Mrs Mary Hayes, relict of the late Richard Hayes, died at Currency Creek on the 10th instant, at the age of 86 years, the cause of death being senile decay. She was married at the age of 17 years, in Windsor and the surviving children are:— Mary Ann, Susannah, George, Elizabeth, and Mercy Ann, while four children predeceased her. Little is known of her antecedents, but the family have been respected residents of Freeman's Reach district for many years.
'Hayes, Mary Ann (1834–1919)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hayes-mary-ann-28870/text36236, accessed 8 March 2021.
24 February 1834
Reading, Berkshire, England
10 July 1919
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia