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Mary Ann (Blanchard) Downs (1866 - 1934)

Mary Ann Downs formerly Blanchard aka Lovell, Loftus
Born in Ashby, Lincolnshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 1885 (to Aug 1903) in New Plymouth, New Zealandmap
Wife of — married Jun 1913 in New Zealandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at about age 68 in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

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Mary was born in 1866.[1] She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Blanchard who were living in Ashby, Lincolnshire with children Emiley, David and George E. at the 1871 census.[2]

Mary, Emma, David, George Edward, John Charles, Kate and their parents emigrated to Nw Plymouth, New Zealand aboard the Chile in 1875.[3]

She had a daughter, Clara, in 1884.

Mary married Thomas Spicer Lovell, a widower, in 1885.[4] The children of Thomas and Mary Ann were:

  1. Hester Violet Lovell (1886– ) .
  2. Frederick Thomas Benjamin Lovell (1887–1889) .
  3. Alfred Spicer Lovell (1889–1889) .
  4. Norman Victor Lovell (1890–1975) .
  5. Sydney Roy Lovell (1891–1975) .
  6. Ernest Albert Lovell (1892–1953)

After Thomas's death in 1903, Mary married Thomas Loftus in March 1906.[5] This marriage ended in divorce in 1913.[6] There were no children of this marriage.

Mary then married John Downs in June 1913.[7]

She passed away in 1935.[8] She may be buried in Te Henui Cemetery.[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X9L-2FG : 1 October 2014), Mary A Blanchard, 1866; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB8K-VZS : 8 December 2017), Mary A Blanchard in entry for George Blanchard, 1871.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSYY-G6V : 10 August 2017), Mary Blanchard, 26 Sep 1875; citing ship Chile, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
  4. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1885/1156 Mary Anne Blanchard and Thomas Spicer Lovell
  5. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1906/1897 Mary Ann Lovell and Thomas Loftus
  6. ↑ SUPREME COURT., Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144042, 11 March 1913
  7. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1913/5451 Mary Ann Lovell and John Downs
  8. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Death: 1935/13581 Downs Mary Ann 68Y
  9. ↑ New Plymouth District Council




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McNabb-412 Matt McNabb
1922 electoral roll Taranaki - Norman Victor Lovell, 200 Devon Street West, printer; also Mary Ann Downs 200 (or possibly 209 - smudged) Devon Street West, married

Archives New Zealand: R14561984 John Downs d. 15 Sep 1919 New Plymouth, will names Mary Ann Downs as wife

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edited by Matt McNabb

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