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Mary Alcorn
Mary Alcorn (1866–1928) was an interior designer and business owner in Wellington, New Zealand.
==Early life==
Alcorn was born in Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island in 1866 to Samuel and Jane Alcorn (born Andrews). Samuel and Jane had emigrated to Dunedin from Ireland, married there in 1865, and then moved to the West Coast. She had seven younger siblings: Margaret, Ethel, Olive, Winifred, John, William and Kathleen.〔 Samuel was a draper in Hokitika but in 1874 the family moved to Wellington. Samuel bought property in the city on Lambton Quay opposite the department store Kirkcaldie & Stains. He opened a draper shop downstairs and the family lived upstairs.
The drapery business was successful, and the Alcorn children enjoyed a prosperous household with a governess and private schools. This life changed dramatically, however, in 1877 when a fire in the shop destroyed the business and killed a younger daughter of the family, Winifred, aged four.〔 The family moved to Ashburton and the children attended school there. Mary worked as a shop assistant after finishing her schooling.〔
Mary had a great love of music; she played the piano at concerts such as a Wakanui fundraising concert in 1893 and also sang in the church choir at the Ashburton Wesleyan Church. She and her sisters were also accomplished seamstresses, winning prizes at school competitions for their lacework, embroidery and crewelwork.
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