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Mary Anne was the daughter of Major Jeremiah Wilkes Dewson and Elizabeth Kinsey, who were married in England in 1811.[1] She was born in Ireland where her father was stationed with his regiment.[2] Mary Anne married George Taylor Denison, a Toronto lawyer, landowner and militia officer, in 1838. [3] They raised a large family at their estate, "Rusholme," in west Toronto, Ontario.[4]

Mary Anne died in Toronto in 1900.[5]

Sources
1) "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX5W-W65 : accessed 5 December 2015), Jeremiah Dewson and Elizabeth Kinsey, 23 Oct 1811; citing Wombourn, Stafford, England, reference item 9 p 111; FHL microfilm 1,517,739.
2) Morgan, Henry J. (2013). Types of Canadian Women and of Women Who Are or Have Been Connected With Canada (Vol. 1). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1903)
3) Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church/Cathedral,York (Toronto), 1800 to 1896, as recorded in Landmarks of Toronto : a collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1837 and of Toronto from 1834 to [1914] ; volume 3, pp.395 ff., by John Ross Robertson 1894(includingbiographical notations on some individuals and families by J.R.R.) Source: Internet Archives Public Domain
4) David Gagan, “DENISON, GEORGE TAYLOR,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 5, 2015, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/denison_george_taylor_1816_73_10E.html.
5) "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6LY-GZH : accessed 5 December 2015), Mary Ann Denison, 25 Sep 1900; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1900 cn 3742, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,393.

See also:

O. A. Cooke, “DENISON, FREDERICK CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 5, 2015, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/denison_frederick_charles_12E.html.