Susannah
Gould
Lightbourn
Born in Nassau, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Sister of
Mary Matilda (Lightbourn) Bethell, Olivia Ann (Lightbourn) Coleman, Walter Lightbourn, Caroline Lightbourn, Emma Frederica Lightbourn and Sarah Elizabeth Lightbourn
Wife of
John Cornelius McPherson
— married
28 Nov 1843 in Nassau, Bahamas
Descendants 
Mother of
Emma Olivia Frances (McPherson) Bethell, Frederick John Evan McPherson, Ernest Walter Taylor McPherson and Marian Louise (McPherson) Page
Died
at age 85
in Nassau, Bahamas
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Susannah Lightbourn is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Susannah Gould Lightbourn was born in 1825 in Nassau, Bahamas to Walter Gould Hinson Lightbourn and Mary Frances Outten Meares Lightbourn.
She married John Cornelius McPherson, son of Lt. Thomas McPherson and Elizabeth Woodward Meares McPherson, 28 May 1843 in Nassau. The couple had children - among them Mary Richardson, Emma Olivia, Frederick John, Ernest Walter Taylor, Marian Louise, and Charles Arthur McPherson.
John C McPherson served in the 2nd West India Regiment. He and Susannah lived for a time in Jamaica where their daughter Emma Olivia was born.
Later in her husband's life, he became a schoolmaster.
Susannah Lightbourn McPherson died in Nassau, Bahamas in 1911 at 86 years of age. She is buried with her husband in the Parish of Saint Mary The Virgin Church Cemetery in Nassau.
Sources
By the Reverend William Strachan. Colonial Magazine and East India Review, Volume 1, edited by Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston, January - April 1844, page 377.
Jamaica, Church of England... Transcripts, 1664-1880 Kingston Baptisms, marriages, burials 1846-1851, 1849, Vol. 5. Baptism of Emma Olivia.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMG-P7Q : 16 December 2019), John C. McPherson in entry for Frederick John Evan McPherson, 1852. Birth of son.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-RY4M : 22 February 2021), John C Mcpherson in entry for Ernest Walter Mcpherson, 1854.
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLM5-L8Y : 16 December 2019), John E. McPherson in entry for Charles Arthur McPherson, 1868. Birth of Charles Arthur.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-6LS2 : 9 August 2017), Suana Gould Mcpherson, 1911.
Find A Grave Memorial# 143416512. Created by: AMC. Record added: Mar 06, 2015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Earl Grant - Lawrence 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M090528 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M090528 [compare], Ancestry member kenyahhtah
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M090528 [compare], FTDNA kit #B42250
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~3.12%
B. McIntyre :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M884077 [compare], Ancestry member BarbaraAnnMcIntyre
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~3.12%
Deirdre (Godet) Bethell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RY1916791 [compare], Ancestry member deirdregraham6
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T560788 [compare], FTDNA kit #241293
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~0.78%
Daniel Wilcox :
23andMe, GEDmatch M615755 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeannette (Say) Henry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A333324 [compare], Ancestry member constancemarie2001
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~0.78%
J G :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A953105 [compare], Ancestry member Susan_Morgan
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kris Sjostrom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936004 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jackie Mulcahy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A319179 [compare], Ancestry member Jackieblu33
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~0.78%
~3.12%
v. Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EQ3888808 [compare], Ancestry member vickie_hale48
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~0.78%
Carla (Cleare) Bedgood :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KQ6290427 [compare], FTDNA kit #112445
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~0.78%
Carol (Roberts) Lawrence :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T444698 [compare], FTDNA kit #194267
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~0.78%
Ray Cundiff :
Living DNA, GEDmatch FZ8331711 [compare]
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Ann (Morley) Carmel
Ann (Morley) Carmel
Lightbourne-10 and Lightbourn-118 appear to represent the same person because: Let's merge our wife Susannahs. Many thanks, Ann
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