b. 1829
Mary Susannah Moody, wife of R. C. Moody, was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, the eldest
daughter of Joseph Hawks, a banker. She married
Richard Clement Moody in 1852, travelling with him to Malta in 1854 and Edinburgh in 1855, before moving
to
British Columbia in 1858. The Moodys had eleven children.
Jacqueline Gresko, Mrs. Moody's First Impressions of British Columbia, British Columbia Historical News 11, (April-June 1978): 6-9. BCPO 133.2.