Mary Ann Aldersey
Aldersey’s father, Joseph, was considered a social leader amongst the small episcopal congregation of Dr. John Pye Smith.Aldersey joined the congregation as a member at the age of twenty-one and worked as the financial secretary of the Ladies’ Bible Association.In 1824, Robert Morrison moved to East London and taught English women who were interested in missionary work (usually as partners to their husbands)[2] to speak and read Chinese.The friendship that she forged with Maria eventually led to her inviting their orphaned teenage daughters to work with her in China.She retired to McLaren Vale, South Australia in 1861 and built a house (Tsong Gyiaou) named after a former preaching station.