Mary Ann (Steley) Pollard (1886 - 1980)

Born 27 Nov 1886 in Pig Creek near Howard, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Pollard — married 12 Oct 1904 in Howard, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Mary (Steley) Pollard was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

Mary was born in 1886. She was the daughter of John Steley and Mary Giles.

Birth, Marriage & Death^[1]

Mary Ann Steley

Event date: 27/11/1886

Event type: Birth registration

Registration details: 1886/C/10305

Mother: Mary Ann Giles

Father/parent: John Bevan Steley

Mary Ann Steley

Event date: 12/10/1904

Event type: Marriage registration

Registration details: 1904/C/2440

Spouse: Thomas Pollard

Mary Ann Pollard

Event date: 15/05/1980

Event type: Death registration

Date of birth: 1887

Registration details: 1980/52738

Mother: Mary Ann Giles

Father/parent: John Abel (Bevan!) Steley

Burial^[2]

Name Mary Ann Pollard

Gender Female

Birth Date 27 Nov 1886

Birth Place Howard, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia

Death Date 15 Mar 1980

Death Place Queensland, Australia

Cemetery Maryborough Lawn Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia

Has Bio? Y^[3]

Father John Bevan Steley

Mother Mary Ann Susannah McAlpin Steley

Spouse Thomas Pollard

Children Cecil Charles Fern Pollard

She passed away in 1980.

Mary Ann and Tom Pollard ^[4] lived most of their married life in the Howard area where Tom worked for the mines. They had four children; Irene, Cecil, Gladys and Stanley.

Tom died 10th April 1950 aged 68 & was buried in the Howard Cemetery.

Dolly lived on for another 30 years and passed away on 15th May 1980 at the age of 93 - she had been a resident of Wahroonga Hospital for the aged for some time before her death.

She had accepted the Catholic faith in her later years and was buried in the Maryborough Garden of Rest Cemetery after a service at St Mary's Catholic Church.

Tom and Dolly's daughter Irene, who married Harold McKenna, was for many years in charge of the Burrum Railway Station.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
2. ↑ Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98510989/mary-ann-pollard
4. ↑ "A History of The Steley Family in Australia" by Stephan and Dennis Steley