Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Herbert Alexander Macdonald
and Mary Jessie Woodhouse (Grigor) Macdonald
Sister of
Herbert Morell Macdonald
Wife of
Gerald Henry Nicholls
— married
1932 in New Zealand
Mother of
David Garwood Nicholls
Died
at age 79
in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
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Biography
Mary Clements Kay Macdonald was born in Invercargill, Southland, on 27 August 1895 to Mary Jessie Woodhouse (Grigor) Macdonald and Herbert Alexander Macdonald. She was always known as Kay.[1]
Kay married Gerard Henry Nicholls on 28 December 1932. Gerald was a widower with three children from his first marriage. Kay and Gerald had one child together. Kay became a hospital matron, but suffered from Alzheimer's in late life.[2]
Kay was widowed at age 79 on the death of her husband Gerard on 11 March 1975. She passed away just four months later on 13 July 1975 in Te Aroha at age 79.
Sources
- ↑ Information from Don Ferguson: https://www.fergusontree.com/p210.htm#i49
- ↑ Information from Don Ferguson: https://www.fergusontree.com/p210.htm#i49
- New Zealand BDM 1895/16973: Macdonald, Mary Clements Kay, born to Mary Jessie Woodhouse and Herbert Alexander
- New Zealand BDM 1932/4302 Mary Clements Kay Macdonald married Gerard Henry Nicholls
- New Zealand BDM 1975/43314 Nicholls, Mary Clements Kay, born 27 August 1895.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kay 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 Kay:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kay 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 Kay:
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Rejected matches › Mary MacDonald (1897-) › Mary MacDonald › Mary E MacDonald (1894-1990) › Mary Margaret (MacDonald) Beaton (1896-) › Mary MacDonald (1894-) › Mary (Macdonald) Hinds (1895-) › Mary Ann (MacDonald) Halton (1893-1971) › Mary Ann Sara (MacDonald) Connell (1894-1974) › Mary Edith (MacDonald) Doolittle (1895-1967) › Esther Mary (MacDonald) Maurer (1897-1991)
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