Mary was born on December 25th, 1841. Mary's father was Nehemiah Curnock and her mother was Mary Whereat. Her paternal grandparents were Dennis Curnock and Ann Edgley Hopkins; her maternal grandfather was Joseph Whereat and her maternal grandmother is <Unknown>. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Nehemiah, Willie, Sara and Annie ?Ann. She was the third oldest of the five children. She died at the age of 5 on May 17th, 1847.