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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)

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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
Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Joseph William BELL

Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY
Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Joseph William BELL Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY Mary Norah Elizabeth Maitland CAIRNEY
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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