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Mary Bligh (Worden) Parker (1908 - 1989)

Mary Bligh Parker formerly Worden
Born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Mother of [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 81 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Mary Bligh Worden was born in New Zealand on 27 August 1908.[1] Her parents were Samuel Bligh Worden and Jane Ford.

Family notices in New Zealand newspapers reveal that this Worden family lived in Christchurch. Mary's mother died in Christchurch Hospital on 22 December 1917,[2] and her father died at his home in New Brighton on 7 May 1937.[3]

Mary married Edgar Gibb Parker on 6 October 1937.[4] Edgar was born in New Zealand on 23 December 1893, to parents named Robert and Fanny.[5]

Edgar Gibb Parker and Mary Bligh Parker are both buried in the Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch. Edgar died on 8 December 1974[6][7] and Mary died on 27 November 1989.[8][9]

Sources

  1. Births, deaths and marriages online: births search (New Zealand government records). Search for Mary Bligh Worden born between 27/08/1908 and 27/08/1908.
  2. Death of Jane Worden: Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17670, 24 December 1917, Page 1. Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa).
    WORDEN.—December 22, at the Christchurch Hospital, Jane, dearly loved wife of Samuel Bligh Worden, of Bexley Road South New Brighton; in her fifty-second year.
  3. Death of Samuel Bligh Worden: Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22087, 8 May 1937, Page 1. Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa).
    WORDEN.—May 7, 1937, at his residence, 281 Bexley road, New Brighton, Samuel Bligh, husband of the late Jane Worden, and also dearly loved father of Mary B. Worden.
  4. Births, deaths and marriages online: marriages search (New Zealand Government records). Search for Mary Bligh Worden with date of marriage between 06/10/1937 and 07/10/1937.
  5. Births, deaths and marriages online: births search (New Zealand government records). Search for Edgar Gibb Parker born between 23/12/1893 and 23/12/1893.
  6. Find A Grave Memorial no. 157107656. Find A Grave, database and images, https://www.findagrave.com, accessed 06 March 2020; memorial page for Edward Gibb Parker (unknown–8 Dec 1974); Bromley Cemetery, Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand; Maintained by Southern Man (contributor 48043025).
  7. Births, deaths and marriages online: deaths search (New Zealand Government records). Search for Edgar Gibb Parker with date of death between 08/12/1974 and 08/12/1974.
  8. Find A Grave Memorial no. 157107674. Find A Grave, database and images, https://www.findagrave.com, accessed 06 March 2020; memorial page for Mary Bligh Parker (unknown–27 Nov 1989); Bromley Cemetery, Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand; Maintained by Southern Man (contributor 48043025).
  9. Births, deaths and marriages online: deaths search (New Zealand Government records). Search for Mary Bligh Parker with date of death between 27/11/1989 and 27/11/1989.

Acknowledgements

  • This WikiTree profile was started through the import of Hambly2.ged on Dec 22, 2012 by Jayden Parker.




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