Mary Elizabeth was born in 1865. She may have been the daughter of Richard Smith and Agnes of Timaru.
Mary died in 1941 and was buried in the Upper Riccarton Cemetery, Canterbury New Zealand.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223777338/mary-elizabeth-vicary
Birth record identified as parents Agnes+Richard, but it could be possible there was another couple of the same name. There is no Mary Elizabeth listed with the daughters in the linked mother's will.
"Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z5T-82DC : 24 August 2022), Mary Elizabeth Smith Vicary, ; Burial, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand, St Peter's Anglican Churchyard; citing record ID 223777338, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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