Margaret MELLIS

1819 - 1903  (84 years)

• Name	Margaret MELLIS  [1, 2]
  Birth	1819	Helen's Bay, Down, Northern Ireland, UK   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Sep 1903	Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK   [4]
  Person ID	I308	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	James SHANKS,   b. 2 May 1820, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK d. 2 Jan 1886, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland, UK (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Mary SHANKS,   b. 1843, Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 2 Sep 1900, Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Agnes SHANKS,   b. 1851, Ballygrot, Down, Northern Ireland d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S95] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records, Record for Mary Austin, Temuka. When Died:2nd of September 1990 aged 59 years Father :_____ Shanks Occup. farmer Mother: Margeret Shanks nee mellis Buried Temuka Cemetery WHere Born: Down, Ireland 36 years in NZ Married Down Ireland to James Austin [S17] Austin Document Extract, Sourced from Research of Moni Kelly. [S44] www.familysearch.org, Familysearch.org International Genealogical Recor ds (Name: www.familysearch.org; Location: www.familysearch.org;). "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," index, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FTFS-WPY : accessed 27 Aug 2013), M argaret Shanks, 1903; citing vol. 1, p. 532, General Registry, Custom H ouse, Dublin, Ireland; FHL microfilm 101602. Margaret Shanks, "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958" Name: Margaret Shanks Event Type: Death Event Date: Jul - Sep 1903 Event Place: Newtownards, Ireland Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1903 Registration District: Newtownards Age: 84 Birth Year (Estimated): 1819 Mother's Maiden Name: Volume Number: 1 Page Number: 532 GS Film number: 101602 Digital Folder Number: 004201706 Image Number: 00175