Mary Ann Stiles

   Another name for Mary was Mary Ann Styles.

  General Notes:

Mary Ann is buried at the Fawkner Memorial Park in Melbourne, Roman Catholic Compartment M, Grave 3318. There is no headstone but the name Durnan is carved on the bluestone footer. According to the Cemetery records she is buried here with her daughter, Sarah and her son Joseph buried in 1951.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a Laundress at the time of her marriage on 14 Apr 1880 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.

• She resided at the time of her son John's enlistment in the AIF on 20 Aug 1914 in 87 Holton St, Princess Hill, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia.

Mary married John Durnan, son of Patrick Durnan ** and Anne Magrath **, on 14 Apr 1880 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. (John Durnan was born on 7 Dec 1836 in Fermanagh, Ireland, christened on 18 Dec 1836 in Kinawley, , Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, died on 22 Jun 1903 in Wooragee Shire, Beechworth, , Victoria, Australia and was buried on 24 Jun 1903 in RC Section A, Plot 1490, Beechworth Cemetery, Beechworth, , Victoria, Australia.). The cause of his death was Chronic Ulcerative phthisis - some years.

  Marriage Notes:

It was a Catholic ceremony. Witnesses were William Carroll and A (?) Durnan