William
McMann
Born in Herbert, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of John McMann
and Margaret (Ranger) McMann
Brother of
Alexander (Ranger) Aitchison [half], John McMann, Elizabeth Mary (McMann) Watson, Isabella McMann, George McMann, Margaret May (McMann) Prentice and James McMann
Husband of
Lilian Annie (Ledgerton) McMann
— married
5 Feb 1921 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2014
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Biography
William, son of John McMann and Margaret Ranger. His birth was registered at Otepopo in July 1888.
He was employed as a abourer by R Grant of Georgetown and served with the Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
In 1916, William enlisted WWI, Army No 29558, rank Private. NZEF 12th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, NZRB. In October 1916 he embarked overseas with his unit on the troop ship Willochra. William served for 2 years overseas. He was wounded in action in October 1918 in France.
He also served with the Home Guard in WWII and on August 2 1942 was posted as Temporary Lieutenant, firstly with the Oamaru Battalion to command No 1 Herbert Platoon and then transferred to the Waihemo Battalion.
William married in 1921 to Lillian Ledgerton at Otepopo. Lillian passed away in 1954 aged 56.
William died in 1970 at Oamaru aged 82 and was buried on July 6 at Oamaru Old Cemetery. BLK 211 PLOT 37,38 Lillian is also buried there.
1888 Born in New Zealand[1]
1921 Married in New Zealand[2]
1970 Died in New Zealand[3]
Sources
- NZ Birth Folio 3053
- NZ Marriage Folio 2765
- NZ WWI Nominal Rolls, 1914-1918
- https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search?n=william+mcmann MILITARY INDEX
- Archives New Zealand: R10926492&digital+yes MILTARY RECORD
- ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Birth certificate 1888/5858
- ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Marriage certificate 1921/10019
- ↑ Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death certificate 1970/46291 aged 82Y
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Velma (Briscoe) Riddell
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