Mary Jane (Wray) Taylor (abt. 1857 - 1918)

Born about 1857 in Ballybulgan, County Donegal, Ireland

Wife of Samuel Taylor — married 19 Apr 1877 in Drumholm, County Donegal, Ireland

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1918 at about age 61 in Mosgiel, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Mary was born about 1857-58. She and Sarah are likely to have emigrated to New Zealand in 1880-81, arriving at Port Chalmers aboard the Canterbury in January 1881. Samuel emigrated separately and they settled in Mosgiel where Samuel worked as a carter.

Mary Jane passed away in Mure Street, Mosgiel in 1918^[1] and is buried at East Taieri cemetery.^[2] Her probate records indicate she was born in Donegal, Ireland.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Evening Star, Issue 19039, 7 September 1925, Page 6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19250907.2.69, accessed 9 June 2021.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 December 2019), memorial page for Mary Jane Taylor (1860–5 Sep 1918), Find A Grave Memorial no. 199797004, citing East Taieri Cemetery, Mosgiel, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand ; Maintained by JjH (contributor 48491654) .
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9L6-S8PJ?cc=1865481&wc=4BJ3-8M5%3A1291146802%2C1291148802 : 15 October 2015), Dunedin Court > Probate records 1918 P5058/18-P6036/18 > image 852 of 962; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.

• "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR3B-Z5S : 10 February 2018), Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, 14 Mar 1880; citing Meencargagh, Donegal, Ireland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 256,044.