NAA: A1, 1906/6686
Taddy, Mary
Digital copy - 7420
| Occupation as written | Hawker |
| Standardised occupation | DE13: Dealing - Unspecified dealers |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1906 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | A.H. |
| Date of approval or denial | 1 Mar 1906 |
| If rejected, why? | 'Syrian' |
| Birthplace as written | Beyrout, Asia Minor |
| Modern country | Lebanon |
| Age on application | 40 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 32 |
| Port of Departure | Beyond Asia Minor |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 1 Jan 1898 |
| Name of ship | Francis |
| Voyage | Francis Thorpe (1898-01-01) |
| Address in Australia | Mount Carmel |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 4 years |
| Previous address 1 | Rockhampton, Queensland - 6 months
Cairns, Queensland - 6 months
Mareeba, Queensland - 1 year |
| Address State | |
| Time at address | |
| Previous address 2 | Sydney |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 2 years |
| Previous address 3 | Melbourne |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 1 months |
| Married | Widow |
| Children | Yes |
2: sons residing in Asia Minor (aged 20 and 18) |
| Name of reference | Robert Love |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (Queensland) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | No |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Application and petition organised by Macdonnell, Henchman & Hannam, Solicitors and Public Notaries, Cairns, Queensland
Mary is refused naturalisation as she is a citizen of "Asia Minor" (Syria) and does not come within the act - see letters dated 1st March 1906 and 7th September 1906.
Approx 70 householders resident in the district of Mareeba and Mount Garnet, near Cairns, in the state of Queensland, sign a petition that Mary, who has been their "storekeeper" for the past five years and is of "irreproachable character" should be granted a certificate of naturalisation (see attached signatures).
There is no date of birth, so I could not establish how old she was.