Mary HILL [919]

  General Notes:

1817 UK Birth 6 Jan Eton, Buckinghamshire
1879 92/402 SA Death RYDER Mary Joseph RYDER (H) Morphett Vale
Morphett Vale Scotch Cemetery; Burial Register RYDER Mary 62y; Plot 177

According to 1841 England Census Mary Ryder (nee Hill) was born about 1821 which would make her much younger than thought - indicates Mary 17-18y when married, however Census dates not always accurate.

Mary Ryder nee Hill's mother Susanna Hill, who was partially paralysed, lived with Joseph and Mary at King's Lynn from 1848 until they left for Australia in 1849.

South Australian Register Tuesday 24 July 1877
COUNCIL OF EDUCATION, Monday July 23
Mistresses- Mary Ryder, Noarlunga, from September 30; and Susannah Broadbent, Kangarilla, from June 30. Provisional Teachers:- Isabella Ryder, Noarlunga, from September 30; . . .

Victoria School:
Built in 1880, to replace the former Victoria school, the school building was built to service both the Morphett Vale and Hackham townships, hence its location between the two old townships. The building accommodates 60 children and was used as a school for 100 years before being converted to a library and its current use as a funeral parlour. The building is constructed of stone from Trott's Quarry with brick dressings and a corrugated iron roof. (Picture in photo gallery.)

Evening Journal (Adelaide) Monday 3 February 1879;
The South Australian Register Tuesday 4 February 1879;
The Express & Telegraph (Adelaide) 5 February 1879;
Adelaide Observer (SA) Saturday 8 February 1879;
The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) Monday 24 February 1879
Death Notice:
RYDER. On the 1st February, at Victoria School, Morphett Vale, of paralysis, Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Ryder, public teacher, aged 62 years.

  Research Notes:

University Library of South Australia
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/condon/teachers/Teachers.asp?TeacherID=1496
Teacher ID: 1496
Teacher number:
Name: RYDER, Mary
Rank Appointed : School Appointed : Service Year : Inspection Date
SM Noarlunga 1876 DEC 1876
SM Noarlunga 1877 DEC 1877

  Medical Notes:

Paralysis

  Other Records

• Occupation: Milliner & Dressmaker, Abt 1838, Possibly From Home. Customers were upper servants of the Castle and other ladies and soon employed 3 young women.

• Census: England, 6 Jun 1841, Victoria St, New Windsor, BRK. Mary is recorded as age 20 not born in Berkshire.

• Photograph: Victoria School, 1876, Morphett Vale, South Australia.

• Record: Teacher, 1876-1877, Noarlunga South Australia.

• Death: Certificate, 1879, Morphett Vale, South Australia. 1 Feb 1879

Mary married Joseph RYDER [918] [MRIN: 302], son of William RYDER [934] and Nancy BOND [935], on 22 Oct 1838 in Independent Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England. (Joseph RYDER [918] was born on 31 Jul 1816 in Upton cum Chalvey, Bucks, England, baptised on 28 Aug 1816 in William Street Ind-NC Church, New Windsor, England, died on 23 Oct 1892 in Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia and was buried on 25 Oct 1892 in Morphett Vale Scotch Cemetery, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1838 UK Marriage ceremony performed by Rev J Stoughton