Mary Jane (Moore) Lee (abt. 1831 - 1900)

Born about 1831 in County Galway, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of George Wilson — married 1859 (to before 1867) in Victoria, Australia

Wife of William Lee — married 1867 in Australia

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1900 at about age 69 in Dunedin, New Zealand

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Biography

Mary Jane Moore was born at Galway^[1] 1831^[2]/1834^[3].

She was the daughter of John Moore. ^[1]

She emigrated from Ireland to Australia in 1853, four years after the death of her father. ^[2]

She married twice:

1. 1859 George Wilson. ^[4]
2. 1867 William Lee. ^{[citation needed]}

She emigrated from Australia to New Zealand. ^[2]

She went blind. ^[5]

Mary died at Dunedin, New Zealand, 09 June 1900. ^[1][3]

DNA

Paternal and Maternal relationship is confident based on a GEDmatch test match between John Mills GEDmatch T381683 and his 4th cousin Living Nisbet GEDmatch H748706. Their most-recent common ancestors are their third great grandparents John Moore & Margaret Joyce. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.7, based on sharing 21.7 cM across 1 half-match segments.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com, "New Zealand Death Index", Name: Mary Jane Lee, Death Date: Apr-May-Jun 1900, Registration Place: Dunedin, Auckland, New Zealand, Folio Number: 1186
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Descendant George Hawkins, http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=649567.0

   I am trying to find information about Mary Jane and Margaret Moore. They emigrated to Australia on the James L Bogart arriving Port Phillip in April 1853. Shipping transcripts say MJ born around 1831; Margaret around 1832. [...] MJ eventually came to NZ with her daughter and her daughter's family

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-WMZH : 4 January 2018), Mary Jane Lee, 1900; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1900/3239, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
4. ↑ Victoria Registry Births Deaths Marriages, Reg No 3662/1859, https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

   Index entry for George Wilson, Event: Marriages, Spouse: Jane Moore, Reg Year: 1859

5. ↑ Kaye Winter, cited by George Hawkins, The Moores of Galway, 2018.