Born in East London, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Leonard George Boor
and Emily Mary Rivers (Arnold) Boor
Sister of
Mary Louisa (Boor) Kempthorne
Wife of
Robert Collings Tennent
— married
20 Oct 1875 in Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Emily Cowper (Tennent) Mules, Leonard Cowper Tennent, Evelyn Arnold Tennent, Robert Valentine Tennent, Harold Douglas Tennent, Muriel Edith Tennent, Hugh Cowper Tennent, Kenneth Boor Tennent, Alan Arnold Tennent, Ivan Gaye Tennent and Doreen Isabel (Tennent) Branson
Died
at age 89
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2011
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Biography
Re Emily Tennent
She was the daughter of Dr Leonard George Boor and Emily May Rivers Arnold who were married in UK 9/1/1852
Emily was baptised on 24/9/1856 in St George in the East London where her father was working as a Doctor/Surgeon. It was a poor district.
They came to New Zealand in 1859 on the ship 'Alfred the Great'.
They had 3 more daughters. lived in Wellington and built a historic home at 22 The Terrace and finally moved to Nelson where he was a Doctor in the Nelson Hospital and Asylum.
Sources
- This profile was started on 21 March 2011 through the import of Rose Family Tree.ged.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #30860333
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emily:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emily:
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~1.56%
Hugh Cotter
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #757948
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lesley (Cotter) Wardle :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H069589 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Mary Jane (Tennant) Porter (abt.1854-)
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Categories: Old Gorge Cemetery, Woodville, Manawatū-Whanganui | Alfred the Great, sailed 7 December 1858