Paul March Gidney first married Mary Ann Maxwell in 1848 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] She died in childbirth after their fifth child, Paul March Gidney, Jr. was born in May 1856. Their Children include:
William Harrison Gidney
Mary Ann Gidney
Catherine Ann (Gidney) Jones
Thomas Francis Gidney
Paul March Gidney Jr.
She appears in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census in his husband's household. Present are (Household, Role, Gender, Age, Birthplace)[2]:
Mary Ann Maxwell is on a passenger list from 1834 that would make her 13 at the time. This Mary Ann came with her mother Mrs. Maxwell, brother William, James, and sisters Ellen and Elizabeth. - check location of this. Mary Ann was in Montreal in 1848.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (FamilySearch.org: 9 November 2014), William H Gedney in household of Ball Gedney, Boston, ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 434, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, (FamilySearch.org: 10 December 2014), Gidney in entry for Mary A. M. Maxwell Gidney, 27 Jul 1856; citing , reference 2173; FHL microfilm 593,721.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary: