Rosa Sara Matilda (Taylor) North (1912 - 1990)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Rosa was born 1912 in Salto, Uruguay.^[1] She was the daughter of a England-born New Zealander Ernest Taylor and the Argentinian Sara Hughes. With her parents she soon moved to New Zealand (where her father used to live) but in between she lived in such places as Córdoba Province, Argentina.

12 Chapel St

Once the family had moved to New Zealand their first family residence there was in Russell where they started living in a house in Chapel St after building it. There was a relatively short stint in Stratford and then the final move was to Whangarei. There it was first 6 Raumanga Valley Rd for many years, moving out probably soon after World War II. Then after a short period in a second, their final one, for many years was 67 Maunu Rd (address no longer exists). She married Willis North in 1936.^[2] She passed away in 1990 due to emphysema. She was cremated on 10 September 1990 and her ashes were interred in Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei - Maunu Ash Berm Block A Plot 590. AKA Rosa Sara Matilde Taylor.^[3][4][5]

Her mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is V (so passed to her through her maternal lineage). Confirmed by DNA tests of her nephew Melvan Driscoll.

Electoral Roll: Marsden, Northland, 1935 (Taylor), 1938, 1946, 1949, 1954,1957, 1963, 1969 Electoral Roll: Whangarei, 1972, 1978, 1981

Sources

1. ↑ "Uruguay, Índice del Registro Civil, 1900-1937", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG3N-75KP : 15 March 2018), Rosa Sara Matilde Taylor Hughes, 1912.
2. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of "Rosa Sara Matilda Taylor and "Willis Leslie John North". Date of marriage: 16 Dec 1936. Marriage Certificate 1936/12582.
3. ↑ Whangarei District Council Cemetery Search at https://www.wdc.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries/Cemetery-search
4. ↑ *Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183817172/rosa-sara_matilda-north: accessed 9 March 2023), memorial page for Rosa Sara Matilda Taylor North (4 Jul 1912–7 Sep 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183817172, citing Maunu Cemetery, Whangārei, Whangārei District, Northland, New Zealand; Maintained by Chris G (contributor 49162771).
5. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z6-LW22 : 29 November 2016), Rosa Sara Matilda North, died 07 Sep 1990; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Melvan Driscoll and his 1st cousin once removed (M.A.). Their most-recent common ancestors are the grandparents of MD and the great grandparents of MA and Ernest Taylor and Sara Taylor. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousins once removed, based on sharing 561 centimorgans across 26 DNA segments.