Mary (Blanch) Warby was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
Biography
Mary was born in 1828, the daughter of Edward & Maria Blanch. In 1838 she emigrated to Australia where she married James Warby and had 6 children James(d), Mary(d), Philadelphia(d), John, Thomas(d) and Sarah Ann.
The family (by now just James, Mary and 2 children John & Sarah) then emigrated to California in 1855 where William was born in San Bernadino in 1856. The same year they moved and settled in Beaver, Utah where Mary gave birth to 11 more children - Samuel, Isaac, Noah(d), Maryia(d), Joseph, James Henry, Maria, Matilda, George, Stephen Douglas and James Morgan(d). Note: A "(d)" after their name denotes they died in infancy.
By 1890 John, Sarah & William had died leaving Mary with just 8 children, Samuel (aged 31), Isaac (aged 29), Joseph (aged 26), James Henry (aged 24), Maria(aged 22), Matilda(aged 22), George(aged 20) and Stephen(aged 16).
Mary eventually died on 22 Oct 1915 in Manila, Daggett County, Utah, USA.
Sources
"Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCR-BL9 : 10 February 2018), James Warby and Mary Blanch, 10 Mar 1846; citing St. James, Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,956.
"Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch [1] transcribed: 9 March 2018. Mary Blanche, 6 Nov 1838; citing Ship Maitland, volume , Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,870.
Acknowledgements
Jennifer Gorton, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jennifer and others.
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DNA Connections
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: