Born in Blenheim, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Eyles
and Selina (Gill) Lees
Sister of
Elizabeth Mary Jane (Eyles) Holdaway [half], Harriet (Eyles) Aberhart [half], Charlotte Anne (Eyles) McMillan [half], Esther Ann (Eyles) Millard [half], Walter Nugent Eyles [half], Charles Samuel Eyles [half], Charles Eyles, Lucy Louisa (Eyles) Timms, Frederick William (Higgins) Eyles, Albert Edward Eyles, Florence (Eyles) Hauberg, Winifred Higgins (Higgins) Maule and Amy Gertrude (Higgins) Stanton
Wife of
Robert Henry Witt
— married
21 Nov 1879 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Henry Witt, Thomas Walter Witt, Albert Witt, Louisa May (Witt) Hope, Selina Maud (Witt) Bailey, Cecelia Gertrude (Witt) Mills, Annie Eliza (Witt) Mills, Robert John Witt, Florence Ada (Witt) Anderson, William Wallace Witt, Clarence Norman Witt, Janet Elsie Pearl (Witt) Mackay, Ivy (Witt) Brieseman and Emma Myrtle Witt
Died
at age 67
in Huinga, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2013
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Biography
Cecelia Higgins Eyles was born 4 Feb 1860. the daughter of Charles Eyles and Selina Higgins. [1] who were in a de facto marriage. She married Robert Henry Witt in 1879 [2] She passed away in 1927 age 69 [3] [4] Note: Age at death does not tie up with year of birth
Sources
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Birth registration 1860/9370
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Marriage registration 1879/2748
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Death registration 1927/3480
- ↑ New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-G8MT : 9 August 2017), Cecilia Witt, 1927; citing Wellington, Wellington Probate Files [First Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 40587, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100772814.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Jeff Thomas for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecelia 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 Cecelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecelia 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 Cecelia:
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~6.25%
Matt Rattray
:
23andMe, GEDmatch TF3427721 [compare], yourDNAportal MATa7bbe602
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UE6564389 [compare], yourDNAportal MATa7bbe602, Ancestry member matt_rattray
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~1.56%
Kay Gillis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alankay4349
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~1.56%
Colin Orevich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member orevco
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Lois Lowry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UH6686940 [compare], Ancestry member rolo344
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Julie (Young) Mokaraka :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 7404
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Peter Robinson :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Brian Playford :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Irene (Playford) Christie :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Elizabeth (Martin) Binns :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H602305 [compare]
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~1.56%
~9.38%
Paul Nelson :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Bruce Fitzsimons :
23andMe, yourDNAportal BRU4dbab3f5
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Merv Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mrtmrst82
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sue Paterson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A5406558 [compare], Ancestry member Leith_Susan
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Julie Stephen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Caleb (Anderson) Day :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XH9771231 [compare], yourDNAportal CALe43111df, FTDNA kit #IN94951
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~0.78%
Andrew Weatherall :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #836501
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michael Hughes :
Living DNA, GEDmatch CH6300170 [compare]
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Eyles-251 is Cecelia Eyles (1860-1927) married Robert Henry Witt Eyles-23 is Cecelia Eyles (1860 - 1927) married Robert Henry Witt. I have initiated the merge so that 251 will go into the lower number 23.