Sarah Edith Mabey

Brief Life History of Sarah Edith

When Sarah Edith Mabey was born on 9 August 1896, in Mangatawhiri, Waikato, New Zealand, her father, William George Mabey, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ann Bentley, was 27. She married Randolph McGregor McKay in 1922, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 4 February 1951, in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 54, and was buried in Maramarua, Waikato, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Randolph McGregor McKay
1886–1956
Sarah Edith Mabey
1896–1951
Marriage: 1922
Alexander Clarence McKay
1922–1988
Linda Edith McKay
1925–2013

Sources (11)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Edith Mabey - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 9 August 1896; Mangatawhiri, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Edith McKay, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Edith McKay, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"

World Events (6)

1907

The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.

1907 · Dominion of New Zealand

The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947. 

1914

Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.

Name Meaning

English: from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name Maby, a short form of Mabile, Mabily, popular versions of the female personal name Amabel (see Mable ).

Variant of Mabie 1 and Maybee 1.

History: Many of the American bearers of the surname Mabey are descendants of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden from the Netherlands (see Mabie ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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