Mary Ellen (Buchanan) Laidlaw (1878 - 1948)

Born 1878 in Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Rowe — married 4 Mar 1896 (to 20 Jan 1924) in New Zealand

Wife of William John Telford — married 1 Jun 1926 (to 23 Sep 1933) in New Zealand

Wife of Robert Laidlaw — married after 1934 in New Zealand

Died 1948 at about age 70 in Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Nellie was born in 1878. She is the daughter of Neil Buchanan and Ann Burk.

She married Nicholas Rowe in 1896. No children from this marriage are known.

After Nicholas died in 1924, Nellie married WIlliam Telford in 1926. She later married Robert Laidlaw, who had been widowed in 1934.

Nellie died in 1948. She was buried in Rongotea with Nicholas.

Sources

• NZBDM records:
  • Birth: 1878/4095 Buchanan Mary Ellen Ann Neil
  • Marriage:
    • 1896/3907 Mary Ellen Buchanan, Nicholas Rowe
    • 1926/4875 Mary Ellen Lowe, William John Telford
    • 1935/3716 Mary Ellen Telford, Robert Laidlaw
  • Death: 1948/26614 Laidlaw Mary Ellen 69Y
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-6T7D : 27 November 2017), Mary Ellen Buchanan, 1878; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1878/4095, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-1574 : 4 October 2016), Nicholas Rowe and Mary Ellen Buchanan, 1896; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1896/3907, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.