Laura was born in Hahndorf, South Australia on 19 April 1878.[1] The following birth notice was published in the South Australian newspaper, The Evening Journal, on 26 April 1878:[2]
PAIN.—On the 19th April, at Hahndorf, the wife of James Pain, Port Augusta, of a daughter.
Laura married Ernest Edgar Moody in Hamilton, South Australia on 6 February 1926.[3] The following marriage notice was published in the South Australian newspaper, The Register, on 17 April 1926:[4]
MOODY — PAIN. — On the 6th February, at St. Matthew's, Hamilton, by the Rev. J. Price, Edgar Moody, Light Brook, Hansborough, to Laura Martha Augusta Pain, The Acacias, Ambleside.
Laura died in Brighton, South Australia on 25 October 1957 at the age of 79 years.[5]
Laura was buried at the Kapunda General Cemetery in Kapunda, South Australia.[6][7]
Sources
↑ Genealogy SA, Online Database Search for Birth Registration, accessed 23 July 2022 (Subscription required to view full details of the above source), Search result follows -
Surname: PAIN,
Given Names: Laura Martha Auguste,
Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1878,
Gender: F,
Father: James Thomas PAIN,
Mother: Wilhelmine Auguste MAETZE,
Birth Residence: Hahndorf,
District: Nairne,
Book/Page: 200/63
↑ Genealogy SA, Online Database Search for Marriage Registration, accessed 23 July 2022 (Subscription required to view full details of the above source), Search result follows -
Groom Surname: MOODY,
Groom Given Names: Ernest Edgar,
Bride Surname: PAIN,
Bride Given Names: Laura Martha Augusta,
Marriage Date: 06-Feb-1926,
Marriage Place: St Matthews Hamilton,
Groom Age: 52,
Groom Marital Status: S,
Groom Father: David MOODY,
Bride Age: 47,
Bride Marital Status: S,
Bride Father: James Thomas PAIN,
District: Kapunda,
Book/Page: 306/368
↑ Genealogy SA, Online Database Search for Death Registration, accessed 23 July 2022 (Subscription required to view full details of the above source), Search result follows -
Surname: MOODY,
First Names: Laura Martha Augusta,
Death Date: 25-Oct-1957,
Age: 79,
Gender: F,
Marital Status: W,
Place of Death: Brighton,
Residence: Brighton,
Relative: Ernst Edgar MOODY [DH],
District: Adelaide,
Book/Page: 866/6550
↑ Genealogy SA, Online Search of 'South Australia Cemeteries' Database, accessed 23 July 2022 (Subscription required to view full details of the above source), Search result follows -
Surname: MOODY,
First Names: Laura Martha Augusta,
Death Date: 25-Oct-1957,
Burial Date: Not Recorded,
Age: 79,
Cemetery: Kapunda General Clare Road,
Relations: Not Recorded,
Notes: Not Recorded,
Source: Memorial Inscription,
Source 2: Not Recorded,
Photo: Not Recorded,
District Code: 12,
EventYear: 1957
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197309152/laura-martha-moody: accessed 23 July 2022), memorial page for Laura Martha Moody (unknown–25 Oct 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197309152, citing Kapunda Cemetery, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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