Mary Ann (Hawthorne) Somerville (1882-1965)

Mary Ann (Minnie) Somerville formerly Hawthorne

Born 20 Jun 1882 in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Daughter of Robert Hawthorn and Mary Ann (McAuley) Hawthorn

Sister of James Allan Hawthorne, Robert Hawthorne, Henry White Hawthorne, John Hawthorne, Robert William Hawthorne, Martha (Hawthorne) Tong and Madeline Weena (Hawthorne) Robinson

Wife of Ernest Cecil Somerville — married 1909 in New Zealand

Descendants

Mother of Selwyn Harry Somerville, Una Leola (Somerville) de Ross, Ernest Cecil Somerville and Maureen Marjorie (Somerville) Greer

Died 7 Apr 1965 at age 82 in Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Mary was born in 1882 in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland, the daughter of Robert Hawthorn and Mary McAuley. Her birth was registered by Isabella Fleck of Ballymoney, Islandmagee.^[1] Mary was baptised on 17th July 1882 in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church.^[2]

In 1901 Mary Ann was living with her family at 232 Oldpark Road. She was an assistant grocer.^[3]

In 1908 she emigrated with her family to New Zealand and in 1909 she married Ernest Cecil Somerville in New Zealand.^[4]

Mary Ann passed away in 1965, age 82, in Sunshine North, Victoria, Australia^[5] and is interred in Footscray Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.^[6]

Sources

↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02775/2018716.pdf
↑ 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church Baptisms 1829-1914. Transcribed by the North of Ireland Family History Society www.nifhs.org.
↑ 1901 Ireland Census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Clifton/Old_Park_Road/962768/
↑ New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 accessed at ancestry.com on 12-May-2023
↑ https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Event:deaths Registration number7231 / 1965 Family name:SOMERVILLE Given name(s)Mary Ann De Place of event:Sunshine North, Australia Personal detail Mother's name<Unknown Family Name>, Mary Ann Mother's family name at birthMCCULLY Father's Name:<Unknown Family Name>, Hawthorne Robert
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207895123/mary-de_somerville: accessed 12 May 2023), memorial page for Mary De Somerville (unknown–9 Apr 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 207895123, citing Footscray General Cemetery, Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minnie 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 Minnie: