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Life Summary

Name Mary Wells Burns
Alternative Names
  • Mary Wells Fyfe
Born

29 November, 1837
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died

17 June, 1924 (aged 86)
New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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