"Conception" Mary Conception YAPPO / WALYA
Born 25 November 1879 in New Norcia, Western Australia [519]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick YAPPO and Mary TAINAN or DINAH [15] [519]
Baptised when just one day old at the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia on 26 November 1879 [519]
She had three Aboriginal grandparents and a grandfather from East Africa [471] [239: Tree 19]
Her father left her in the care of the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia from 19 October 1892 [519]
She appears to have remained at the mission in New Norcia until at least 1899 [519]
Married (1) "Harry" Henry WALLO, later known as Henry WALYA, in Three Springs in 1918 [15]
Harry had previously been married to her sister "Carmen" Mary Carmen YAPPO, who had died the previous year [15]
She is presumed to have resided with her husband in Carnamah until his death in 1929 [1]
Married (2) Samuel Alphonsus HILL in New Norcia in 1940 [15] [239: Tree 19]
She passed away from diabetes at the age of 60 years [471]
Died 16 August 1940; buried at the cemetery of the Moore River Native Settlement in Mogumber [471]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mary Conception Yappo / Walya' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 2 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mary-conception-yappo [reference list] |
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