Laura Mary Fox (1860–1949)
Mrs Laura Mary Fox, 89, of Jupiter st, Caulfield, Melbourne University's second woman graduate, died on Tuesday.
As Laura Moerlin, she graduated BA in 1885 and MA in 1887. Later she became a school-teacher.
Mrs Fox transcribed books into Braille in the last 40 years of her life. She was an office-bearer of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, and worked for Red Cross.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- marriage notice, Argus (Melbourne), 20 August 1886, p 1
- death notice, Argus (Melbourne), 4 August 1949, p 12
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Fox, Michael Philip (husband)
- Schneider, Shirley Laura (daughter)
- Fox, Philip Moerlin (son)
- Fox, Phyllis Estelle (daughter-in-law)
- Schneider, Walter Herman (son-in-law)
- Moerlin, Carl (father)
- Fox, Rosetta (mother-in-law)
- Fox, Alexander (father-in-law)
- Moerlin, Henry Wilson (brother)
- Fox, Caroline (sister-in-law)
- Fox, Edith Lucy (sister-in-law)
- Fox, Ethel Carrick (sister-in-law)
- Fox, Violet (sister-in-law)
- Fox, Helen Irene (sister-in-law)
- Fox, Joel (brother-in-law)
- Fox, David Henry (brother-in-law)
- Fox, Solomon Alexander (brother-in-law)
- Fox, Emanuel Phillips (brother-in-law)
- Fox, Lewis Joseph (brother-in-law)
- Phillips, Baby (uncle by marriage)
- Cartwright, Rosetta Fairthorne (niece by marriage)
- McCance, Dorothy (niece by marriage)
- Porker, Louise Helen (niece by marriage)
- Fox, Carol Margery (niece by marriage)
- Halfpenny, Frances Rosetta (niece by marriage)
- Fox, Charles Philip (nephew by marriage)
- Fox, Lionel (nephew by marriage)
- Fox, Victor (nephew by marriage)
- Fox, Leonard Phillips (nephew by marriage)
- Smith, Elizabeth Rose (granddaughter)
- Schneider, Laurence Theodore (grandson)
Citation details
'Fox, Laura Mary (1860–1949)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fox-laura-mary-20913/text31585, accessed 7 November 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Moerlin, Laura Mary
Birth
Death
2 August,
1949
(aged ~ 89)
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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