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May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON (1903 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Redmond Martin RYAN (1925 - 1969)	May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON (1903 - ) + Gerald Redmond John RYAN (1893 - 1968) George Mainwood SAUNDERS (1905 - )	Donald Angus MCPHERSON (1875 - 1933)	Donald Angus MCPHERSON ( - 1885)
			Ann Jane TOOHEY
		Elizabeth (Bessie) WHYBROW (1879 - 1961)	James William WHYBROW ( - 1915)
			Mary Jane BENSON ( - 1922)	William BENSON
				Kate BROWN

b. 1903 at Queensland, Australia

m. (1) 1924 Gerald Redmond John RYAN (1893 - 1968) at Bowen, Queensland, Australia

m. (2) 1942 George Mainwood SAUNDERS (1905 - ) at Queensland, Australia

Near Relatives of May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON (1903 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Donald Angus MCPHERSON			1885	Normanton, Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Ann Jane TOOHEY
Grandfather	James William WHYBROW			1915	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Mary Jane BENSON			1922	Normanton, Queensland, Australia
Father in Law	William RYAN
Mother in Law	Bridget MORIARTY
Father in Law	John Mainwood SAUNDERS	1874	Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England	1960	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	86
Mother in Law	Alice Maude HEDGES	1883	Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England	1975	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	92
Father	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1875		1933	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	58
Mother	Elizabeth (Bessie) WHYBROW	1879	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	82
Self	May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON	1903	Queensland, Australia
Husband	Gerald Redmond John RYAN	1893	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	1968	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	75
Husband	George Mainwood SAUNDERS	1905	Queensland, Australia
Son	Redmond Martin RYAN	1925	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1969	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	44
Sister	Beatrice MCPHERSON	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	66
Sister	Elizabeth Mary MCPHERSON	1901	Queensland, Australia	1902	Queensland, Australia	1
Brother	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1962	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	56
Brother	James Henry MCPHERSON	1907	Queensland, Australia	1907	Queensland, Australia	0
Brother	William Henry MCPHERSON	1909	Queensland, Australia	1988	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	79
Sister	Grace Annie MCPHERSON	1910	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1986	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	76
Sister	Kathleen Francis MCPHERSON	1912	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Sister	Latetia Violet MCPHERSON	1914	Queensland, Australia
Brother	John Malcolm MCPHERSON	1916	Golden Gate, Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1966	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	50
Sister	Stella Margaret MCPHERSON	1918	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2013	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	95
Sister	Heather Doreen MCPHERSON	1921	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2019	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	98
Sister	Gladys Mildred MCPHERSON	1923	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	2008	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	85
Brother	Glen MCPHERSON	1925	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1994		69
Uncle	William John Toohey MCPHERSON	1864	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1883	Queensland, Australia	19
Aunt	Mary Ann Toohey MCPHERSON	1871	Cardwell, Queensland, Australia	1945	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	74
Uncle	Robert GREY	1857	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	1923	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	66
Uncle	(William) Henry WHYBROW	1869	Queensland, Australia	1901	Queensland, Australia	32
Aunt	Annie Maria WHYBROW	1871	Queensland, Australia	1946	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	75
Uncle	Henry ROWSE			1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Frances (Fannie) WHYBROW	1873	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	1949	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	76
Uncle	Frederick Francis DENSLEY	1863	Bath, Somerset, England	1917	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	Jack JENKINS
Aunt	Mary Jane WHYBROW	1875	Queensland, Australia	1887	Queensland, Australia	12
Aunt	Letitia Mary WHYBROW	1877	Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	84
Uncle	John WOTHERSPOON	1876	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1954	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	78
Uncle	George Henry ROBERTS	1870	Berkshire, England	1952	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	82
Uncle	James John WHYBROW	1880	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1895	Queensland, Australia	15
Aunt	Catherine WHYBROW	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	James Henry (Harry) ROWSE	1890	Queensland, Australia	1979	Queensland, Australia	89
Cousin	Elizabeth Hun Ann ROWSE	1892	Queensland, Australia	1975	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	Anne Constance ROWSE	1894	Queensland, Australia	1962	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	68
Cousin	Mary Kathleen ROWSE	1896	Croyden, Queensland, Australia	1964	Victoria, Australia	68
Cousin	Doris May ROWSE	1898	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Edna Pearl ROWSE	1902	Queensland, Australia	1961	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	59
Cousin	Benjamin Wilson ROWSE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	60
Cousin	Elizabeth Caroline DENSLEY	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William Edward DENSLEY	1892	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Rose Annie DENSLEY	1894	Queensland, Australia	1972	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Florence Maude DENSLEY	1897	Queensland, Australia	1988	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Emily Martha DENSLEY	1899	Queensland, Australia	1988	Moree, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Edith May DENSLEY	1901	Queensland, Australia	1987	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Frederick Frank DENSLEY	1903	Queensland, Australia	1965	Queensland, Australia	62
Cousin	James George DENSLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1989	Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Arabella Marie Marion DENSLEY	1907	Queensland, Australia	1988	Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Henry DENSLEY	1909	Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Cecil DENSLEY	1912	Queensland, Australia	1990	Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Violet WOTHERSPOON	1896	Queensland, Australia	1968	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	72
Cousin	Samuel WOTHERSPOON	1902	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Charles William WOTHERSPOON	1904	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Alma Ethel ROBERTS	1911	Queensland, Australia	2007	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	96
Cousin	George Henry ROBERTS	1913	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia	1942	Ambon, Indonesia	29
Cousin	Beatrice May ROBERTS	1915	Queensland, Australia	1996	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Charles Frederick ROBERTS	1917	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Doris Lettita ROBERTS	1920	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Roy John SAUNDERS			1965	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	John Isaac SAUNDERS	1902	Queensland, Australia	1981	Queensland, Australia	79
Brother in Law	William Samuel "Bill" SAUNDERS	1904	Queensland, Australia	1990	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	86
Brother in Law	Alfred Thomas Hedges SAUNDERS	1907	Queensland, Australia	1972	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	65
Sister in Law	Ethel Margaret Elizabeth SAUNDERS	1907	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Harold Leslie Bailey SAUNDERS	1911	Queensland, Australia	1963	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	52
Brother in Law	Colin Cecil SAUNDERS	1912	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Lillian Rose SAUNDERS	1914	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	James Walter SAUNDERS	1915	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Alice Marcilla SAUNDERS	1917	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Allan Ernest SAUNDERS	1920	Moongan, Queensland, Australia	1989	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Edna Mavis SAUNDERS	1922	Queensland, Australia	2018	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	96
Brother in Law	James William SAW	1882	Cawnpore, Bengal, India	1953	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Beatrice Lill MELVILLE	1907	Queensland, Australia	1986	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	79
Sister in Law	Ada May BROOKES	1916	Woodend, Echuca, Victoria, Australia	2006	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE	1911	Co Tipperary, Ireland	1943	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	32
Brother in Law	William Alexander Goudy CRONE	1901	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia
Brother in Law	Percy BIMROSE	1903	Herberton, Queensland, Australia	1974	Queensland, Australia	71
Brother in Law	John (Jack) HINCHLIFFE	1911	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	1998	Gracemere, Rockhampton, Queensland	87
Brother in Law	Ernest Edward POWELL

