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Margaret Jane WHITMORE 1868–1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1868

Birth Location: Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 22 SEP 1956

Death Location: Christchurch, New Zealand

Father: James WHITMORE

Mother: Margaret MOORE

Spouse(s): David NELSON

Children(s): Leslie Nelson, Gordon NELSON, Gilbert NELSON, Florence BURROW

Margaret Jane WHITMORE was born in 1868 in Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of James Whitmore And Margaret Moore. Margaret Jane WHITMORE married David Ferguson Nelson, and had children including Florence May Burrow, Gilbert John Nelson, Gordon Whitmore Nelson, Leslie James Ferguson Nelson. Margaret Jane WHITMORE passed away in 1956 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Margaret Jane WHITMORE was born in 1868 in Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of James Whitmore And Margaret Moore.
  • Margaret Jane WHITMORE married David Ferguson Nelson, and had children including Florence May Burrow, Gilbert John Nelson, Gordon Whitmore Nelson, Leslie James Ferguson Nelson.
  • Margaret Jane WHITMORE passed away in 1956 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret WHITMORE's Ancestors

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Margaret WHITMORE
1868–1956
Birth Place: Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
James WHITMORE
1831–1882
Painswick, Gloucestershire, England
Margaret MOORE
1835–1883
Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Grandparents
Charles WHITMORE
1810–1875
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England
Margaret WEBB
1809–1854
Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Mary BURSON
1803–1883
Great-Grandparents
William WHITMORE
1782–1847
John WEBB
1790–1858
Esther SMITH
1784–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John SMITH
1759–

Margaret WHITMORE's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane) WHITMORE (3 Aug 1868–22 SEP 1956) m. David (Ferguson) NELSON (29 December 1872–13 August 1935)
  1. 1. Leslie (James Ferguson) Nelson 1906–1995 m. Olive (Margaret (Olly)) WIGGINS 1909–1982 m. Rita (Jane) Nelson 1907–1986
    1. 1. Noeleen (Leslie) nelson 1940–2012 m. Ian (James (Ace)) McARTHUR 1939–2018
    2. 2. Shirley (Jean) NELSON 1936–1998 m. Ronald (Norman James) McCARROLL 1932–2007 m. Dudley ((Doug) John) DELANEY 1927–1999
    3. 3. Donald (Gordon Ferguson) NELSON 1936–1937
    4. 4. Gordon (David Lindsey) NELSON 1944–2002
    5. 5. Gwendoline (Margaret Sara) NELSON 1932–2013 m. Jan (Van) Duiven 1932–2003
    6. 6. Valeria (May Florence) NELSON 1933–2022
  2. 2. Gordon (Whitmore) NELSON 1897–1971 m. Mary PERCY 1899–1994
    1. 1. Alyth (McHardie) NELSON 1929–2019
  3. 3. Gilbert (John) NELSON 1899–1949
  4. 4. Florence (May) BURROW 1889–1942 m. Frank (Leonard) JENNINGS 1898–1976

Margaret WHITMORE's Timeline

3 Records

1868
3 Aug 1868
Birth of Margaret Jane WHITMORE in Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand
Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand
1956
22 Sep 1956
Age 88
Death of Margaret Jane WHITMORE in Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
1956
22 SEP 1956
Age 88
Death of Margaret Jane WHITMORE in Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1868
    Event Place: Kaiapoi Island, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1956
    Event Place: Wellington, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 SEP 1956
    Event Place: Christchurch, New Zealand

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