Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Whiting
and Eliza Johnstone (Walbourn) Whiting
Sister of
Caroline Eliza (Whiting) Norgrove, Edward James Whiting, Annie Laurie Whiting, George Whiting, Francis Whiting, Herbert Bushby Whiting, Thomas Walter Whiting, William Henry Whiting, Eleanor Amelia (Whiting) Tickle, Jane Annie Laurie (Whiting) McWalker and Arthur Horace Whiting
Wife of
Andrew John Compton
— married
8 Nov 1874 in St Paul's, Wellington, New Zealand
Descendants 
Died
at age 48
in Wellington, New Zealand
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Biography
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Mary Whiting was born in Tasmania to Edward Whiting and Eliza Walbourn. She sailed with her family in 1862 to Otago and spent her early childhood in Southland. Mary married in 1874, at St Paul's, Wellington to Andrew Compton of Boulcott Street Sawmills. Mary's health deteriorated in her last years and she died age 48 and is buried at Karori cemetery. CH of E PLOT 21 R.
Sources
- ancestry.com : a/lian birth index - reg no 670 - registration launceston,
- paperspast.natlib.govt.nz : Evening Post - 23/3/1903 - Personal matters - pg *5,
- mj.illangi.com,
- wcc.govt.nz : wellington cemetery search,
- nz bdm index
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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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~6.25%
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