| Mary Nixon | |
 Mary Nixon in ca 1915. | |
| Birth: | 17 March 1871 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Death: | 10 May 1982 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Age: | 111 years, 54 days |
| Country: |  AUS
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Mary Daisy Nixon (née Mayfield; 17 March 1871 - 10 May 1982) was an Australian woman notable for her long life. She was born in Whitmore Square, Adelaide, South Australia on 17 March 1871 as the eldest of eight children to Thomas and Elizabeth Webber Mayfield. Her mother died when Mary was young and she helped her father rear her younger siblings.
She married Albert William Nixon in Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia on 16 December 1890, having given birth to her son Reginald a month prior. The couple had seven children in total. Mary worked as a laundress in North Adelaide and was widowed in 1945.
Mary Nixon attributed her longevity to eating plain food, working hard and having a close family.
She was blind from the age of 100 and died in North Adelaide, South Australia on 10 May 1982, aged 111 years, 54 days.
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| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Marija Ruljancich |