Mary Shearer^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1967  (88 years)

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• Name	Mary Shearer
  Birth	22 Aug 1878	Adelaide,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa.,   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 May 1967	King William's Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa.,   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I485	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026 | Edit

  
  

  Father	Rev. Thomas Shearer,   b. Abt 1846, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., d. 9 May 1909, Portobello,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Helen "Nellie" Lundie,   b. 14 Jun 1851, Coupar Angus,County Angus,Scotland., d. 15 Dec 1932, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1873	Auchterarder,Perthshire,Scotland.,   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. William Stuart, M.A.,   b. 12 Apr 1854, Tarland,Aberdeenshire,Scotland., d. 23 Oct 1930, King William's Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1905	Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa.,   [7]
  Children	1. Helen Mary Stuart,   b. 23 Jan 1906   d. 18 Jul 1920, King William's Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., (Age 14 years)   2. Thomas "Tom" Shearer Stuart,   b. 20 Apr 1907   d. Aft 1960 (Age 53 years)   3. James "Hamish" Tasker Stuart,   b. 28 May 1909, Burnshill,Eastern Cape,South Africa d. 1 Jan 1977, Kidd's Beach,Cape,South Africa., (Age 67 years)   4. Jean Grant Stuart,   b. 12 Nov 1911   5. Marjory Wilson Stuart,   b. 8 Jan 1914, ,,South Africa.,   6. Mavis Roberta Stuart,   b. 1 Oct 1915, Burnshill,Eastern Cape,South Africa d. 16 Oct 1982 (Age 67 years)   7. William "Grant" Grant Stuart,   b. 9 Mar 1918, King William's Town,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., d. 8 Nov 1964, Umtata,Transkei,Cape,South Africa., (Age 46 years)   8. Mary Stuart,   b. 9 Dec 1920   d. 19 Mar 2001 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE «b»1891 Scotland Census about Mary Shearer Name: Mary Shearer «/b» Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Relationship: Neice «b»(Niece)«/b» Gender: Female Where born: Colony, Cape of Good Hope Registration Number: 685/4 Registration district: St Giles Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: No 3 Glengyle Ter Occupation: Scholar ED: 83 Page: 2 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 10 Line: 17 Roll: CSSCT1891_352 Household Members: Name Age Catherine P Begg 31 Mary Lunda 65 William Lunda 36 William H Lunda 69 Jessie Lundie 27 Mary R Rop 17 Agnes Shearer 7 Helen Shearer 39 James Shearer 5 Mary Shearer 12 Thomas Shearer 45 Thomas Shearer 9 William Shearer 14 Source Citation: Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 83; Line: 17; Year: 1891. Mary Shearer was the second wife of the Rev Stuart who was for many years a missionary at Burnshill, not far from Tarkastad before moving to King Williams Town From Phillipa Day: Her mother [Helen Lundie] visited her several times from Scotland, where she lived with the Purveses.

  
  

• Sources

  [S304] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 83; Line: 17; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S1065] 1891 Scottish Census, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 83; Line: 17; Year: 1891. (Reliability: 3). [S455] Stuart, Donald, Stuart, Donald, E-mail, > (Reliability: 3). [S455] Stuart, Donald, Stuart, Donald, E-mail, 21 Sept 2011>, "Shearer/Stuart families," (Reliability: 3). [S31] Scotland. Statutory Marriages., 329 /00 0021 (Reliability: 3). [S966] Scotland. Statutory Marriages., 329 /00 0021 (Reliability: 3). [S34] Ed Rev. John Alexander Lans, FASTI of the United Free Church, (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1956.), p557 Entry for William Stuart (Reliability: 3).