Bibby, Mary Ann (c. 1832–1910)

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Bibby, Mary Ann (c. 1832–1910)

New Zealand shopkeeper. Name variations: Mary Ann Woodhouse. Born Mary Ann Woodhouse, c. 1832 (baptized, June 10, 1832), in Heaton, Lancashire, England; died Jan 13, 1910, at Waipawa, New Zealand; dau. of Thomas Woodhouse (fisherman and miller) and Ann Woodhouse; m. Edward Bibby (carpenter), 1861 (died 1901); children: 4 sons, 4 daughters.

Immigrated with husband to New Zealand (1861); opened store with him in Abbottsford (Waipawa, 1862); imported goods through brother in Liverpool and developed a successful mail-order business.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).