Mary Ann GUISE (1832

Mary Ann GUISE (1832 - 1855)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Catharine BROWNLOW (1851 - 1908) Eliza A BROWNLOW (1854 - ) George BROWNLOW (1855 - 1855)	Mary Ann GUISE (1832 - 1855) + George Moore YATES BROWNLOW (1820 - 1855)	William GUISE (1797 - 1850)	Richard GUISE (1757 - 1821)

			Elizabeth (GUISE) (1762 - 1853)

		Catherine ALLEN (1797 - 1848)

b. 1832 at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1850 George Moore YATES BROWNLOW (1820 - 1855) at Yass, New South Wales, Australia

d. 11 Oct 1855 at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia aged 23

Cause of Death:

executed by hanging

Near Relatives of Mary Ann GUISE (1832 - 1855)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Richard GUISE	1757	Lorraine, France	16 Apr 1821	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	64
Grandmother	Elizabeth (GUISE)	abt 1762	Faversham, Kent, England	01 Oct 1853	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	91

Father in Law	John Moore BROWNLOW
Mother in Law	Eliza YATES

Father	William GUISE	27 Jul 1797	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	17 Mar 1850	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	52
Mother	Catherine ALLEN	abt 1797		17 Jul 1848	Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia	51

Self	Mary Ann GUISE	1832	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	11 Oct 1855	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	23

Husband	George Moore YATES BROWNLOW	abt 1820	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1855	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	35

Daughter	Catharine BROWNLOW	26 Oct 1851	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	18 Oct 1908	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	56
Daughter	Eliza A BROWNLOW	1854	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Son	George BROWNLOW	1855	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	1855	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	0

Brother	Richard GUISE	30 May 1816	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	14 Nov 1844	Murrumbidgee, New South Wales, Australia	28
Sister	Elizabeth Jane GUISE	12 May 1818	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jun 1876	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	58
Brother	William Charles GUISE	1823	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	1853	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	30
Sister	Emily Amelia Australia GUISE	1824	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	1904	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia	80
Sister	Hannah GUISE	1825	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	05 May 1891	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	66
Sister	Jessie Augusta GUISE	1826	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	32
Brother	Henry Eyre Cyril GUISE	1827	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	1845	New South Wales, Australia	18
Half Sister	Ellen GUISE	1844	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Half Brother	William GUISE	1845	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Son in Law	John BRADNEY	1844	Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	72

Granddaughter	Emily BRADNEY	1870	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John BRADNEY	1874	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	02 Apr 1917	France	43
Granddaughter	Auriel Agnes BRADNEY	08 Dec 1878	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	54
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Jane BRADNEY	1880	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mabel A BRADNEY	1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Wentworth Edward BRADNEY	1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	24 Sep 1917	Belgium	34
Granddaughter	Melville Henry BRADNEY	1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1905	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	20
Grandson	Donald Walter BRADNEY	1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William G BRADNEY	1891	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1892	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1
Granddaughter	Hevington D BRADNEY	1892	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ida M BRADNEY	1896	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Aunt	Hannah GUISE	May 1793	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	24 May 1793	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Uncle	Richard GUISE	27 Jul 1794	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jan 1855	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	60
Aunt	Martha LETT	05 Nov 1805	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	26 Jul 1884	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	78
Aunt	Elizabeth GUISE	1799	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	bef 1879	New South Wales, Australia	80
Uncle	Wiliam KLENSENDORFFE	abt 1789		1861	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	72

Cousin	Martha GUISE			1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	George GUISE	1823	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	1839	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	16
Cousin	Esther GUISE	1834	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	01 Dec 1922	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	88
Cousin	William James GUISE	23 Mar 1839	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	25 Feb 1922	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	82

Niece	Eliza Jane GUISE	1843	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Henry Richard GUISE	14 May 1844	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1912	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Elizabeth Anna LINTOTT	22 May 1839	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	31 Jul 1927	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	88
Nephew	William Henry LINTOTT	10 Oct 1841	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1927	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	86
Nephew	Edward LINTOTT	16 May 1842	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	28 Jul 1922	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	80
Nephew	Frederick LINTOTT	03 Nov 1846	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	15 Sep 1910	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Emily LINTOTT	abt 1852	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	19 Apr 1928	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	George LINTOTT	21 Sep 1854	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	20 Dec 1922	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Harriet C GUISE	1850	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Emily Ellen SUTTON	1857	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	1860	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	3
Niece	Laura J SUTTON	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Alice J SUTTON	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William B SUTTON	1865	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1891	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	26
Nephew	Ambrose C A SUTTON	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1872	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia	2
Nephew	Edward CANTOR	23 Jul 1846	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Rachael CANTOR	11 May 1848	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Anna Jessie CANTOR	09 Jun 1850	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1901	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia	51
Niece	Sarah Ann CANTOR	03 Mar 1852	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Oct 1901	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	49

