Michael O'Kane & Nancy Connery

Mary Lynn nee Kane
Died 9 Aug 1916, Mautuke, Poverty Bay
Cause Senile decay and bedsores
Doctor W S Kidd, last seen 25 6 1916
Age 86
Born County Antrim, Ireland
18 years in New Zealand

Buried: 10 August 1916, Patutahi Cemetery, Poverty Bay
Age dau: 50 47
Age son: 58 54 46 45

Mother: Nancy Kane nee Connery
Father: Michael Kane, farmer

Married at 25 in Ireland to John Lynn

Funeral director: T Haisman, Gisborne

Apart from the general information summarised in the Overview, there is virtually nothing known about either Michael or Nancy.

The only record referring to them is Mary O'Kane's death certificate:

It seems reasonably certain that they were farmers in the area between Portglenone, Ahoghill and Moneyglass and attended the Augnahoy church.

From the Augnahoy baptismal records for Mary O'Kane and John Lynn's children we see that a number of the witnesses were O'Kanes (note the church records use Kane and O'Kane interchangably):

John Kane at the baptism of Anne Lynn in 22 Apr 1867 (brother?)
Michael Kane and Mary Kane at the baptism of John Lynn in 6 Feb 1870 (brother or father and aunt or cousin?)
John O'Kane at the baptism of Michael Lynn in 21 Nov 1864 (brother?)