Mary was born in Daylesford in 1877. She was the seventh and last child of John James and Jane Rowe. [1]
May married Alfred Herbert Dangerfield in 1904. [2]
May died at her home Simla, 27 Nicolson Street, Essendon, on the 16 May 1929. She was only 52 years old. [3][4]
Her funeral was held on the 17 May when she was buried at the Fawkner Cemetery. [5] Her plot is in Presbyterian D, Grave 3957. Her husband would be buried in this plot nearly 30 years later. [6]
Sources
↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 21 April 2020, birth registration 1979 / 1877 at Daylesford for Mary Ellen James, parents Ellen Jane Rowe and John James
↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 21 April 2020, marriage registration 6862 / 1904 for Mary Ellen James and Alfred Herbert Dangerfield
↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 21 April 2020, death registration 4981 / 1929 at Essendon for Mary Ellen Dangerfield, parents Eliza Rowe and John James
↑ The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, http://www.gmct.com.au/, Burial details for Mary Ellen Dangerfield
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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