Maria LEES

1832 - 1906  (73 years)

• Name	Maria LEES  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Aug 1832	South Creek, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 May 1906	Pennant Hills East, NSW, Australia   [3, 4]
  	Cause: Emphysema, Heart Failure
  Burial	30 May 1906	Methodist Section Rookwood Cemetery, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I12484	Tree001D
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	John LEES,   b. 19 Sep 1807, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 22 Dec 1848, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Ann BOLTON,   b. 13 Mar 1814, Agnes Banks, Richmond, NSW, Australia d. 22 Nov 1901, St Peters, NSW, Australia (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1830	Castlereagh, NSW, Australia   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F2337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gustavus Henry Francis WALLACE,   b. 1830, Australia d. Sep 1855, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1854	Wesleyan Church, Penrith, NSW, Australia   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Benjamin WALLACE,   b. 4 Oct 1856, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 13 Mar 1919, Burwood, NSW, Australia (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	John FLACK,   b. 30 Dec 1838, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire d. 15 Oct 1898, Lithgow, NSW, Australia (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1863	Penrith, NSW, Australia   [6, 7]
  Children	1. John Lees FLACK,   b. 21 Feb 1864, Lower Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 7 Aug 1943, Leeville, Mudgee, NSW, Australia (Age 79 years)   2. Mary Ann FLACK,   b. 26 Sep 1865, Lower Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 6 Jan 1926, Newtown, NSW, Australia (Age 60 years)   3. George FLACK,   b. 16 Feb 1868, Lower Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 17 May 1885, Mudgee, NSW, Australia (Age 17 years)   4. Willie FLACK,   b. 12 Jan 1870, Lower Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 1923, Mudgee, NSW, Australia (Age 52 years)   5. Frederick FLACK,   b. 31 Mar 1872, Mudgee, NSW, Australia d. 11 Aug 1931, Ashfield, NSW, Australia (Age 59 years)   6. Annie FLACK,   b. 21 May 1875, Mudgee, NSW, Australia d. 23 Jan 1960, Rockdale, NSW, Australia (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F4434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Maria Lees' grandfather John Lees was a private in the New South Wales Corp (Rum Corp) who settled in the Hawkesbury region on a land grant, and built the first Methodist Chapel in Australia in 1817. Her grandmother was Mary Stevens, convict Earl Cornwallis 1801. Her mother, Ann Bolton was the daughter of Robert Bolton, convict "Perseus"1802, life, and Ann SMITH, tried Brecon Great Sessions, 30 March 1802, 7 years, "Experiment" 1804. - Maria married Gustavus Wallace in 1854 and was a widow with a 7 year old son when she married John Flack in 1863. On Marriage Certificate of Maria and John Flack, Maria was shown as "Spinster" BIOGRAPHY: History of School in Western Post & Mudgee Newspaper October 29, 1862 From the fourteenth report of the Commissioners of National Education in New South Wales for the year 1861 - Mudgee Number on rolls - 111 boys, 90 girls. Average attendance 98 boys, 76girls. - Boys - This is an excellent schoolroom in very good repair. It is well furnished in every respect. The punctuality, regularity, cleanliness, and order are satisfactory. The school is skillfully governed. Its moral tone is very good. The subjects are appropriate. They accord with the Table of Minimum Attainments, which has been often reached and sometimes surpassed. The instruction is more effective, more calculated to produce satisfactory results, than I have hitherto known it to be. In point of extent and completeness the proficiency of the pupils is all that could be reasonably desired. - Girls - - The moral character of this school is all that could be reasonably desired. The subjects are appropriate, and a fair attempt has been made to carry them out to the extent required by the Table of Minimum Attainments. The methods are on the whole fair. Making allowance for the insufficiency of teaching power, as compared with the other departments of the Model School, the progress made is reasonably satisfactory. - Infants - There is a necessity for the building of a suitable infant school, as the present one does not suffice for the accommodation of the pupils. In all other respects it is very well organized. The moral tone of this school is extremely pleasing. Al the subjects proper to infant schools are well taught. The methods are highly appropriate, being well calculated to develop the mental faculties of the pupils. The progress made is, on the whole,satisfactory. - Source - "G&A Piper" grant.piper@bigpond.com AUS-NSW-PILLIGA-L Archivesto RootsWeb.com NSW Baptiems Castlereagh 09 Sep 1832 Maria Lees daughter of John and Ann

  
  

• Sources

  [S3365] Information from Ron and Joanne Flack. [S3189] Information from Noelene Williams. [S2276] David Rawsthorne, Information from "The Rawsthorne Family Tree", (14/3/2004). [S3056] findmypast.co.uk, Rookwood, Australia: Cemetery Transcription, Methodist Section 4 Row 30 Plot 2356. MARIA FLACK died 28 May 1906 aged 73 [est yob 73] relict of the late John Flack. Died at Pennant Hills. [S2276] David Rawsthorne, Information from "The Rawsthorne Family Tree", (14/3/2004). Witnesses: Charles Colless, Mary Ann Colless [S1397] NSW, Australia State Records, Registry of Marriages, Penrith. 2710/1863 John FLACK and Maria LEES [S3189] Information from Noelene Williams, Wesleyan Church. Witnesses were Robert Parsons, Esther Parsons.