The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameMary Jane McGurk
Birth1877
Death1965
Misc. Notes
Name from Lyn Trainer in papers received by post on 15 February 2019. Lyn is a grandson of James (Jim) Trainer b. 1874.

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2019:
1897/988. Bride: Mary Jane McGurk. Groom: Denis Joseph Francis Trainer

Full date of marriage of 24 May 1897 from further searching in May 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Thames Roll for 1900, found in June 2019:
Trainer, Mary Jane, Waiotahi, household duties, residential
Trainer, James, Waiotahi, miner, residential [Husband’s brother]
Trainor, Sophia Eliza, Waiotahi, Thames, domestic duties, residential [Husband’s brother’s wife]

Year of birth and death, from photo of Mary found online in January 2024.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2024. Perhaps she was not born in New Zealand?

A second marriage found in New Zealand BDM website in January 2024:
1909/2502. Bride: Mary Jane Trainer. Groom: Daniel O'Connell Ryan

Full date of marriage of 27 August 1909 from further searching in January 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

No verifiable record of death could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2024.
Spouses
Birth9 Feb 1870, Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Death12 May 1908, New Zealand
FatherEdward Owen (Owen) Trainor (ca1840-1875)
MotherAlice Hynes (ca1847-)
Marriage24 May 1897, New Zealand
ChildrenDorisey Helen (1898-)
 Cyril Joseph (1902-)
 Victor Lawrence (1904-1905)
Marriage27 Aug 1909, New Zealand
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