Mary Anne Ecclestone

  Research Notes:

source: & Helen Seares who notes:
I note that you have Honoria Quigley as born about 1840 in Australia. I understand, from her marriage certificate, that she was born in Tipperary, Ireland. Do you have any documentation that would indicate that she was born in Australia. If so, I would love to have access to it.
My understanding is that she was born in Ireland and came to Australia at some stage, but I have not been able to find any documentation that would indicate when or how she came to Australia. If you have some record that proves that she was born here that would be great.
So I have changed my records to read Tipperary, Ireland
By the way, she was Arthur Herrington Curnick's first wife. He married Mary Anne Ecclestone in New Zealand after Honoria's death. Mary Anne must have been a saint, because by the time she married Arthur he had about nine children. Some remained in New Zealand and some, including George Arthur Curnick, returned to Australia. Arthur Herrington Curnick went to Western Australia with some of his children and died there. The Curnick women who remained in New Zealand may have voted in the 1893 or 1894 election, which was the first in the world where women were enfranchised.

Mary married Arthur Herrington Curnick, son of George Curnick and Maria Mace, circa 1890 in New Zealand. (Arthur Herrington Curnick was born about 1840 in Battersea, London, Surrey England and died on 18 Sep 1883 in Hokitika, Ross Parish, Westland, West Coast New Zealand.)