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Mary Stephen (1817–1887)

News has been received by the last mail of the death in England of Mrs. George Milner Stephen, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia, and wife of Mr. George Milner Stephen, at one time Acting Governor of this colony. Mrs. Stephen was 70 years of age at the time of her death.

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'Stephen, Mary (1817–1887)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/stephen-mary-1296/text1288, accessed 19 March 2024.

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Mary Stephen, c1886

Mary Stephen, c1886

State Library of South Australia, B 24985

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Hindmarsh, Mary
Birth

1817

Death

27 December, 1887 (aged ~ 70)
London, Middlesex, England