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- 1934 (Creation)
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Mary Stuart was born on 23 June 1886 at Shirenewton, Monmouth, the daughter of Alfred Donald Stuart, a mercantile clerk, and his wife Emily. On 15 July 1912 she married John Armstrong Hughes, a clerk in Holy orders.
Mary Hughes came to York aged 38 when her husband, John, became warden of the St Mary's Educational Settlement. After leaving York she accompanied her husband to America, where he served as warden at Pendle Hill. During her time in York she worked with refugee groups in the city, and was a member of the York Refugee Committee.
After the death of her husband in 1942 she came back to York and lived with her daugher in New Earswick. Later they moved to Kirby Moorside in the Yorkshire Moors, before later returning to live in New Earswick.
Mary Hughes died on 20 April 1955 at The Retreat, York, aged 68.
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Letters from Mary Hughes to Barbara 'Barbie' Hughes sent from Pennsylvania, USA. Letters include information on religious life in the USA and at Pendle Hill, Quaker Graduate Centre for Religious and Social Study. Also includes notes entitled 'Memories of New England', letters from Barbara to Mary and a sketch by Mary of her room at Pendle Hill.
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- English