Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Read Welch
and Isabella Whitewood (Harper) Welch
Sister of
William James Welch, Emily Jane (Welch) Harding, Walter Whitewood Welch, Hugh Welch, Alice Welch and Ethel Maud (Welch) Murphy
Wife of
Henry Bannister
— married
1889 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Died
at age 84
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2014
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Biography
Mary Ann was born on 11 November 1863[1]. She was the daughter of James Read Welch and Isabella Whitewood Harper.
She married Henry Bannister on 4 December 1889[2]. They had three children.
- William Masters (1890 - 1976)
- Olive May (1892 - 1955)
- Elsie Rebecca (1893 - 1947)
She died on 11 March 1948 aged 84[3]. She was buried at Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton[4].
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Registration Accessed 29 Oct 2020
- 1863/10939 Welch Mary Ann Isabella James Read 11/11/1863
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Marriage Registration. Accessed 20 Jul 2020
- 1889/2964 Mary Ann Welch Henry Bannister 04/12/1889
- ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Death Registration. Accessed 29 Oct 2020
- 1948/25067 Bannister Mary Ann 84Y 11/03/1948
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 November 2020), memorial page for Mary Ann Welch Bannister (11 Nov 1863–11 Mar 1948), Find A Grave: Memorial #157267884, citing Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand ; Maintained by S. Melton (contributor 48360335) .
Acknowledgements
- Information from research undertaken by Jean Dickson
- Biography written by Margaret Allison
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DNA Connections
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:
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:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Margaret (Dickson) Allison 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CS2387251 [compare], Ancestry member marglbailey
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~1.56%
Heather (Malmo) Drew :
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~1.56%
Daryl Wrigley :
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~0.78%
Mark Darbyshire :
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