Buxton, Mary Ann (c. 1795–1888)
Buxton, Mary Ann (c. 1795–1888)
New Zealand educator and school founder. Name variations: Mary Ann Streetin. Born Mary Ann Streetin, c. 1795 or 1796, in England; died 1888; m. Harry Bridger Buxton, c. 1827 or 1828; children: 5.
Immigrated with family to New Zealand (1839); founded private school in Wellington (1841–78); following husband's death (1847), secured 25,000-acre property on which sons raised sheep (1850s–1870), and owned several properties in Wellington area.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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