Mary Grace

Mary Grace was a resident of Redan, c.1916.

History
Mary Ethel Grace was born in Ballarat East in 1901, the daughter of James Grace and Elizabeth "Libby" McKee.

In December 1916 Mary wrote to the "Australian Worker" newspaper seeking a pen-friend: "Mary Grace, 901 Pleasant-street, Redan, Ballarat South, V.: I am 15 years of age and go to a commercial college. I would like some boy or girl from another State to write to me."

In the 1927 electoral roll she is listed as still living at home at 901 Pleasant Street and working as a dressmaker.

She married John William Gove in Victoria in 1930. John was a bicycle mechanic, running his business from their home in Brougham Street, Ballarat. Their son Bill continued the bicycle business as Gove Cycles until 2010 with a store in Doveton Street. After Bill's retirement in 2010, Arthur and Sharine Shaw bought the business, added a cafe and reopened in November 2012, as Gove Cycles and Bike Rack Cafe.

Mary died in July 1990 and is buried in the Ballarat New Cemetery, Roman Catholic A, Section 24, Grave 14.