Hames, Mary (1827–1919)
Hames, Mary (1827–1919)
New Zealand dressmaker and farmer. Name variations: Mary Maddox. Born Mary Maddox on May 14,1827, in Herefordshire, England; died April 3, 1919, in Russell, New Zealand; dau. of Richard Maddox (shoemaker) and Priscilla (Bowker) Maddox; m. Charles Hames (tailor and schoolteacher), 1851 (died1906); children: 6.
Immigrated to New Zealand on free land scheme (1864); helped frail husband clear timber and light bush; helped sustain family by working as dressmaker and domestic servant in Auckland, and later by selling butter and cheese from cow she had purchased; had accumulated 1,000 acres of rolling pasture at time of her death.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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