Born in Coolalie, New South Wales (Australia)
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Thomas Sheldrick
and Jane (Jeffs) Sheldrick
Sister of
William Sheldrick, Mary Jane Sheldrick, Alice Amelia Sheldrick, Louisa Sheldrick, Henry James Sheldrick, Walter Ernest Sheldrick, Alfred John Sheldrick, George Rupert Sheldrick, Amy Gertrude (Sheldrick) Wilesmith, Herbert Arthur Sheldrick, Lovell Roy Sheldrick, Leslie Gordon Sheldrick and Charles C Sheldrick
Wife of
John Joseph Reay
— married
1925 in Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Died
at age 94
in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
May Victoria Sheldrick was born on 24th May 1898 in Coolalie via Yass, New South Wales (Australia). She was the fourth surviving and youngest daughter of William Sheldrick and Jane Jeffs. [1] She was nineteen months old when New South Wales joined the other five British Colonies to federate as the Commonwealth of Australia.
When aged nineteen years, May had a daughter, Phyllis May in 1917 in Sydney [2] to Albert Cooper. [3]
May married John Reay in 1925 in Yass. [4] The couple had a son, William John (1927-), and a daughter, Olga (1933-).
Aged 94 years, May passed away on 27th October 1992 in Sydney's St George District, New South Wales. [5]
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth InDex #17679/1898
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #40672/1917; no father listed
- ↑ unsubstantiated family records
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #9130/1925
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #20636/1992; registered at Kogarah
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with May:
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~25.00%
50.00%
John Millen 
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Cheryl (Carmody) Ashdown :
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~3.12%
Sue (Sheldrick) Smith :
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