JEFFREY Mary Jane   

1837 - 1925  (87 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	JEFFREY Mary Jane
  Birth	05 Nov 1837	West Alvington, Devonshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	04 Mar 1925
  Person ID	I1892	NewcastleLinks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 1	COWELL Joseph,   b. Abt 1835, Green Ponds, Tasmania, Australia d. Abt 1876, Monaro (Region), New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	1855	Nimmitabell
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	MORRISON George Thomas,   b. 15 Nov 1834, Sydney d. 03 Dec 1917, Bombala (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1892	COOMA
  Family ID	F721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

• Documents

  "d: Mary Jane Jeffrey"

  
  

  Headstones

  "h: Grave at Rookwood Cemetery "

  
  

• Notes

  BDM NSW REG #165/1855 V1855165 43B (marriage) "CIAWLL JOSEPH/JEFFRIES MARY J" district-NB See FamilySearch for a listing of Mary and Joseph's 11 children. BDM NSW REG #3193/1892 (marriage) "MORRISON George T/COUVELTS Mary J" district-Cooma Couvelts mistranslation of handwriting - should be Cowell BDM NSW REG #965/1925 (death) "MORRISON MARY J" f-NICHOLAS m-REBECCA at CANTERBURY -returns 4 MAR 1925 Following from FamilySearch : "Mary Jane's mother Rebecca Jeffery (nee Boon) died of Typhus Fever in 1839 when Mary Jane was just 2 years old. Her father Nicholas, a agricultural labourer, was left a widower with a small girl. He remarried on 18 Feb 1841 to Susanna Priter at the Parish church, Stokenham, Devonshire, England. One of the witnesses to this second marriage was John Camp. John Camp, then played a major role in Mary Jane Jeffery's life. At the age of 4, she was taken by assisted passage on the "Earl Grey" to Australia accompanied by John and Jane Camp (nee Jeffery). When Mary Jane married Joseph Cowell in 1853 she did so in the presence of Mr John Langhorn of the "Junction" near Nimatabell. John Langhorn was noted as Mary Jane's guardian. John was the husband of Agnes Camp and son-n-law of John and Jane Camp. Mrs John Camp appears to have maintained a strong presence in Mary Jane's life as hers name appears as a witness on the birth certificate of Sarah Cowell in 1860."