Mary Watson Wittenoom, Free Settler “Quebec Trader” 1834

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46296184?searchTerm=mary...

(snip) "Wittenoom's first wife had died before he came to Western Australia-it may have had something to do with his migration here--and on January 3, 1839, he married Mary Watson Helms of Perth."

BDM WA

Not online 1839 Perth WA Marriage of John Burdett Wittenoom and Mary Watson Helms.

Not online 1839 Birth of Mary Eliza Dircksy Wittenoom.

Birth of her daughter 1842/112 Perth; Wittenoom, Augusta Henrietta Maria Burdett, to John Burdett WITTENOOM and Mary Watson HELMS.

Death of Infant Son 1856/799 Perth; Wittenoom, John Burdett Cornelius, named father's on headstone.

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Death 1878 The Bowes, registered 1881/10775; Wittenoom, Mary Watson, aged 65.

The Inquirer and Commercial News Perth WA Wed 6 November 1878; Deaths:

WITTENOOM.—At Knockbrack, Bowes, on the 7th October, Mrs. M. W. Wittenoom, relict of the late Rev. John Burdett Wittenoom, M.A., first Colonial Chaplain of Western Australia, and Vicar of St. George's Cathedral, Perth.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79217073?searchTerm=%22m...

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46296184?searchTerm=mary...

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Headstone at East Perth Cemetery:

To The Memory Of
The Rev., John Burdett Wittenoom Colonial Chaplain Died 23rd January 1855 Aged 66 Years
Also Cornelius John Burdett Infant Son The Above Born 22nd December 1854 Died 23rd April 1856
Also Frederick Dirck Wittenoom 5th Son Of The Above Sheriff Of The Colony Died 28th October 1865 aged 41
Also Charles Wittenoom 4th Son Of The Above Died July 10th 1866 Aged 42 Years
Also Eliza Burdett Wittenoom Died June 29th 1867 Aged 75 Years

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 15 2023, 1:59:03 UTC