Zena
Mavis
McElhinney
formerly Waller
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Waller
and Ethel Annie (Bailey) Waller
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Andrew Sim McElhinney
— married
14 Apr 1945 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Sep 2019
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Biography
On 12 February 1916 Zena Mavis Waller was born to Ethel Annie Bailey and Benjamin Waller. [1]
Siblings born to Ethel Annie Bailey and Benjamin Waller [2]
- 1902/11189 Edward Robert (m. 1938 Primrose Gertrude Morgan)
- 1905/11887 Ella May (m. 1932 Robert Kitchener Stoddart)
- 1906/2235 Ivy Ethel (m. 1936 John Cowie Sutherland)
- 1907/17919 Benjamin George (m. 1928 Agnes Mary Yates)
- 1915/4672 Kenneth Abram (d. 1933 aged 18)
- 1916/15349 Zena Mavis (m. 1945 Andrew Sim McElhinney)
In April 1936 she was bridesmaid for her sister's wedding[3]
SUTHERLAND— WALLER
At St. Paul's Presbyterian Church the wedding was celebrated recently of Ivy Ethel second daughter of- Mrs B. Waller (St Albans) and of the late Mr B. Waller, to John Cowie, eldest son of Mrs J. G. Sutherland (Mataura) and of the late Mr J. G. Sutnerland. . . . Miss Zena Waller, the bride's sister attended as bridesmaid . . .
Residence in 1938 Christchurch North, Canterbury [4]
In April 1945 Andrew Sim McElhinney and Zena Mavis Waller were married in Ashburton.
Marriage Notice [5]
McELHINNEY —WALLER —On April 14, 1945, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Ashburton, by the Rev. J. S. Murray, Zena Mavis, youngest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr B. Waller, Ashburton, to Andrew Sim, younger son of the late Mr and Mrs R. McElhlnney, Ashburton.
New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
- 1946 - 1969 Ashburton, Canterbury
- 1972 Rakaia, Canterbury
On 14 July 2000 Zena Mavis McElhinney passed away aged 84. [6]
Sources
- ↑ NZBDM births 12/2/1916 1916/15349 Waller, Rena (sic) Mavis, Ethel Annie, Benjamin
- ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
- ↑ Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21764, 22 April 1936
- ↑ New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
- ↑ Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24567, 16 May 194
- ↑ NZBDM deaths 14/7/2000 2000/14871 McElhinney, Zena Mavis, 12 February 1916
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