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Mary Gray (1808–1877)

Mary Wheeler was living with John Best at Norolk Island by 1811. She travelled with him and his housekeeper to New South Wales in April of that year. In 1818 she was employed by William Hayes; in that same year she was also registered at the Female Orphan School. Best was a witness at her wedding to William Gray on 7 May 1827; her age was given as 19.

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'Gray, Mary (1808–1877)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gray-mary-30306/text37587, accessed 12 May 2025.

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Alternative Names
  • Wheeler, Mary
Birth

1808
Norfolk Island, Australia

Death

25 January, 1877 (aged ~ 69)
Queensland, Australia

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