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Sarah Maria <I>McNamara</I> Scullin

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Sarah Maria McNamara Scullin

Birth
Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia
Death
31 May 1962 (aged 82)
Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Add to Map
Plot
MGC-RC-Comp-NA-No-916
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Wife of The Honourable James Henry Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, of whom she married on 11 November 1907 in Ballarat Victoria Australia

Daughter of Michael McNamara and Sarah Elizabeth Simcocks

She was born in Ballarat, Victoria....her mother Sarah (nee Simcocks) was born in County Kerry, Ireland and her father Michael McNamara was born in County Clare, Ireland.
She married James Henry Scullin at St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat on 11 November 1907. They had no children.
When her husband became Prime Minister, they chose to live at the Hotel Canberra, rather than at the Prime Minister's Lodge, as an economy during the depression.
She was her husband's primary carer during periods of serious illness towards the end of his life. She was widowed on 28 January 1953. She died at their home at Park Avenue, Kew, aged 82.
Wife of The Honourable James Henry Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia, of whom she married on 11 November 1907 in Ballarat Victoria Australia

Daughter of Michael McNamara and Sarah Elizabeth Simcocks

She was born in Ballarat, Victoria....her mother Sarah (nee Simcocks) was born in County Kerry, Ireland and her father Michael McNamara was born in County Clare, Ireland.
She married James Henry Scullin at St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat on 11 November 1907. They had no children.
When her husband became Prime Minister, they chose to live at the Hotel Canberra, rather than at the Prime Minister's Lodge, as an economy during the depression.
She was her husband's primary carer during periods of serious illness towards the end of his life. She was widowed on 28 January 1953. She died at their home at Park Avenue, Kew, aged 82.


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  • Created by: Tony M.
  • Added: Oct 5, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153322668/sarah_maria-scullin: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Maria McNamara Scullin (21 Apr 1880–31 May 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 153322668, citing Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tony M. (contributor 48299134).