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Marianne SWIRE (1830 - 1910)
Read Marianne's letter
to Philip, date unknown
Marianne SWIRE was the fourth daughter of Roger SWIRE and Frances Lydia COX. She
was born 24 March 1830 at Lenox Estate in Portland, Jamaica. Her birth is
recorded in the Portland Parish Register in Volume 1, Folio 271.
Marianne SWIRE was married on 16 January 1851 in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica
to Mark PLUES, a native of Yorkshire, England. He is believed to have been her
first cousin, and nephew to her father by the marriage of Hannah SWIRE (sister
of Roger SWIRE) and William PLUES.
Mark PLUES is listed in the 1851 Jamaica Almanac as a Lieutenant in the
Middlesex Regiment of Horse Militia.
Marianne SWIRE and Mark PLUES moved to the Melbourne area of Australia shortly
after their marriage.
They had at least seven children:
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Hannah Frances PLUES
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William Swire PLUES
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Unnamed child
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Elizabeth Emily PLUES
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Charles Markham PLUES
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Marian Catherine PLUES
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Edmund John James PLUES
Mark PLUES died in the Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia on 10 March 1863.
Marianne SWIRE PLUES died in Kew, Victoria, Australia on 18 August 1910. Both
are buried in the Boroondara Cemetery in Kew, Victoria, Australia, along with
four of their children. Their marker reads:
In Loving Memory Of
MARK PLUES who passed to the higher life 10th March 1863 aged 46
MARIANNE HIS WIFE 18th August 1910 aged 80
HANNAH FRANCES Oct 1851 - Apr 1924
ALSO THEIR SONS
WILLIAM SWIRE 23rd May 1874 aged 22
CHARLES MARKHAM 28th December 1900 aged 42
EDMUND JOHN JAMES 20th June 1878 aged 15
Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord for they
Rest from their labours and
Their works do follow them
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