• Born: Abt 1866, Co Sligo, Ireland
• Marriage (1): FUSSEN, George on 17 Jun 1890 in St Patrick's, RC Church, Grosvenor St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ¹
• Died: 13 Feb 1935, State Hospital, Newington, New South Wales, Australia aged about 69 ²
• Buried: 15 Feb 1935, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration: assisted immigrant 'Abyssinia', 24 Mar 1887, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ³ Ship: Abyssinia departed Plymouth
Name: McNIFFE [sic], Mary
Age: 23 [21?]
Occupation: Housework
Amount paid to Agent-General: £2
Native place: Sligo
Religion: RC
Read or Write: Yes
Relations in the colony: 3? Sydney

• Immigration: assisted immigrant 'Abyssinia', 24 Mar 1887, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ Ship: Abyssinia departed Plymouth
Name: McNIFFE [sic], Mary
Age: 23 [21?]
Occupation: Domestic Servant
Native place: Sligo
Religion: RC
Read or Write: Yes

Mary FUSSEN remembers her mother saying she had her 21st on the ship coming to Australia. Mary McNIEFF came to Australia with her sister Catherine RYAN, niece Mary RYAN, and nephews John and James RYAN.

• Residence: of Ebsworth Road, 1919, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 3 Ebsworth Road, East side, 1920, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 3 Ebsworth Road, 1923, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 3 Ebsworth Road, 1924, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 'Verona', Ebsworth Road, East side, 1925, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 25 Ebsworth Road, 1926, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 25 Ebsworth Road, 1927, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Residence: of 25 Ebsworth Road, 1929, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵

• Electoral Roll: of 'Verona', Ebsworth Road, 1930, Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵ householder

Mary married George FUSSEN, son of Peter FUSSEN and Françoise GENISE, on 17 Jun 1890 in St Patrick's, RC Church, Grosvenor St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (George FUSSEN was born on 19 May 1852 in Tours, France, died on 18 Jan 1926 in 25 Ebsworth Road, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁶ and was buried on 19 Jan 1926 in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: St Patrick's, 17 Jun 1890, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ¹ George FUSSEN, widower, gardener, aged 38, born France, parents - Peter FUSSEN & Françoise GENISE
Mary McNEIFF, spinster, house keeper, aged 26, born County Kerry, Ireland, parents - John McNEIFF & Winifred McNULTY [believed to be Co Sligo and not Kerry]
Usual place of residence for both: Sydney

• Marriage: St Patrick's, 17 Jun 1890, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷ Roman Catholic Church, Grosvenor Street
St Patrick's was built 1840-1844
Designed by John Broadbent, reworked by J F Hilly

• Marriage: by Fr Augustin Ginistry, 17 Jun 1890, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷ Fr Ginistry married George FUSSEN and Mary McNEIFF.
The Marist priests were at St Patrick's from 1868.
Fr Ginistry was assistant priest from 1881 to 1901 and returned in 1904 as Parish Priest.
Fr Ginistry was French - this was obvious as he wrote George's mother's name as "Françoise".