Mary Ellen JARVIS


Birth date: 27 May 1904
Birth place: Meningie, South Australia, Australia
Death date: 16 May 1998
Death place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


From the book by Beryl Jarvis.
Edward and Mary (Malone) had one child, a daughter Mary Ellen born 27 May 1904 at the station property called “Waringee”. This was not their property. They had a small farming property near Meningie. After Edward died Mary Ellen went to boarding school at Mount Barker, later worked at the telephone exchange in Adelaide where she met Vinrace Howie

Mary Jarvis married to Vinrace Wilton Howie in 1922 . Vinrace was a farmer from Willunga. After the end of WWI they and their children moved to Nerang and ran a dairy under the land scheme for returned service men. This was near Lake Alexandrina.

Their children were :

Joan born 1923 married Nick Haskett 20 May 1944 and they had 5 children:
 Monica Joan b 12/1/1945
 Mary Bernadette b 29/10/1947
 Anthony James b 25/3/1953
 Claire Margaret b 17/11/1955
 Peter Damien b 21/5/1959

Ron b 1929 married Mary . They had 4 children :
 Mary Terese
 Bernard John
 Gerard Brenton Paul

Denise b married Pat Francis McNamara and they had 4 children :
 Angela
 Paul
 Catherine
 Bernard
 Ellen Maria
  Born 14 September, 1860 registered at Sheoak Hills Registrar.
  Above record shows she married John Mackerell Phillips on 5/10/1877.