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Nancy Muriel Major 1916–1991 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 November 1916

Birth Location: Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand

Death Date: 16 July 1991

Death Location: Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

Father: Arthur Major

Mother: Dorothy Andersen

Spouse(s): John SHARPE

Children(s): Kenneth Sharpe, Ernest Sharpe

Nancy Muriel Major was born in 1916 in Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand, the child of Arthur Henry Major And Dorothy Elizabeth Andersen. Nancy Muriel Major married John Jack W Sharpe, and had children including Ernest Charles Tom Sharpe, Heather Muriel Sharpe, Kenneth John Sharpe, Nancy Elizabeth Sharpe. Nancy Muriel Major passed away in 1991 in Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Nancy Muriel Major was born in 1916 in Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand, the child of Arthur Henry Major And Dorothy Elizabeth Andersen.
  • Nancy Muriel Major married John Jack W Sharpe, and had children including Ernest Charles Tom Sharpe, Heather Muriel Sharpe, Kenneth John Sharpe, Nancy Elizabeth Sharpe.
  • Nancy Muriel Major passed away in 1991 in Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Nancy Major's Ancestors

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Nancy Major
1916–1991
Birth Place: Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Parents
Arthur Henry Major
1882–1960
Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
Dorothy (Elizabeth) Andersen
1884–1963
Horokiwi, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Grandparents
Henry (( James?)) Major
1836–1886
Chard, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Silk
1844–1910
Axminster, Devon, England
Johan (Julius (Frank)) Andersen
1854–1930
Frediksvarn, Vestfold, Norway
Harriett Fisher
1858–1947
New Zealand
Great-Grandparents
James Silk
1805–1868
Elizabeth Cranton
1803–1884
Anders Jensen
1811–
Birte Jacobsdr
1811–
Cornelius Fisher
1828–1914
Elizabeth Edwards
1832–1911
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Silk
1780–1826
Joan Gigg
1782–1823
James Fisher
1801–1876
Harriet 🧬
1803–1873

Nancy Major's Descendants

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Nancy (Muriel) Major (22 November 1916–16 July 1991) m. John ((Jack) W) SHARPE (19 May 1914–26 May 1981)
  1. 1. Kenneth ('John') Sharpe 1941–1971
  2. 2. Ernest (Charles (Tom)) Sharpe 1949–2009

Nancy Major's Timeline

2 Records

1916
22 November 1916
Birth of Nancy Muriel Major in Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
1991
16 July 1991
Age 75
Death of Nancy Muriel Major in Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 November 1916
    Event Place: Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] New Zealand, Birth Index, N/A - microfiche from a private collector; New Zealand; Birth Index, 1840-1950
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 July 1991
    Event Place: Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

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