Mary Jane Walker

Name
Mary Jane Walker
Date of birth
1857
Place of birth
Kent (county)/England/United Kingdom
Date of death
19 Jan 1942
Gender
Female
Biography
Mary Jane Walker (Minnie) arrived on the ship 'Mystery' in 1862 at Lyttleton. She was born in Kent and arrived in New Zealand at the age of 5 with her parents and two brothers. She died on the 19th of January 1942 at the age of 85 and was buried at O'Neils Point Cemetry in Bayswater.

She was a Milliner and Artist and lived in 25 Birdwood Crescent in Parnell. One of her paintings was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington 1940.