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Mary Catherine Lay 1888–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Nov 1888

Birth Location: Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Death Date: 08 Jul 1968

Death Location: Southland, Invercargill

Father: Wilhelm Lay

Mother: Elizabeth Douglas

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Thomas Lay, Andrew Willis

The story of Mary Catherine Lay began in 1888 in Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Mary Catherine Lay had children including Andrew Willis, Catherine Mary Willis, Thomas Kane Lay. Mary Catherine Lay passed away in 1968 in Southland, Invercargill.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Catherine Lay began in 1888 in Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  • Mary Catherine Lay had children including Andrew Willis, Catherine Mary Willis, Thomas Kane Lay.
  • Mary Catherine Lay passed away in 1968 in Southland, Invercargill.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Lay's Ancestors

Self
Mary Lay
1888–1968
Birth Place: Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Parents
Wilhelm Gustav Georg Johannes Lay
1840–1897
Hamburg, Germany
Elizabeth Douglas
1860–1942
North East Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Grandparents
Robert Douglas
–1908
Scotland
Mary Wilson
1836–1905
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Charles Douglas
1812–1895
Catherine KENT
1807–1888
William WILSON
1812–1884
Isabella CAMPBELL
1815–1898
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert DOUGLAS
1785–1855
Jean Steedman
1780–1857
Mary Thomson
1789–

Mary Lay's Descendants

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Mary (Catherine) Lay (15 Nov 1888–08 Jul 1968)
  1. 1. Thomas (Kane) Lay 1911–1979
    1. 1. Marjorie (Helen) Gibb 1936–1996
    2. 2. Thomas Lay 1941–2018
  2. 2. Andrew Willis 1923–1974

Mary Lay's Timeline

2 Records

1888
15 Nov 1888
Birth of Mary Catherine Lay in Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
1968
08 Jul 1968
Age 80
Death of Mary Catherine Lay in Invercargill
Invercargill

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1888
    Event Place: Invercargill, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Jul 1968
    Event Place: Invercargill
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Southland, Invercargill
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

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