Mary Spain (1835-1918)

Obituary
DEATH OF OCTOGENARIAN. Mrs. Mary Roworth, who died at Quipolly, in the Ouirindi district, recently, was born in Kent, England, in 1835, and came to Australia with her parents at the early age of three years. She lived in Murrurundi up to the time of her marriage with the late Mr. George Roworth in 1864. After her marriage she settled near the Seven-Mile, on Borambil Creek, where her husband had selected on Colly Creek, living there until 1875, when they removed to Quipolly. Mrs. Howorth left a family of five children, one daughter being Mrs. J. Taylor, of Maitland. At the time of her death she had 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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