Sister in Law	Eliza REACE	abt 1824		06 Oct 1864	Brighton, Victoria, Australia	40
Brother in Law	Henry George LINTOTT	1811	Romsey, Hampshire, England	15 Mar 1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Harriet HODGES		Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Joseph SUTTON		Manchester, Lancashire, England	1894	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Edward CANTOR	abt 1814	London, Middlesex, England	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	73
Brother in Law	Jonathan Cooper GREEN	abt 1831		1904	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	73

Events in Mary Ann GUISE (1832 - 1855)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1832		Mary Ann GUISE was born	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	V1832335 16/1832	6
17 Jul 1848	16	Death of mother Catherine ALLEN (aged 51)	Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia	V1848454 33B/1848	6
1850	18	Married George Moore YATES BROWNLOW (aged 30)	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	V1850297 79/1850	6
17 Mar 1850	18	Death of father William GUISE (aged 52)	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	V185078 36A/1850	6
26 Oct 1851	19	Birth of daughter Catharine BROWNLOW	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	V18512215 37A/1851	6
1854	22	Birth of daughter Eliza A BROWNLOW	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	V18542070 40/1854	6
1855	23	Birth of son George BROWNLOW	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	V1855645 42A/1855	6
1855	23	Death of son George BROWNLOW	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia		6
10 Apr 1855	23	Murdered husband	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia		6
14 Apr 1855	23	Death of husband George Moore YATES BROWNLOW (aged 35)	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia		6
11 Oct 1855	23	Mary Ann GUISE died	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	V18551084 43A/1855	6

Personal Notes:

Found guilty of murder of husband by stabbing at Gundaroo 10 Apr 1855. Executed in Goulburn Gaol by hanging soon after birth of third child

