Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Maria Hammond
Parallel form(s) of name
- Maria Meredith
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
1827-1912)
History
Maria Hammond (1827-1912), ward of James Grant of Tullochgorum, Fingal, Tasmania married John Meredith (1822-1909), son of George and Mary Ann (Evans) Meredith in 1851.
They had ten children: Mary Rose (Polly 1852-1884), Henry Montague (1854-1902), George Llewellyn (Llewellyn 1855-1937), Clara Sabina ("Kiddie"1857-1924), James Ernest (1859-1910), Fanny Maria (1862- ), Jessie Rosina (1863-1944), John Percival (Jack or Johnnie 1865-1916), Edwin Mervyn (Mervyn 1867-1929) and Elsie Dry (1869-1918). Several of John and Maria's sons settled in N.S.W. or Queensland but Llewellyn returned to Cambria. The eldest daughter, Mary Rose, married in 1878 George Albert Mace of, Rostrevor, Spring Bay, but they both died in December 1884 and their children, Mary Rose (Molly 1879-1918), Fanny Rosina (1880-1950), and Trevor Ellis (1881- ) were brought up by their grandparents and aunts at Cambria, and the baby, Violet Ethel (1883- ), was adopted by Henry and Minna Meredith