Born in Ballykeel, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Allen Duff
and Margaret Currie (Leighton) Duff
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
George Oswald Macdonald
— married
10 May 1928 in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Biography
Mary Allen Duff was born on 6 Mar 1903 in Ballykeel, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland, daughter of John Allen Duff and Margaret Currie (Leighton) Duff. Her birth was registered by Agnes Johnston of Ballykeel.[1]
In 1911 she was living in Ballystrudder, Islandmagee with her parents.[2]
On May 10th, 1928 Mary married George MacDonald[3]
Mary passed away on August 4th, 1986. She is interred in Islandmagee "New" Cemetery (Plot# A45-A46) with her husband George, and her Parents.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1903/01883/1732417.pdf
- ↑ 1911 Ireland Census http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Island_Magee/Ballystrudder/188276/
- ↑ General Register Office (Northern Ireland) M/1928/M1/1647/5/103 Mary Duff MacDonald 10th May 1928 Larne
- ↑ On Tranquil Land or Stormy Sea: Gravestone Inscriptions and Interments Islandmagee New Cemetery Co. Antrim 1925-2002. Published by the Larne Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society (2003)
- In Memory of MARGARET CURRIE (nee Leighton) Beloved wife of John Allen Duff Born 2nd March 1871 died 8th June 1947. The above JOHN ALLEN DUFF Born 19th May 1870 died 7th February 1950. Also their son-in-law GEORGE OSWALD MACDONALD (Master Mariner) Born Aug. 1895 - died Aug. 1972. Also a beloved wife and daughter MARY ALLEN MACDONALD Born 6th March 1903 died 4th August 1986.
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