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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Levy/Connell
« on: Monday 14 September 15 22:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi Beg
Thanks for your input and "thinking outside the square".
There was no Annie Connell found in the parish records of St Mary's Wanganui, nor was the name Annie mentioned in Mary Jane Connell's will in 1900.
Like you, I'm beginning to wonder if the Levy/Connell marriage ever took place. Mary may have been unmarried but called herself Mrs Levy when she had son Henry. However, Mary Levy and son Henry Levy were named in Mary Jane's 1900 will. I haven't searched the church records for a Levy/Connell marriage as yet.
Interestingly Mary signed her name MARY CONNELL in a sworn affidavit 27/8/1900 regarding her mother's will,
Very strange. Diggels

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Levy/Connell
« on: Sunday 13 September 15 04:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lu and everyone else!
Thanks for your replies. I have printed everything out and will have to spend some time sorting through all the info.
Will investigate the Maria Annie Levy nee Hedge connection but my Mary Levy was christened Maria Jane.
Re the birth of Henry James Levy in 1896 Mother Mary, father Robert Alexander Levy. I swear I found this in NZBDM's this morning but now I can't find it again.
It's time to clear my head!
Diggels 

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Levy/Connell
« on: Sunday 13 September 15 02:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Minniehaha
Thanks for the birth date of Henry James Levy 18/4/1900. Can you please give me a few more details, parents names, where did you find the exact date? I found the birth of Henry James Levy in 1900 on NZBDMs. Mother Maria Annie, father Ralph Levy. It's a possibility but not quite sure if this is the one I'm looking for.
Thanks
Diggels

Hi Beg
Thanks for the info about Lucy Gestro, I have quite a lot of info on the Gestro family. Her mother was Frances (Fanny)Gestro (nee Mullins), sister of my g.grandmother Mary Jane Connell (nee Mullins). If you are interested I have the contact of a very keen distant relative who is researching the Gestro family in depth - especially their connection to the fishing industry in early Wellington.
Regards
Diggels

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Levy/Connell
« on: Saturday 12 September 15 22:04 BST (UK)  »
Hi Janette
Nothing certain.  There are two possibilities
Henry James b NZ 1896, mother Mary, father Robert Alexander Levy
Henry James b NZ 1900, mother Maria Annie, father Ralph Levy
I would have to buy the birth print outs to prove beyond reasonable doubt!
Henry must have been born prior to July 1900 when he was named in his grandmother's will.

I still can't find the marriage of Mary Connell to ?? Levy in NZ or Australia pre 1900
Thanks
Diggels

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Levy/Connell
« on: Saturday 12 September 15 12:23 BST (UK)  »
Seeking marriage of Mary CONNELL to ? LEVY in the late 1800s. No idea of groom's first name. No record found in New Zealand or Australia. Mary b 1868 Wanganui, christened Maraia Jane Connell in St Mary’s Catholic Church 20 Dec 1868.  Mary Levy and her son Henry Levy were named as beneficiaries in the will of Mary’s mother Mary Jane Connell d 1 Aug 1900 Wanganui, NZ

Mary Levy was a witness at the death of her sister Jane Bridget Connell at the Paremata Railway Station, NZ on 25/12/1895. Papers Past Evening Post 27/12/1895.

James Connell married widow Mary Jane Deane (nee Mullins) 14/11/1867 in Wanganui NZ.
They had 8 children plus two children from her first marriage.

Any help appreciated


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Levy/Connell
« on: Saturday 12 September 15 11:43 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Debra
The children of James and Mary Jane Connell, born Wanganui NZ
Maria (Mary) Jane b 20/12/1868. Married name Mary Levy. No idea of her husband's first name. Mary Levy was a witness at the death of her sister Jane Bridget in a railway accident in Paremata NZ 1895
John b 21/5/1871
Patrick b 31/7/1872
Kate b about 1874
Jane Bridget b 17/2/1877 d 25/12/1895 in a railway accident, Paremata Station, NZ
Margaret b 19/8/1878 d 21/1/1879
Bridget Esther b 20/3/1881
Francis Michael b 26/9/1883
All (except Kate)christened at St Mary's Catholic Church, Wanganui
Only the males John, Patrick and Francis were registered in the NZ BDM's
All these children were named in the will of Mary Jane Connell who died 01/8/1900
The daughter of Patrick Connell was the only family line I could trace.


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Family History Beginners Board / Levy/Connell
« on: Friday 11 September 15 22:06 BST (UK)  »
LEVY/CONNELL
Seeking marriage of Mary CONNELL in the late 1800s. No record found in New Zealand or Australia. Mary b 1868 Wanganui and christened Maraia Jane Connell in St Mary’s Catholic Church on 20 Dec 1868. She had a son Henry Levy. Mary Levy daughter and Henry Levy grandson were named as beneficiaries in the will of Mary’s mother Mary Jane Connell d 1 Aug 1900 Wanganui, NZ. James Connell m 1867 Wanganui to widow Mary Jane DEANE (nee MULLINS). They had eight children plus two from her first marriage. I would be extremely grateful to receive any information about Mary Levy or the Connell family.
Diggels

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