Born in Brushford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Blackmore
and Sarah Greenslade
Sister of
Martha Blackmore, Luvenia Blackmore, Thomas Greenslade Blackmore Sr, Sarah Blackmore, Susan Lord Blackmore, Henry William Blackmore and John E Blackmore Sr.
Wife of
Richard N Oliver
— married
15 Jan 1842 in Livingston, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Prudence Jane (Oliver) Johnson
Died
at about age 40
in Bruce Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Mary Ann Blackmore was born in 1820 in Brushford, Somerset, England to John Blackmore, a mason, and Sarah (Greenslade) Blackmore - she was christened on 17 Dec 1820 at St Nicholas' in Brushford.[1]
Mary and her family emigrated to the United States between 1832 and 1834 (based on the births of her siblings).
Mary Ann Blackmore married Richard Oliver on 15 Jan 1842 in Livingston County, Illinois.[2]
Mary and Richard had at least seven children:
- Prudence Jane (Oliver) Johnson (1844-)
- Sarah A (Oliver) Corbin (c1846-1916)
- Mary S Oliver (c1848-)
- John Oliver (c1852-)
- Elizabeth Oliver (c1854-)
- Henry Richard Oliver (1855-1925)
- Zillah Marie (Oliver) Scatterday (1857-1930) [wife of Henry Hayes Scatterday ]
In 1850 Mary A Olins [Oliver] (age 31) lived in Bruce, LaSalle County, Illinois with her husband Richard (35, Mason) and three daughters: Prudence J (6), Sarah A (5), and Mary S (3).[3]
Mary's husband passed away in 1859.
In 1860 Mary A Oliver (age 40, Farming) lived in Bruce Township with her seven children: Jane (16), Sarah (15), Mary (12), John (8), Elizabeth (6), Henry (5), and Maria (3).[4]
Mary Ann Oliver passed away on 14 Nov 1860, aged 40 years - she is buried at North Emery Green Cemetery in Kernan, LaSalle County.[5]
Sources
- ↑ FreeReg.org.uk Free UK Parish Registers - Baptism entry for Mary Ann BLACKMORE, 17 Dec 1820: https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58185de7e93790eca3f71bb3
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLC-X7K : 17 November 2020), Richard Oliver and Mary Ann Blackmore, 15 Jan 1842; citing Livingston, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,401,524.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R9-P2W : 4 April 2020), Mary A Olins in household of Richard Olins, Bruce, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing family 1259, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHZ-WXX : 11 November 2020), Marya Oliver, 1860.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74129647
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
Janet (Berry) Whitmore
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KS7809403 [compare], Ancestry member jan_whitmore
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~1.56%
Vicki Coates :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZG8806298 [compare], yourDNAportal VICedca44bd, Ancestry member vicki_langston
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