	Thomas Shone JILLETT			1897	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Alfred Chales JILLETT	1845	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Brother in Law	George JILLETT	1847	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Henric Thomas JILLETT	1848	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Brother in Law	Frank Powell JILLETT	1852	Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Amelia Mary JILLETT	1854	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Fanny Ellen JILLETT	1860	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Brother in Law	Edward Frank JILLETT	1862	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia	1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	85
Brother in Law	George Henry BELL	02 Jul 1887	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1955	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	67
Sister in Law	Alice Maud BELL	15 Sep 1890	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	09 Oct 1914	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24
Sister in Law	Ethel May BELL	08 Jan 1893	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13 Mar 1980	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	87
Sister in Law	Edith Isabella BELL	22 Mar 1897	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1951	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	54

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

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

Note 4: Electoral roll: Mosman Streee: dressmaker

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)

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

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184488115/mary-norah_elizabeth_maitland-bell (Name, Notes)

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