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Thomas Roger Abernethy 1916 – 1991 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Jul 1916

Birth Location: Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Death Date: 12 Dec 1991

Death Location: Dunedin Hospital, Otago

Father: John ABERNETHY

Mother: Mary DRAKE

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Thomas Roger Abernethy was born in 1916 in Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, the child of John James Gear ABERNETHY and Mary Bridget Merryman (Polly) DRAKE. Thomas Roger Abernethy passed away in 1991 in Dunedin Hospital, Otago.

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Biography

  • Thomas Roger Abernethy was born in 1916 in Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, the child of John James Gear ABERNETHY and Mary Bridget Merryman (Polly) DRAKE.
  • Thomas Roger Abernethy passed away in 1991 in Dunedin Hospital, Otago.

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Thomas Abernethy's Ancestors

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Thomas Abernethy
1916 – 1991
Birth Place: Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Parents
John James Gear ABERNETHY
1865 – 1943
Ayres of Strome, Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland
Mary (Bridget Merryman (Polly)) DRAKE
1869 – 1963
<Whitness, Shet. Is., Scot.>
Grandparents
James (John) ABERNETHY
1846 – 1922
Sands, orkney and zetland
Margaret GAIR
1843 – 1917
Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
James DRAKE
1835 – 1916
Limekilns, Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth (Walton) LATHAM
1838 – 1914
Marsden Heights, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John ABERNETHY
1801 – 1871
Christina HENDERSON
1809 – 1892
Jeremiah GEAR
1816 – 1900
Ann ISBESTER
1820 – 1892
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Abernethy
1762 – 1841
Barbara Abernethy
1770 – 1810
Alexander Henderson
1775 –
Elizabeth Hanson
William GAIR
1787 – 1857
Margaret Isbister
1802 – 1865
Henry ISBISTER
1788 – 1841
Margaret Chappie
1790 – 1841

Thomas Abernethy's Timeline

2 Records

1916
05 Jul 1916
Birth of Thomas Roger Abernethy in Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
1991
12 Dec 1991
Age 75
Death of Thomas Roger Abernethy in Dunedin Hospital, Otago
Dunedin Hospital, Otago

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Jul 1916
    Event Place: Karitane, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Dec 1991
    Event Place: Dunedin Hospital, Otago

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