Biography
Mary Ann Betts was born 1836 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom and died 9 April 1925 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. She married Ephraim Bunker (c1820-1887) 31 May 1852 in St. John's, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
She arrived in New South Wales in 1848 (on the Diana in 1849 with her parents as an assisted immigrant?).
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lydia Bunker (c1855-1939) | |||
| Harriet A Bunker (1858-1859) | |||
| Jessie Bunker (1859-1862) | |||
| William Bunker (1862-1938) | |||
| Ruth Bunker (1865-1950) | |||
| Caleb Bunker (c1867-1939) | 1867 Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia | 24 February 1939 107 Meeks Road, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia | Emily Susan Poll (1872-1940) |
| David George Bunker (1869-1926) | 1869 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 20 March 1926 Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia | Ada Lillian Christie (1874-1933) |
| Elizabeth A Bunker (1872-1912) | |||
| Ebenezer Ephraim Bunker (1874-1877) | |||
| Catherine Bunker (1878-1949) | |||
| Emma Maria Bunker (1880-1951) | 10 November 1880 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 30 May 1951 Belmore, New South Wales, Australia | William Thomas Irving (1875-1957) |
Obituary
The death occurred at Goulburn on Thursday last of Mrs. Mary Ann Bunker, formerly of Crookwell, who had resided with her daughter Mrs. W. T. Irving, now of Goulburn, for the past 21 years. The deceased lady was 89 years of age. She was born in Watford, England, in 1836, and came to Australia in 1848. She had resided in this locality ever since. The late Mrs. Bunker was well known and respected in the Crookwell district. She was the widow of Mr. Ephraim Bunker, who was a local preacher of the Methodist Connexion for many years and who predeceased her by over 37 years. She leaves 3 sons and 4 daughters, Mr. William Bunker, Wingello; Caleb, Marrickvlle; David, Crookwell, and Mesdames G. Hill, Mittagong; H. Sims, Milson's Point; A. Werritt, Picton; M. Moore, Campbelltown; W. Irving, Goulburn. There are forty grand-children, fifty-one great grand-children and one great great grandchild. The remains were conveyed by motor hearse from Goulburn to Crookwell, and, after a short service in the Methodist Church, were interred in that portion of the general cemetery, by the side of her late husband.
Footnotes (including sources)
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