Born in Forest, Tasmania, Australia
Daughter of Robert Kay
and Elizabeth (Couper) Kay
Sister of
Jane (Kay) House, Janet (Kay) Smith, George Kay, David Kay, Robert Kay, James Ferguson Kay, David Cooper Kay, Albert Boyes Kay and John Ferguson Kay
Wife of
John Francis Coventry
— married
21 Sep 1870 in Forest, Tasmania, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Frank William Coventry, Un-named Male Coventry, Alice Jane Coventry, Mary Belinda (Coventry) Barnes, Ruth Selina Coventry, John Coventry, Annie Elizabeth (Coventry) Woolford, William James Coventry, Charles George Coventry, Alberta (Coventry) Dibbs, Esther (Coventry) Neno and Benjamin Coventry
Died
at age 63
in Ohura, Taranaki, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jun 2015
This page has been accessed 270 times.
Alice (Kay) Coventry migrated from Australia to New Zealand.
Biography
Alice was baptized in St Paul's, Stanley
Alice was born in Australia and married her husband, John Francis Coventry there. Her first three children (one whom did not survive and remained unnamed) were born in Australia. The family emigrated to New Zealand c.1875, twins Mary and Ruth were born in 1876, after the family arrived in New Zealand. Alice died in 1913, aged 63, in Mangaroa, Taranaki, NZ from diabetes. She is buried in the cemetery at Ohura, King Country, NZ; Row 13 (begins near big tree), Plot 141 (Fallen & Broken). Her granddaughter, Florence (daughter of John and Margaret Coventry), who died aged 4, is buried nearby in Plot 142.
They were pioneers of Waratah, Tasmania
Sources
- Trove: Family notices from The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tasmania) Wednesday 28 September 1870 - nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67114889
- Tas Marriage registration #345 -https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qu=Kay%2C&qu=alice
- NZ BDMs: Death #6401 - NZ Death Index 1848-1964, Folio #1921
- https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names -
- Tas Birth registration #529 -https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qu=Kay%2C&qu=Robert&rw=48&isd=true
Is Alice 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.
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 Alice 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 Alice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice 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 Alice:
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Jenny (Marthick) Gray 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jennygray447
-
~1.56%
Peter Cox :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Pcox66
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Forfur) Hay (abt.1849-) › Elizabeth Ann Kay (abt.1847-) › Alice Kay (1848-)
Featured National Park champion connections: Alice is 19 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 19 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 19 degrees from George Catlin, 20 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 27 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 18 degrees from George Grinnell, 26 degrees from Anton Kröller, 20 degrees from Stephen Mather, 15 degrees from Kara McKean, 21 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 30 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.