Born in Lymington, Tasmania, Australia
Daughter of James Bean
and Mary Ann Pocock
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Leonard Thomas Pluck
— married
1898 in Barrhill, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Gladys Pearl (Bean) Pluck, Florence May (Pluck) Ryde, Elsie Maude (Pluck) Bell, Lily Victoria Madelene (Pluck) O'Connell, Adelaide Rebecca (Pluck) Nelson, Percival William Leonard Pluck, Arthur Richard George Pluck, Sidney Albert Pluck, Christina Mona Pluck, Noline Decima Pluck, Raymond Bean Pluck, Eunice Mary Pluck and Rose (Pluck) Mitchell
Died
at age 61
in Rakaia, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Birth
Mary Flora Catherine was born on 13th September 1878 in Lymington, Tasmania.[1] Her parents were James Bean and Mary Ann (nee Pocock).
Marriage
She married Leonard Thomas Pluck in 1898 in Barrhill, New Zealand.[2]
Death
Mary died on 21 July1940.[3][4]
Probate
Her probate records show bequests that confirm the names of some of her children and other next of kin: [5]
Gladys Pearl Brewer (deceased), daughter
Florence May Ryde, daughter
Elsie Maude Bell, daughter
Adelaide Rebecca Nelson, daughter
Lilly Victoria Madeline O'Connell, daughter
Eunice May Santy, daughter
Rosina Grace Pluck, daughter
Doreen Loraine Pluck, granddaughter
Percival William Leonard Pluck, son
Arthur Richard George Pluck, son
Sydney Albert Pluck, son
Raymond Bean Pluck, son
Her estate was valued as £487 10s 9d.
Research Notes
Probate records show born in Evandale, Tasmania, but birth registration states Lymington.
Sources
- ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-23QP : 3 October 2018), Mary Flora Catherine Bean, 13 Sep 1878; citing Birth 13 Sep 1878, Morven, Tasmania, Australia, line #135744, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,121.
- ↑ New Zealand Marriage Index, Registration Number 1898/759
- ↑ New Zealand Death Index, Registration Number 1940/16380
- ↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR2-4N69 : 28 June 2018), Mary Pluck, 21 Jul 1940; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKYR-THBM : 28 May 2019), Mary Flora Catherine Pluck, 1940; citing , Wellington Probate Files [Second Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 1412, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 101273474.
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #184665393
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