Edith Mary Mellish [SEP] date of death
Edith Mellish
Edith Mary Mellish (10 March 1861 – 25 May 1922) was a New Zealand Anglican deaconess and nun. She was born in Pailles, Mauritius on 10 March 1861. Her father, Edward Mellish, was a banker and businessman, and she grew up in Mauritius, England, and Hong Kong. Her mother, Ellen Borrowes, died while she was a baby, and her father remarried twice. Mellish joined the St Andrew's Deaconess Community in London and was ordained deaconess in 1891 just after her 30th
Mellish
Mellish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Preston Mellish (1905–1930). A Canadian mathematician. Proved a generalization of Barbier's theorem.
- Bob Mellish, Baron Mellish (1913–1998), British Labour politician and Member of Parliament (MP)
- Charles Mellish (1737–1797), British MP
- David Batcheller Mellish (1831–1874), United States Representative from New York
- Edith Mary Mellish (1861–1922), New Zealand Anglican deaconess and nun
- Noel Mellish