The People’s Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator 20 Oct 1855
EXECUTION OF MARY ANN BROWNLOW.(From the Goulburn Herald)
The execution of this unfortunate young woman, for the murder of her husband, George Moore Brownlow, took place at four o'clock on Thursday afternoon, on the scaffold erected for the purpose, within the precincts of the prison.The particulars of the murder are doubtless fresh in the recollection of our readers, having been fully reported in our paper and we need not therefore refer but very briefly to the circumstances. Mrs. Brownlow was condemned to death at the last sessions of the Goulburn Circuit Court for the murder of her husband, having occasioned his death by stabbing him in the side with a knife, whilst in a state of phrenzy, caused by jealousy, and stimulated by liquor. Great pity has been evinced for the culprit since her incarceration, especially since her condemnation. In the first place she was so young, being only twenty-three years old at the time of her execution, although in appearance, several years older. Then, her previous character had been, unimpeachable, except that it has been asserted that she was addicted to drink. And by her death, three infants — the youngest a baby only about two months old, who was born in the gaol, are rendered orphans in the most complete sense of the word. Her submissive, exemplary, and pious demeanour in the gaol has also tended materially to encliance the degree of sympathy and commisseration entertained for her; in fact, all who have been brought into contact with her during her imprisonment, speak in the highest terms of eulogium respecting her behaviour, and in tones of the deepest sorrow for her sad and untimely fate. At the time of the Circuit Court, three other persons were likewise tried for murder, one of them under circumstances ofremarkable atrocity. We allude to the case of Patrick Maher,found guilty, upon the clearest evidence, of the murder of hiswife. As the unfortunate woman was getting into her house by the window, she was stabbed twice or thrice in the neck, and her murderer was found drunk and lying prostrate near a pool of his victim's blood. - But a point of law was raised in that man's favour; it was urged in his behalf that the Judge had acted irregularly in allowing his associate to refresh the memory of an unwilling witness, by reading over to him his police office depositions in a private room; instead of in open Court, and on this plea, and on this ground alone, mercy was extended to Patrick Maher, and his sentence of death commuted to fifteen years on the roads. The inhabitants of this town and district therefore reasonably entertained hopes that the numerously and respectably-signed memorial which had been transmitted by them to the Governor-General would be successful; and that in accordance with the prayer of their petition, his Excellency would extend the royal clemency to Mary Ann Brownlow, and commute her sentence of death to one of imprisonment. The time appointed for the sentence to be carried out was nine o'clock in the morning, and on the previous evening the anxiety for the arrival of the mail from Sydney, and to obtain intelligence of the arrival of a reprieve became intense. But alas! no such reprieve arrived. Still many of the humane and kind-hearted townspeople did not despair, but continued to hope that as the Executive Council met so late as Tuesday,some occurrence might have delayed the reprieve and prevented its transmission by mail. Accordingly a deputation waited upon the Deputy-Sheriff, Captain Fitzgerald, beseeching him to grunt a few hours delay in carrying the dread sentence of the law into effect, so as to give every latitude for the arrival of a reprieve.The Deputy Sheriff with a degree of kindness and courtesy which redounds to his honor, acceded to the request, at the same time expressing his opinion that there existed extremely slight, if any chance of a reprieve. He accordingly gave orders to have the execution deferred until four o'clock in the afternoon. Captain Fitzgerald's opinion was verified by the non-arrival of a reprieve, thus it seems that a petty quibble in law is of greater weight with the Executive than the earnest appeal of the people. Besides if a condemned malefactor's sentence is to be altered or annulled by such a petty quibble, the gate is open to the greatest corruption-and venality on the bench, for if af judge presides at the trial of a criminal whom, he wishes to rescue from capital punishment from pecuniary or other motives, all he requires to do is merely to commit some trivial irregularity in taking evidence, and the sentence of death which by the verdict of the jury he may be obliged to pass, can easily be set aside, as in the case of Regina v Maher. After the Deputy Sheriff had granted a delay of the execution until four o'clock, it became known that E. Maitland, Esq.,J P. had received from the Government a reply to the memorial of the inhabitants, The reply gave the memorialists to understand that no mercy could be granted. During the time of the prisoner's incarceration, she had been regularly attended by the Rev. Mr. Sowerby, and evinced deep, and doubtless sincere penitence. She did not attempt to deny having stabbed her husband, but to the last moment, she declared solemnly that she was most devoutly attached to him, and had not the slightest intention of killing him. She was (she said) most unfortunate in having caused his death which she never intended; She had visibly declined in health,and although everything possible was done for her by her relatives and friends, by the excellent governor of the prison Mr. Foster, Mrs: Foster; and by other humane persons, yet she took but very little nourishment, and appeared very delicateand weak when led out to die. On the afternoon preceding the fatal day, the sacrament was administered to her by theRev Mr. Sowerby, and she expressed a humble but firm hope of pardon and acceptance through the merits of the Redeemer.She was alwas very quiet, modest and submissive in the prison whilst awaiting her doom, and although she seldom conversed much, and was rather reserved in her manner, yet she was filled with ardent gratitude for any act of kindness performed towards her. She frequently acknowledged in the presence of her sister Mrs Lintott, the deep gratitude she felt for Mr, and Mrs Foster, who, she declared, had acted the part of a fatherand mother towards her. Her esteem and gratitude were also unbounded towards her reverend attendant, who displayed much kindness towards her, and furnished his own car to serve as a hearse for the conveyance of her dead body to its final resting place in the Church of England cemetery. Mr. Rossi,J.P., was one amongst those who displayed kindness to the poor, young creature, visiting her at intervals during the absence of the Rev. Mr. Sowerby, reading to her from the holy scriptures, and, presenting her with such little comforts as might bedeemed acceptable to her in her delicate state of health. Mr.C. H. Walsh also