Born in Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand.
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Robertson Elder
and Lizzie Florance (Kurtain) Carr
Sister of
Eliza Elder, David Elder, Edna Elder, George Elder, Frederick Herbert Elder, Eunice Florence (Elder) Hercus, Andrew Greeley Elder, Rosa Belle Elder and Winifred Iris (Elder) Botting
Wife of
Robert Hill Gardyne
— married
1903 [location unknown]
Mother of
Edna Elizabeth Gardyne, George Robert Gardyne, Elsie Frances Gardyne, James William Gardyne, Gordon Leslie Gardyne, Albert John Gardyne, Andrew Gardyne, Ernest Paterson Gardyne and Alexander Gardyne
Died
at age 89
in Waikaka, Southland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Birth Registration: Second Quarter (April--June) 1879, Dunedin, Otago and Southland Districts, New Zealand. Registration Reference 1879/5451.
Marriage Registration: 1903. Registration Reference 1903/4652.
Death Registration: First Quarter (January--March) 1953, Gore, Southland District, New Zealand. Age at Time of Death: 74 Years. Registration Reference 1953/19425.
Following her death in 1953, May was interred in the Presbyterian Area of he Gore Public Cemetery. Her Age was stated as 74 Years.
Sources
Dunedin Public Library Genealogy Section, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand.
- Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family,
p875 New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934 New Zealand, Cemetery Records for Gore, Southland, New Zealand
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May 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 May:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May 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 May:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Courtney (Backholm) Carter-Smith 
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Anonymous Nagel
Elder-1728 and Elder-1672 appear to represent the same person because: same first name, last name, maiden name, birth year/location, death province/country.
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