Rachel Ann May (1826 - 1906)

Born 9 Nov 1826 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 17 Jan 1906 at age 79 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Biography

Rachel May came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Rachel was born on 09 November 1826 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. She was the daughter of Joseph May and Hannah Morris. ^[1], ^[2]

Immigration

MAY Joseph, Hannah MORRIS, Fdk, Wm, Maria, Ed, Thos, Mgt, Joseph, Rachel Ann, Hannah Sophia, Eliz, Lucy arrived in SA 1839-09-20 aboard Anna Robertson from London 39-05-27^[3]

Marriage

MACKIE Frederick and Rachel Ann MAY married 1856-04-09 at Meeting House of Society of Friends, Mt Barker, aged adult, adult ^[4]

Burial

Rachel Ann Mackie is buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Hobart ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQDZ-2JD : 4 February 2023), Rachel Ann May, 1826.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQRJ-S8M : 11 December 2014), Rachel Ann May, 09 Nov 1826, Birth; citing p. 28, Hertford, Hertfordshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.
3. ↑ https://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html
4. ↑ https://www.familyhistorysa.org/colonists.html
5. ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Rachel-Ann-Mackie/20454976

• ANNA ROBERTSON 1839 from the BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 7th of August, 2021 at: https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/1839AnnaRobertson.htm

• Passengers for 27/05/1839 - 20/09/1839. from the PASSENGERS IN HISTORY website. An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 7th of August, 2021 at: https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/voyage-passengers-all/945622/27/05/1839%20-%2020/09/1839?page=4

• South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: MACKIE, Frederick & MAY, Rachel Ann - district: Mount Barker - book/page: 26/368 - year of marriage: 1856. from the GENEALOGY SA's Online Database Search. at: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/25895652/rachel-ann-mackie : accessed 08 August 2021), memorial page for Rachel Ann MacKie (1826–1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #25895652, citing Friends' Park, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia ; Maintained by Rosskitchener Family (contributor 46994621) .

• Family Notices from The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) of Thursday 18 January 1906, Page 1. first accessed online on the 8th of August, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12823694?searchTerm=%22Rachel%20Mackie%22

• MRS. FREDERICK MACKIE. from The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser (SA : 1880 - 1954) of Friday 26 January 1906, Page 2. first accessed online on the 8th of August, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146307989?

• Advertising from The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) of Saturday 14 July 1906, Page 9. first accessed online on the 8th of August, 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12814640?searchTerm=%22Rachel%20Mackie%22