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Wihongi
,
Mary
Birth and Death Dates
1911-
Call Number
MSS
SC
1009
Material Type
Autobiography
Biography
Mary
Wihongi
was
born
July
16
,
1911
in
Russell
,
New
Zealand
to a
Scottish
father
and a
full-blooded
Maori
mother
. She
lived
a
somewhat
isolated
childhood
, but was
given
plenty
of
parental
love
and
care
. She
remembers
her
father
bringing
out
his
bagpipes
and
playing
for his
family
of
14
children
.
After
he
played
, the
whole
family
would
join
in
dancing
the
old
Scottish
dances
.
When
Mary
was
seven
, she
traveled
with
two
of her
sisters
who
were
school
teachers
so
that she
could
attend
school
. She
spent
five
years
with them and then
attended
Queen
Victoria
College
, a
special
school
for
Maori
girls
.
After
three
years
there she
became
a
school
teacher
herself
.
While
on
vacation
, she was
invited
to
attend
an
LDS
Christmas
program
, and
it
was there that she
first
met
her
future
husband
,
Patrick
Wihongi
.
Through
Patrick
,
Mary
was
slowly
introduced
to the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
: '
Patrick
would
take
me
to his
church
and
everything
seemed
to be
so
organized
and
so
many
people
seemed
to be
doing
things.
'
Although
her
family
opposed
it
,
Mary
and
Patrick
were
married
, and
Mary
eventually
joined
the
church
. They
frequently
invited
Elders
,
couple
missionaries
, and
mission
presidents
into their
home
.
When
her
children
were
young
,
Mary
took
on
relieving
teaching
at the
local
school
.
Once
the
war
broke
out
,
teachers
were
scarce
, and the
Education
Department
asked
her to
return
as a
full-time
teacher
. She
traveled
by
bus
,
bringing
her
two
children
,
ages
three
and
three
months
, with her.
Despite
her
workload
,
Mary
was
still
able
to
fulfill
her
church
callings
as
Branch
MIA
Councilor
,
Branch
Relief
Society
Councilor
, and
District
Assistant
Secretary
.
When
Patrick
was
called
on a
mission
to
supervise
the
church's
building
project
in
Hamilton
and to be
president
of
Huntly
Branch
,
Mary
came
along
and
taught
school
there. She was
active
in
organizing
church
balls
and
floorshows
,
which
were
popular
at the
time
and
helped
to
stimulate
people's
interest
in the
church
. Their
branch
also
held
dances
every
Saturday
for the
youth
, '
endeavoring
to
introduce
some
formal
dancing
and
keeping
Rock-n-Roll
dances
about
4
or
5
dances
apart.
'
Mary
was
active
in
family
history
;
although
her
family
members
would
never
let
her
discuss
the
gospel
with them, she
did
all
of their
temple
work
. In
1977
Mary
suffered
a
serious
heart
attack
, but she
lived
despite
being
told
several
times
by the
doctors
that she would
die
. Of this
experience
, she
said
that she was not
afraid
to
die
and that she
must
have
some
work
left
to
perform
. At the
time
Mary
wrote
the
biography
, in
1978
, she was
focusing
on
developing
stronger
relationships
with her
relatives
and
sharing
the
gospel
with them.
Abstract
This
collection
was
submitted
as
part
of the
Women's
History
Archives
at
Brigham
Young
University
.
Mary
said
of
being
asked
to
submit
her
life
story
, '
When
I
was
approached
I
was
overcome
with
awe
, to be
asked
to
fulfill
such
an
assignment
and
I
humbly
seek
my
Heavenly
Father's
guidance
enabling
me
to
submit
something
which
may
give
someone
as
much
pleasure
to
read
, as they
share
with
me
the
wonderful
42
yrs
.
I
have
experienced
since
I
joined
the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints.
' The
collection
includes
a
letter
to the
Women's
History
Archives
,
four
photographs
, and a
twelve-page
handwritten
autobiography
. The
photographs
are of
Mary
and
another
sister
at the
Sandiago
(San
Diego)
Zoo
in
1969
, of
Mary
in
front
of her
house
, of
Christmas
dinner
at their
house
with the
couple
missionaries
in
1966
, and of
three
grandchildren
with the
missionaries
after
Christmas
dinner
. In the
autobiography
Mary
focuses
primarily
on her
conversion
to the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
and how
it
has
affected
her
life
. She
does
not
give
specifics
such
as the
names
of her
parents
and
siblings
or the
dates
at
which
important
events
occurred
.
However
, she
does
go
into
detail
in
describing
the
good
upbringing
that her
parents
gave
her. She also
mentions
her
father-in-law
,
Henare
Pere
Wihongi
, with
admiration
. He was a
stalwart
man
who
helped
to
spread
the
gospel
in
New
Zealand
.
Culture
is
an
important
part
of
Mary's
autobiography
as
well
. She
mentions
the
challenge
of
creating
effective
church
leadership
for the
different
Polynesian
,
Maori
, and
European
peoples
in the
church
there.
One
experience
that
Mary
relates
in
great
detail
is
the
opportunity
she had to
attend
General
Conference
in
Salt
Lake
City
.
Patrick
was
invited
to
come
because
of his
leadership
positions
, and the
members
in their
branch
contributed
so
that
Mary
could
come
with him. They were
welcomed
to
Utah
by the
Elders
who
had
served
in their
area
, and
after
attending
General
Conference
they
traveled
through
Utah
,
Idaho
, and
California
,
attending
sessions
in as
many
temples
as they
could
.
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1848-1930
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