Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Brown
and Marion Mary (Bennett) Brown
Sister of
Lucy (Brown) Mangakahia
Wife of
George David Geard
— married
5 Apr 1910 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Marie Agnes Estella (Geard) Humphreys, Ethel Rona (Geard) King, Maurice David Geard, Miriam Joyce Geard and George William Geard
Died
at age 61
in Northern Wairoa Hospital, Wairoa, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2016
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Biography
On 5 April 1910 under the name Maria Bennett (her mother's maiden name) she married George David Geard, with issue three daughters and two sons. One daughter and one son died in infancy.
Death and burial
She died on Thursday 3 July 1947. She was buried on Saturday 5 July 1947 at Waikaraka Cenetery, Kaihu.
Sources
Obit 3 Jul 1947, Northern Advocate, Papers Past, NLNZ: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19470703.2.4?items_per_page=10&query=Rona+geard&snippet=true.
Marriage reg 1910/5842 Maria Bennett & George David Geard; death 1947/33335, NZBDM: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=querySubmit.m%3fReportName%3dMarriageSearch%26recordsPP%3d30#SearchResults.
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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 Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
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~1.56%
Catherine (Collier) Currie
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cathy9ct
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~0.78%
Virginia (Taylor) Lewis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BV2693729 [compare], Ancestry member ginniebeckers1
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Rejected matches › Dorothea Maria Elizabeth de Bruin (1885-) › Jessie Louisa (Brown) Campion (1886-1945)
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