Events in May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON (1903 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1903		May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1924	21	Married Gerald Redmond John RYAN (aged 31)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1925	22	Birth of son Redmond Martin RYAN	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Burial info
1933	30	Death of father Donald Angus MCPHERSON (aged 58)	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1942	39	Married George Mainwood SAUNDERS (aged 37)	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1942	39	Divorce	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	Note 5
1961	58	Death of mother Elizabeth (Bessie) WHYBROW (aged 82)	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1968	65	Death of husband Gerald Redmond John RYAN (aged 75)	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	Burial info
1969	66	Death of son Redmond Martin RYAN (aged 44)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Burial info
		May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON died (no date)		Note 7

Note 1: May Queen McPherson in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: May Queen McPherson Birth Date: 7 Jun 1903 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1903 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Angus McPherson Mother: Elizabeth Whybrow Page Number: 17557 Registration Number: 001814

Note 2: Mary May Queenie McPherson in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary May Queenie McPherson Spouse Name: Redmond Gerald John Ryan Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1924 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1924 Registration Number: 001936 Page Number: 2549 Bowen Independent 6 Sept 1924 WEDDING. RYAN—McPHESON. A quiet, but vary pretty wedding was celebrated at the R. C. Church, Bowen, on Friday, 29th inst, at 4 p.m., when Miss Mary (Queenie) McPherson, third eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. McPherson, Norman ton, was married to Mr Gerald Ryan, third eldest son of Mr W. Ryan, and the late Mrs Ryan, Bundaberg. Harold Vautin - gave her away and acted as best man Mr & Mrs P. Steen - wedding celebrations Future home - Bundaberg

Note 3: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Donald Angus McPherson Death Date 05 Sep 1933 Death Place Queensland Father's Name Donald Angus Mother's Name Elizabeth Registration Year 1933 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 002601 Page number 1109

Note 4: George Mainwood Saunders Event date: 26/09/1942 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1942/C/4119 Spouse: Mary May Queenie Ryan

Note 5: JUDGEMENT ABSOLUTE Mr Justice Brennan, in the Supreme Court yesterday, made absolute a judgement nisi granted on June 12 1942, dissolving the marriage between Mary May Queenie Ryan (plaintiff), of Rockhampton, and Redmond Gerald John Ryan (defendant). Mr J. D. Murray (Messrs Swanwick and Murray) appeared for the plaintiff.

Note 6: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 View Record Name Elizabeth McPherson Death Date 12 Jan 1961 Death Place Queensland Father's Name James William Whybrow Mother's Name Mary Jane Bensen Registration Year 1961 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 000935 Page number 1933

Note 7: Appears to hav married many times May have died 1996 - Maryborough

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: George Mainwood Saunders Event date: 26/09/1942 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1942/C/4119 Spouse: Mary May Queenie Ryan

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: May Queen McPherson in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: May Queen McPherson Birth Date: 7 Jun 1903 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1903 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Angus McPherson Mother: Elizabeth Whybrow Page Number: 17557 Registration Number: 001814

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Mary May Queenie McPherson in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Mary May Queenie McPherson Spouse Name: Redmond Gerald John Ryan Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1924 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1924 Registration Number: 001936 Page Number: 2549

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Bowen Independent 6 Sept 1924 WEDDING. RYAN—McPHESON. A quiet, but vary pretty wedding was celebrated at the R. C. Church, Bowen, on Friday, 29th inst, at 4 p.m., when Miss Mary (Queenie) McPherson, third eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. McPherson, Norman ton, was married to Mr Gerald Ryan, third eldest son of Mr W. Ryan, and the late Mrs Ryan, Bundaberg. Harold Vautin - gave her away and acted as best man Mr & Mrs P. Steen - wedding celebrations Future home - Bundaberg

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