Born in Yerba Buena, San Fransisco, California
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Calvert Davis
and Elizabeth Ann (Yount) Sullivan
Sister of
Elizabeth E (Davis) Watson, John Calvert Davis, Charles Sullivan [half] and Georgina Frances (Sullivan) Jones [half]
Wife of
George Bucknall
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth Bucknall and Margaret E (Bucknall) Marriott
Died
at about age 83
in San Fransisco, California
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2015
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Biography
Mary (Davis) Bucknall was the daughter of Elizabeth Yount and John C. Davis. He father was born in England.
Mary was the first Anglo-American' child born in San Francisco, CA. (Information provided by Historian, Cecelia Setty.
In 1848 they moved to Grandfather George Yount's Caymus Ranch. They all spent time with Caymus Indians, a small tribe of the Mishewal Wappo, who lived in the Napa Valley.
In 1848 her natural Father John Davis died. Mother remarried and her baby step-brother "Charlie", died.
In 1850 she was engaged to be married and in 1853 she married Dr. George Bucknall in Germany. [1]
In 1870 US Census record for San Francisco, shows Jends (George) Bucknel, Mary E Bucknel of California, daughter Mary E Bucknel of Germany and Margt (Marie) E. Bucknel Marriott of France are all living in her stepfather's Eugene L. Sullivan home in Napa Valley. [2]
Mary died in 1929 and is buried in George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, Yountville, Napa County, California, USA [3]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92818790
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6R-BGP Census
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92818791 FAG
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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:
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