Born in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, Australia
Daughter of John Connor
(a sailor) and JaneThomas
[no known siblings]Wife of Joseph Stone — married (to after ) in Adelaide, South Australia.
De facto wife of Thomas "Tom" Clark, whaler and farmer
Wife of
Francis Laurence Buckler/Buckley
— married
(to before ) in Port Elliot, South Australia,
Mother of
Mary Ann (Stone) Rix,
Robert Clark,
Eliza Jane (Clark) Chapman,
Louisa Elizabeth (Buckley) Stone and
Frank (Buckler) Buckley (may have passed away 13 Jan 1868 at Yankalilla) John Buckley (died as an infant)
Mary Louisa died in Adelaide, South Australia
Mary Louisa Connor was born in Hobart-town in the British Colony of Van Diemen's Land on 9th November 1830, to parents Jane Connor nee Thomas and John Connor, Seaman. The family was still in Hobart in 1834, when Mary was baptised. (See Note 1.)
On 4 May 1846 a Mary Connor departed Hobart on the ship Adelaide for Port Phillip.
In 1847 Mary was in Adelaide in the Colony of South Australia, where she married Joseph Stone in Holy Trinity Church Adelaide, when she was still a minor aged 17yrs. Her father's name is not recorded in the marriage register,
In 1848 Joseph and Mary had a daughter, Mary Ann Stone, at Port Adelaide.
In 1849, Mary left Joseph and ran away with a man named John Harris. They left Port Adelaide in a boat belonging to the Whale Fisheries. According to a witness Mary lived for a while with Harris at Encounter Bay. Harris subsequently went to the Victorian gold diggings and Mary then lived with a whaler named Tom Clark . Clark undertook to manage the whaling station at Fishery Creek, south of Cape Jervis from May 1850 and newspaper reports of the time have him living there with "Mrs Clark" who must have been Mary Louisa because in 1851, Mary gave birth to Tom's son, Robert Clark. In 1858, Mary (calling herself Louisa Stone) and Tom had a daughter, Eliza Jane. (They could not have married because Mary Louisa was still married to Joseph Stone.)
In 1859, Joseph Stone petitioned the South Australian Supreme Court for a divorce, naming his wife Mary Louisa and Thomas Clark as co-respondents. At the time, Mary was "living with her mother at Encounter Bay" (There is evidence that her mother was by this time Mrs Jane Thompson, wife of John aka William Thompson, licensee of the Fountain Inn at Encounter Bay.
Mary Louisa evidently did not raise any of her first 3 children. A court hearing in 1861 reveals what happened to her firstborn, Mary Ann Stone.
Mary's daughter Mary Ann Stone was raised by Mary's mother, landlady of the Fountain Inn, Encounter Bay. (See Note 4.) Mary Ann married whaler Ezra alias Anthony Moore in October 1861, when she was only 13 years old. There was a court case because Moore made a false statement about parental consent. Mary Louisa, now Mrs Frank Buckley, gave evidence. (See Note 3.) The court allowed the marriage.
Mary's daughter by Tom Clark, Eliza Jane, later lived with her grandmother on Kangaroo Island, where she was known as Eliza Jane Sylvia Thompson.
Robert Clark's obituary suggests that Robert went with his father to Kangaroo Island, On reaching adulthood, Robert acquired land for himself on the Island and became a well known farmer and grazier.
Now free of Joseph Stone, Mary Louisa married Frank Laurence Buckley/Buckler on the 14th January 1861 and their daughter Louisa was born 5 days later on 19th January 1861. Buckley was a very young man, only 20 years old at the time of the marriage. Mary Louisa gave her age as 24! Buckley must have appeared only recently on the scene if he believed this, and surely could not have known about his new wife's son aged 10 and two daughters, 3 and 13 yrs old.
A son, Frank Buckley, was born in 1863 at Encounter Bay and passed away in 1868.
In 1865 Louisa Buckley of Rapid Bay applied to the Destitute Board and was assigned two rations for one month.
In 1868 Mary Louisa Buckley, formerly Stone nee Connor gave birth to another son, John, without giving the name of the father. She called herself Lewisa Buckley and gave her residence as Rapid Bay. She would have been 38 years old. The child only survived 7 weeks. (Note 8).
