Matilda Emily "Emily" Davis was born 27 Dec 1872, probably at Terara, NSW. She was the daughter of George Henry Davis and Mary Carmody.[1]
She married Murdoch Alexander McDonald at Glebe, NSW, in 1894.[2]
She died at her home in Hurlstone Park on 9 May 1954,[3][4] and was buried in the Rookwood Catholic Cemetery.[5]
Sources
↑ NSW BDM: Birth 18473/1873. Registered at Shoalhaven. Exact date and location from a tree held by the Shoalhaven Family History Society, compiler unknown.
↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jul 2023), Index entry for MURDOCK MCDONALD and MATILDA E J DAVIS; District: GLEBE; Registration Number: 3639/1894
↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jul 2023), Index entry for MCDONALD MATILDA EMILY; Parents: GEORGE & MARY; District: MARRICKVILLE; Registration Number: 10090/1954
↑ Advertising (1954, May 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18434387 MCDONALD, Matilda Emily. -May 9 1954, at her residence, 4 Clargo Street Hurlstone Park, widow of the late Murdoch Alexander McDonald, and loved mother of Vera (Mrs Hobson), Jack, Rene, James (deceased), Marjorie (Mrs Splatt), Edna (Mrs Downer), Jessie (Mrs Wren), Beryl (Mrs Ballard), Jean (Mrs Illingworth), and Harry. At rest.
↑ Family Notices (1954, May 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 22. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18430534 McDONALD.—The Relatives and Friends of the Family of the late MATILDA EMILY McDONALD are invited to attend her Funeral; to leave our Private Chapel, 435 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill, This Afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, for the Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood.
Is Emily your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily 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 Emily: