Community Contributed

Mary Jean ( Jean) RANSOM

Daughter of Wilf and Nancy Ransom, sister of Stewart.

Date of birth	1923
Mothers name	Agnes Thomson (Nancy) KELLOCK
Mothers date of birth	21/09/1889
Mothers place of birth	Scotland
Mothers date of death	07/11/1946
Fathers date of birth	06/04/1891
Mothers place of death	Levin
Fathers name	Wilfred Hamilton (Wilf) RANSOM
Fathers place of birth	Levin
Parents date of marriage	1920
Parents place of marriage	St John Methodist Church, Levin.
Fathers date of death	05/09/1986
Fathers place of death	Levin
Siblings	Stewart Wilfred Nivison RANSOM (1921-), , , ,
Fathers occupation	Plumber
Children	, , , ,
Buried where	Makomako Road cemetery, Levin.
Places of relevance	, , , ,
Last known residence	Winchester Street, Levin.
Alias	Jean
Place of birth	Levin
Occupation	School Teacher
Place of death	Levin.

Jean graduated from Teachers College in Wellington? or Christchurch? c1943. She taught at Levin School until December 1949, then Poroutawhao School for 1950-1952. From 1963-1981 she taught at Levin East School before retiring.

Stewart Ransom	Wilf Ransom	Vincent Ransom
		Mary Ann Knight
Jean Ransom	Nancy Kellock

Jean predeceased her brother Stewart, but upon his death family donated the collection which had been built by Wilf and Jean, to the Horowhenua Historical Society. Both had been active members of the Historical Society since the society's inception in the 1970s.

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