Born about in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Mclachlan
and Lydia Matilda (Howgill) McLachlan
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Balfour
— married
18 Nov 1875 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wife of
Frederick George Ketley
— married
5 Oct 1909 in Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Emily Georgina Pearson, John Balfour, Lydia Matilda Balfour, Jessie Balfour, Charles Balfour and Ruby Alice (Balfour) Atkinson
Died about
at about age 65
in Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2021
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Biography
Mary (Mclachlan) Ketley was born in Woolwich, Kent, England.
Mary Emiline McLachlan was born on 23 Sep 1854 in Woolwich, Kent, England to parents Samuel McLachlan and Lydia Matilda Howgill.
Mary had a child with George Pearson named Emily Georgina Pearson 1872 in Inverness, Scotland. Emily Georgina was brought up by family in Nairn. She had 2 children and remained in Nairn with all the family. She died in 1920.
Mary married John Balfour on 18 Nov 1875 in Inverness, Scotland.[1]
Children: John, Jessie, Robert Brander, Charles, Walter James, Ruby Alice, Claude Frederick, Percival William, Arthur Howard.
They emigrated to Australia in 1883 with John, Jessie and Robert Brander. They arrived in South Australia on the four-masted ship 'Romsdal'
After her husband John died in 1907, Mary Emiline Balfour married Frederick George Ketley on the 5th of October 1909 in St Bartholomew's Church, Norwood, South Australia, Australia.[2]
She died on 19 Dec 1920 at Norwood, South Australia, Australia, and was buried on 21 Dec 1920 in the West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide, South Australia. [3][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1881 Scotland Census Inverness, Scotland; Mary E Balfour age 26 living with husband John, son John, daughter Jessie, sister-in-law Alice MacLachlan, and three boarders; wool merchant clerk's wife; ED: 7; Page: 9; Line: 20; Roll: cssct1881_28; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2007.
- ↑ Marriage: "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
South Australia-Marriages 1842-1916; Page number: 25; Volume Number: 241
Ancestry Record 1780 #5217321 (accessed 2 October 2022)
Mary Emiline Balfour marriage to Frederick George Kelley on 5 Oct 1909 in Norwood, South Australia. - ↑ South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages. DEATH: KETLEY, Mary Emiline - gender: F - district: Norwood - book/page: 442/532 - year of death: 1920. first accessed online from the GENEALOGY SA Online Database Search on the 3rd of October, 2022 at: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159840169/mary-emiline-ketley: accessed 05 October 2022), memorial page for Mary Emiline Ketley (unknown–21 Dec 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #159840169, citing West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia.
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Kristina (Voorhees) Adams
Kristina (Voorhees) Adams
McLachlan-608 and Mclachlan-1135 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birthdate and place. Same spouse (appears spouse needs merge also.)
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Rejected matches › Mary Miller (McLachlan) Menzies (abt.1852-)
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Categories: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia | Kent, Needs Birth Record | Nairne, South Australia | Australia, Immigrant Needs Voyage Category Added | Woolwich, Kent (London) | Norwood, South Australia