Before 1869 was up, Francis Buckley had deserted Mary Louisa. A notice was published in the Police Gazette in December 1869. A warrant was issued from the Normanville Police Station but Buckley was thought to have gone to Queensland. It seems he never returned and Mary Louisa, with two young children, had to try and survive without him.
Between 1873 and 1885 a Louisa Buckley, born in Hobart, ship of arrival not given, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital 4 times. She gave various addresses in Adelaide and her occupation was recorded first as servant, then twice as prostitute and lastly as "Carwoman" (charwoman?). An 11 year old Louisa Buckley is recorded as being admitted at a similar time. This could have been Mary Louisa's daughter or another girl with a similar birth date.
In 1873 a boy, "young Buckley" is said to have been with Louisa in Adelaide in evidence given to a court on December 15th. It's uncertain who this was as both Louisa's sons to Frank Buckley seem to have died very young. Did she have another son, or was one of the children who died not hers?
In 1881, Louisa Buckley was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment with hard labour for being in a house knnown to be frequented by thieves and prostitutes -(Note 9.)
In 1886 Louisa Buckley, born in Tasmania, aged "49" with 2 children, "enceinte" (pregnant?) was admitted to the Destitute Asylum in Adelaide. She was recorded as living in Currie St. West, occupation domestic duties.We can presume she died in the Destitute Asylum because she passed away on 4th January 1886, aged 56.
At the time of her death, Mary Louisa had a mother, elderly but still living, a married daughter aged 38, a son, a man of property, aged 35 and a daughter aged 28 planning her own wedding on Kangaroo Island. Of the men whose children she had borne, Joseph Stone had a successful stevedoring business at Port Adelaide, Tom Clark a farm and a tribe of grandchildren on Kangaroo Island and Francis Buckley was missing, free of family commitments.
On 4 May 1846 a Mary Connor departed Hobart on the ship Adelaide for Port Phillip.
In 1847 Mary was in Adelaide in the Colony of South Australia, where she married Joseph Stone in Holy Trinity Church Adelaide, when she was still a minor aged 17yrs. Her father's name is not recorded in the marriage register,
In 1848 Joseph and Mary had a daughter, Mary Ann Stone, at Port Adelaide.
In 1849, Mary left Joseph and ran away with a man named John Harris. They left Port Adelaide in a boat belonging to the Whale Fisheries. According to a witness Mary lived for a while with Harris at Encounter Bay. Harris subsequently went to the Victorian gold diggings and Mary then lived with a whaler named Tom Clark . Clark undertook to manage the whaling station at Fishery Creek, south of Cape Jervis from May 1850 and newspaper reports of the time have him living there with "Mrs Clark" who must have been Mary Louisa because in 1851, Mary gave birth to Tom's son, Robert Clark. In 1858, Mary (calling herself Louisa Stone) and Tom had a daughter, Eliza Jane. (They could not have married because Mary Louisa was still married to Joseph Stone.)
In 1859, Joseph Stone petitioned the South Australian Supreme Court for a divorce, naming his wife Mary Louisa and Thomas Clark as co-respondents. At the time, Mary was "living with her mother at Encounter Bay" (There is evidence that her mother was by this time Mrs Jane Thompson, wife of John aka William Thompson, licensee of the Fountain Inn at Encounter Bay.
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| The Fountain Inn in 1933. |
Mary Louisa evidently did not raise any of her first 3 children. A court hearing in 1861 reveals what happened to her firstborn, Mary Ann Stone.
Mary's daughter Mary Ann Stone was raised by Mary's mother, landlady of the Fountain Inn, Encounter Bay. (See Note 4.) Mary Ann married whaler Ezra alias Anthony Moore in October 1861, when she was only 13 years old. There was a court case because Moore made a false statement about parental consent. Mary Louisa, now Mrs Frank Buckley, gave evidence. (See Note 3.) The court allowed the marriage.
Mary's daughter by Tom Clark, Eliza Jane, later lived with her grandmother on Kangaroo Island, where she was known as Eliza Jane Sylvia Thompson.
Robert Clark's obituary suggests that Robert went with his father to Kangaroo Island, On reaching adulthood, Robert acquired land for himself on the Island and became a well known farmer and grazier.
Now free of Joseph Stone, Mary Louisa married Frank Laurence Buckley/Buckler on the 14th January 1861 and their daughter Louisa was born 5 days later on 19th January 1861. Buckley was a very young man, only 20 years old at the time of the marriage. Mary Louisa gave her age as 24! Buckley must have appeared only recently on the scene if he believed this, and surely could not have known about his new wife's son aged 10 and two daughters, 3 and 13 yrs old.
A son, Frank Buckley, was born in 1863 at Encounter Bay and passed away in 1868.
In 1865 Louisa Buckley of Rapid Bay applied to the Destitute Board and was assigned two rations for one month.
In 1868 Mary Louisa Buckley, formerly Stone nee Connor gave birth to another son, John, without giving the name of the father. She called herself Lewisa Buckley and gave her residence as Rapid Bay. She would have been 38 years old. The child only survived 7 weeks. (Note 8).
Before 1869 was up, Francis Buckley had deserted Mary Louisa. A notice was published in the Police Gazette in December 1869. A warrant was issued from the Normanville Police Station but Buckley was thought to have gone to Queensland. It seems he never returned and Mary Louisa, with two young children, had to try and survive without him.
Between 1873 and 1885 a Louisa Buckley, born in Hobart, ship of arrival not given, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital 4 times. She gave various addresses in Adelaide and her occupation was recorded first as servant, then twice as prostitute and lastly as "Carwoman" (charwoman?). An 11 year old Louisa Buckley is recorded as being admitted at a similar time. This could have been Mary Louisa's daughter or another girl with a similar birth date.
In 1873 a boy, "young Buckley" is said to have been with Louisa in Adelaide in evidence given to a court on December 15th. It's uncertain who this was as both Louisa's sons to Frank Buckley seem to have died very young. Did she have another son, or was one of the children who died not hers?
In 1881, Louisa Buckley was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment with hard labour for being in a house knnown to be frequented by thieves and prostitutes -(Note 9.)
Georgina Ashley, Annie Fulham, Louisa Buckley, Thomas Cunningham, William Crocker, and Charles Ives were charged on the information of Inspector Sullivan with being the occupiers of a house frequented by thieves and prostitutes. A man named Jeremiah Dasey gave evidence of going to the house and being robbedof £5, a bottle of brandy, and some cigars.Evidence was also-given that defendants were continually loafing about the Phoenix and Shamrock hotels, and never did any work, The information against Crocker was withdrawn, and the other defendants were sent to gaol for twenty-one days with hard labor.
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| The Phoenix Hotel was on Hindley St, Adelaide and appears on the right in this 1851 sketch by S.T. Gill. |
In 1886 Louisa Buckley, born in Tasmania, aged "49" with 2 children, "enceinte" (pregnant?) was admitted to the Destitute Asylum in Adelaide. She was recorded as living in Currie St. West, occupation domestic duties.We can presume she died in the Destitute Asylum because she passed away on 4th January 1886, aged 56.
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| The Destitute Asylum, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide (left) next to the Mounted Police Barracks in 1868 |
At the time of her death, Mary Louisa had a mother, elderly but still living, a married daughter aged 38, a son, a man of property, aged 35 and a daughter aged 28 planning her own wedding on Kangaroo Island. Of the men whose children she had borne, Joseph Stone had a successful stevedoring business at Port Adelaide, Tom Clark a farm and a tribe of grandchildren on Kangaroo Island and Francis Buckley was missing, free of family commitments.
