Mary
Douglas
Gillies
Born in Greymouth, Grey, West Coast, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Douglas Gillies
and Alice Orindo (Wickes) Gillies
Sister of
Alice Jean (Gillies) Lamb
Died
at age 74
in Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2019
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Biography
Mary was born in 1915. She was the second and youngest daughter of James Gillies and Alice Wickes.
She was bridesmaid for her sister Alice's wedding in 1937. [1] Mary never married.
In 1939 Mary sailed to England. War had broken out and during her time there she assisted at the Woodlarks Hospital in Farnham, Surrey.
She passed away in 1990 aged 74. Ashes burial at Manakau Memorial Gardens.
Sources
- ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1OWkgxOTM3MTAyOC4yLjUuNCZjb2xvcj0zMiZleHQ9Z2lmJmFyZWE9MSYmd2lkdGg9NzAw IMAGE
- 1990/44721 Gillies Mary Douglas 29 November 1915 DEATH
- 1915/25943 Gillies Mary Douglas Alice Orindo James Douglas BIRTH
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1OWkgxOTQwMDkwMy4yLjEwOS4zJmNvbG9yPTMyJmV4dD1naWYmYXJlYT04JiZ3aWR0aD00MTQ= NZ Herald 3/09/1940 RETURN TO NZ Out of copyright
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1OWkgxOTQwMDkwMy4yLjEwOS4yJmNvbG9yPTMyJmV4dD1naWYmYXJlYT0yJiZ3aWR0aD00MTc= NZ Herald 3/9/1940 WOODLARKS Out of copyright
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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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~1.56%
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