acted a most benevolent part towards the condemned, doing all in his power to alleviate her distressful condition, and procuring for her interment a very respectableand well-mounted coffin. But it would trepass too much upon our space to personaly notice, all who displayed smypathy and kindness to the unhappy young mother, condemned to die the most ignominious of deaths. All who came in contact with her pitied her and were kind to her. What person unless bearing a heart of a nature; corresponding to that of her executioner could refrain from deploring her sad sad fate and were cognizant of her excellent behaviour and her sorrowful dejection? Indeed no case 'within the annals of the gallows can furnish a more conclusive argement against the iniquity, impolicy, and sinfulness of capital punishment. Here is the case of a young womanr under all the affecting circumstances described, sentenced to die by the hands of the hangman for the murder of her husband. If sentenced to imprisonment, all persons would concurin the justice of the punishment, and all but the depraved would stand aghast with horror at her crime. Instead of that so deep is the sympathy caused by her violent death punishment, that it is to be feared in many minds the sense of her crime is almost lost sight of in pity of her fate.One of her sisters, a respectable married female named Lintott had been frequently to visit her from Sydney, and her distress, of mind, can easier be convinced than described .Another sister, also married, and in respectable circumstances, arrived in Goulburn by the Sydney mail, on Tuesday evening, but so exceedingly overwhelming was her grief and distractionon entering her condemned sister's cell, that she fell into-violent hysterical fits which succeeded each other with dangerous rapidity. Her heart rending screams could he plainly heard in Auburn-street, and it was not until early next morning that she was sufficiently recovered to be carried over to the hotel where she was staying. The sisters saw their condemned one for the last time on earth on the day preceding the execution. When they quitted her they did so with the intention of re-visiting her but the reverend Mr. Sowerby represented to them that they were in duty bound not to return to the gaol as he was about to administer the sacrament to the condemned, and if they visited her any more, it would probably unsettle her mind and render her unfit, or at any rate not sufficiently serious and devout to receive the last sacred rite of the church with full benefit. The two sisters, in submission to the reverend gentleman's advice, accordingly quitted town for Gundaroo, where Mr. and Mrs. Brownlow had lived. On the night preceding her execution the deceased continued in a sort of half slumber, and in the morning she partook sparingly of some coffee, brought to her by Mr. Rossi The Rev Mr. Sowerby was constant in his attendance upon her, and although weak in body she expressed herself resigned to meet her fate with becoming submission.The moment was fast drawing nigh when Mary Ann Brownlow, the once happy wife and mother, living in comfortable circumstances, must mount the scaffold' and be launched from time into eternity. The executioner was examining the apparatus of the instrument of destruction; preparatory to entering the condemned cell. This executioner's name is Robert Elliott ; he is a man about 50 years of age. and remarkably ill-favoured. Men may be disfigured by disease, by sabre cuts, and by various other causes. Many may be even remarkable for irregular or ill formed features, but there's,a certain something left them of the "divine" in their "human face," that the hearts of their fellow men may beat in unison and in friendship with theirs But the glance — the glance full of effrontery of this execntioner almost chilled those on whom it fell. He is a man about the middle stature, with a very slight irregularity in his eyes and projecting white eyelashes. Mr. Roberts, landlord of the Goulburn Hotel, and mail contractor, having heen made acquainted with the delay granted by the Deputy Sheriff, and the hope entertained by some of the townspoeple that a repreive might arrive by Thursday's mail forwarded a despatch along the Sydney line, with orders to the coachman to be in time at any risk before four o'clock. His orders were well obeyed, the coachman, anxious to promote the smallest chance of saving the woman's life drove with extraordinary speed, and actually reached the Goulburn Post Office at half-past two o'clock. But all exertions to save the woman's life were fruitless, and shortly prior to four o'clock, the Deputy Sheriff arrived at the gaol; and claimed the, body of the prisoner. A body of police were under arms, and stationed around the foot of the scaffold; Ten householders had been summoned to witness and Certify to the carrying out of the sentence, and a number of other respectable, persons were allowed admittance by the Deputy Sheriff. As the clock was striking four; the executioner was led to the condemned cell, where the deceased was in earnest prayer, with her reverend attendant. Having pinioned her arms she roceeded towards the scaffold, accompanied by her reverend benefactor. Dr. Waugh, Mr. Foster, and other gentlemen. Her frame was greatly attenuated, and the langour mingled with resignation, visibly depicted on her very interesting countenance, occasioned a partly bushed murmur of emotion amongst the beholders. She was too feeble to mount the ladder without assistance, and when, she had reached the platform she turned half round, and with a graceful inclination of the head said "good bye Mr. Foster." In company with the Rev. Mr. Sowerby, she murmured a brief and final prayer, received his benediction, and having returned his kiss of christainly affection, resigned herself calmly into the hands of the executioner. At this moment, while the dreadful rope was being adjusted, around her neck a trial which might have unnerved the stoutest frame, unless perfectly submissive, awaited her, some of the female confines in the prison, (probably beholding the sad proceedings through the windows) commenced loudly shrieking and wailing. But her fortitude never forsook her the cap was drawn over her features, the bolt withdrawn; she fell through the aperture and died instantly — without a struggle. During the execution, and for some time before and afterwards, all the shops and public houses in the town were closed. A great many persons, including a few females, assembled on the hill at the rear of the church, from whence they could witness the proceedings. After the body had hanged the usual time it was taken down, and the remains of the unfortunate Mary Ann Brownlow, were conveyed to the cemetery of the Church of England, and there interred.

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

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- Reference = 129 (Birth)

- Reference = 129 (Other Event)

- Reference = 129 (Marriage)

- Reference = 129 (Death)

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