Sources
- Birth:
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- Mary Louisa Connor
- DOB 9th November 1830
- Father: John Connor, Seaman
- Mother: Jane Connor
- Place of Birth: Launceston, VDL
- Ref: Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St John, Launceston in the County of Cornwall, in the year 1834. Pg 46, entry #5764
- Per Tasmanian Names Index, Record#NAME_INDEXES:1083433
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- Groom: Joseph STONE, adult, single
- Bride: Mary Louisa CONNOR, minor, single
- Date: Feb 15, 1847
- Place: Holy Trinity Church Adelaide
- District: Adelaide
- Ref: 2/25
(Data courtesy SA Genealogy and Heraldry Society http://genealogysa.org.au) ALSO: from FamilyHistorySA.info - STONE / STOW Joseph,
- Mary Louisa CONNOR
- married 15 Feb 1847 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, aged adult, minor
- Birth of Mary Ann Stone: FamilyHistorySA.info:
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- STONE / STOW Joseph,
- Mary Louisa CONNOR,
- parents of child born 11 May 1848 named Mary Ann at Pt Adelaide
- Divorce proceedings Stone vs Stone and Clark - see article: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49826783
- Birth Date of Robert: [https://sites.google.com/site/cyclopediasa/home/robert-clark-1851-1932 Cyclopedia of South Australia - Robert Clark 1851-1932)
- Birth of Eliza Jane: Eliza Jane CLARKE, born March 08 1858
- Hearing re Marriage of Mary Ann Stone and Ezra Moore: "LAW AND CRIMINAL COURTS." South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) 30 November 1861: 3. Web. 13 May 2018 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50080691.
- Destitute Board: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39124201
- Birth of son John Buckley: Born: 1868, November 26, Father not named, Mother: Lewisa BUCKLEY @ (fmly) STONE (nee) CONNORS, Birth Place/Residence: Rapid Bay, Ref: District of Yankalilla 71/253 (Courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia)
- Death of son John Buckley: Date: 03 Jan 1869, Age: 7w, at Rapid Bay, Ref: Yankalilla 34/302A (courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia )
- Obituary Robert Clark: Penneshaw - Obituary 12 Nov 1932
- "Adoption" of Eliza Jane Mary Louisa's mother Jane Thompson and her husband William Thompson are buried in the Kingscote Cemetery. An inscription on Jane's grave reads: ::THOMPSON, Jane, nee Thomas of North Cape (Genealogist's Note: Jane Connor nee Thomas gave her name at her marriage as Jane Thomas), KI; Died 10 August 1904, aged 87 years, wife of William (1814-1884), who arrived on Kangaroo Island in 1835, and was associated with the early whaling industry, parents of Eliza Jane Sylvia Chapman." (1858-1952) (Genealogist's Note:This is Eliza Jane Clark, daughter of Mary Louisa Stone nee Connor and Tom Clark, so grandaughter of Jane Thompson) ; "Erected by her descendants; Unveiled 27 July 1996" Source: Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association.
- Marriage: Frank Laurence BUCKLER, bachelor aged 21 (born c. 1840) married Louisa Conner, spinster aged 24 [she was 31] on 14th January 1861 at the Registry Office, Port Elliot. Bride's father John Conner, Groom's father Samuel Buckler Reg. District: Encounter Bay, Book/Page: 45/369 (Courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia)
- Birth of Frank Buckler/Buckley: Frank BUCKLER was born on 8 April, 1863 to parents Frank Buckler/Buckley and Louisa Cannan/Connor of Encounter Bay Reg, District: Encounter Bay Book/Page: 29/26 (Courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia)
- Birth of Louisa Buckler/Buckley: Louisa BUCKLER was born 19th January, 1861 to parents Frank BUCKLER and Louisa Conner of Encounter Bay Reg. District: Encounter Bay Book/Page: 22/250 (Courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia)
- Admissions to Adelaide Hospital: South Australian State Archives, Doc #GRG 78/49: Admission registers - Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital, entries #386, #726, #739, #1577
- Admissions to Destitute Asylum: State Records of South Australia: Destitute Asylum Admissions 1870-1906 Vol2/#1.
- Death: Louisa BUCKLEY of Adelaide, wife of Francis Buckley, died 4th January 1886 at Adelaide. Age given as 49 years (she was 56) Reg. District: Adelaide Book/Page: 151/400 (Courtesy Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia)
- POLICE COURTS. (1873, December 16). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 3
- Prison Sentence: POLICE COURT—ADELAIDE. (1881, August 15). The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Record for the Adelaide Gaol is Vol G, p 231. Can be viewed on microfiche at State Records of South Australia, Cavan Rd, Gepps Cross.
