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Margerate [sic] Mary Sylvia Stapleton, née Mitchell [known as Sylvia] (1898-1971) community worker, political activist, alderman
Birth: 1898 at West Wyalong, New South Wales, daughter of native-born parents Thomas Mitchell (1869-1937, postal employee, and Margaret, née Richards (1871-1942). Marriage: 23 March 1924 at Surry Hills, Sydney, to native-born Robert Record Stapleton (1897-1933), clerk. They had one daughter and one son. Death 22 November 1971 in Prince of Wales hospital, Randwick, Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Information from S. Tracey 1997; ALP Woman Magazine Special Diamond Jubilee Issue February 1964.
'Stapleton, Margerate Mary Sylvia (1898–1971)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/stapleton-margerate-mary-sylvia-33623/text42062, accessed 1 September 2024.
Sylvia Stapleton, n.d.
1898
Wyalong,
New South Wales,
Australia
22 November,
1971
(aged ~ 73)
Randwick, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.