- Desertion: BUCKLY Francis, 30 y. Deserted wife Louisa. Warrant issued Normanville. Supposed in QLD. Source: South Australia Police Gazette No 50, 15-12-1869, p 191
Research Notes
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- 2. A Mary Louisa Connor was one of seven young people confirmed at St Mary's Catholic Church, Morphett Vale, on January the 4th, 1846. This was the opening and dedication of the church, which was the southern-most Catholic Church in South Australia at the time. The subject of this profile would have been 15 years old. Historic Churches and Parishes of South Australia, No. 2 WILLUNGA— MORPHETT VALE ST. MARY'S, MORPHETT VALE Foundation Stone Laid 28-7-1845 Opened 4-1-1846 | ST. JOSEPH'S, WILLUNGA However, our Mary Louisa gave her religion as Church of England when admitted to hospital in the 1870s.
- 3. There was an Encounter Bay whaler called Frank Buckley. "A PIONEER OF YELKIE." Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) 10 March 1928: 56. Web. 13 May 2018 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165635082> but this man seems too young to be him. Subsequent newspaper reports note that a Mrs Louisa Buckley was in the Rapid Bay area 1865 and 1868.
- 4. In October 1861 the landlord, Fountain Inn was a Mr Thompson. See: "ENCOUNTER BAY." Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) 28 September 1861: 4 (Supplement to the Adelaide Observer.). Web. 13 May 2018 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158183168>.
- 5. The South Australian BDMs Database at GenealogySA has been searched for deaths under the following names:
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- Louisa Buckley - died 4 Jan 1886, married, aged 49? husband Francis Buckley. died at Adelaide. SA BDM shows this as Frank BUCKLER
- Mary Buckley - no possible candidates
- Mary Stone - died Adelaide 12/3/1911, married, b 1839 (too late I think)
- Mary Stone - born 1831, died 2/4/1880, widow, died in Norwood, no relative named
- Mary Connor - born 1820, died 12/4/1873 in Adelaide, no relative named, marital status not known. (This seems to be M. C. who came on the Thirteen.
- 6. John Harris Arrived on the Adelaide (Schooner) June 1835 and there is a photograph taken of him in Adelaide in 1841. [http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/projects/counterpoints/Proc_2002/A9.htm#_ftnref261 The Mysteries of Karta - Flinders Uni. Archaeology Dept.)
- 7. Re lead that Mary Louisa Connor came to Adelaide on the Thirteen. No, this was not her. Adelaide Hospital records say this Mary Connor was born in Galway, Ireland. See: Hospital Admissions Register A-E Entries #336 and 1122 and Entry #248 Register of Admissions Destitute Asylum A-C, State Records of South Australia In 1871 a Mary Connor aged 49, resident North Adelaide, who arrived on the ship Thirteen and lived by selling milk applied for admission to the Destitute Asylum. The record said she had 3 children.
- 8. A child, Francis Buckley, died aged 4 at "Rapid Bay, Second Valley" on 13th Jan 1868 (b. 1864) No relatives named. Ref: Yankalilla, Book/Page: 31/440 (No birth reg found for this child) No connection to Mary Louisa has been established.
- 9. The Shamrock Hotel: "There was also the notorious Shamrock Hotel (known also as the Colonel Light Hotel and the Heritage Hotel) in Light Square.. This hotel and its theatre where vaudeville shows were frequent, gained a notoriety that often attracted journalists. On 29 October 1877 one such reporter from the Register reminded readers that it was‘one of the lowest amongst the low public houses of the city where men and women had sunkto the level of brut es’ and without exception seemed to attract the worst types of loafers, prostitutes, andother well-known ‘Police Court habitues’. The Shamrock Hotel’s reputation was so poor that each year when the licence came up for renewal, there were always objections by outraged respectable locals toit continuing at all. But the police and Licensed Victuallers' Association believed the hotel played an important role in the city and it was allowed to exist. They explained through theLicensed Victuallers' Gazette of 12 March 1881 that We must have these classes of public-houses. The Shamrock Hotel does not aspire to be a select house of call, but a house of its description is an imperative necessity, and acts as a proper channel for the loose people of Light-square to keep to themselves. We do not desire to see the contaminating influence of the Shamrock habitues spread over the face of the city, and therefore, where a house is specially appropriated for the use of such characters, to seek to deprive it of its licence for permitting prostitutes to congregate is utterly absurd."
The City of Adelaide - A Thematic History, August 2006 McDougall & Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants 27 Sydenham Road, Norwood, South Australia 5067
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