Born about in Trangie, Narromine, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Patrick Heffernan
and Ada (Selmes) Heffernan
Sister of
Mignonette Heffernan [half], Frederick Joseph Heffernan [half], Mary Ann (Heffernan) Hunter [half], James Andrew Heffernan [half], William Edwin Heffernan [half], Sidney Arthur Heffernan, Olive (Heffernan) Brennan, Leslie Theodore Heffernan, Alice Victoria Emily (Heffernan) Mahon and Lawrence Charles Patrick Heffernan
Wife of
Alfred James Raffan (Keith) Raffan
— married
10 Sep 1919 (to 26 Sep 1949) in Granville, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 89
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]
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Biography
Vespa Heffernan was born about 1899 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
She married Alfred James Raffan in Sydney in 1919[1] and they divorced in 1949[2].
Vesper passed away about 1988 [No death or burial records have yet been found for her]. [3]
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Sources
- ↑ Marriage: New South Wales Australia Marriages: Registration number 8779/1919 Groom's Family Name RAFFAN Groom's Given Name(s) ALFRED J Bride's Family Name(s) HEFFERNAN Bride's Given Name(s) VESPER District GRANVILLE
- ↑ Divorce papers Alfred James Raffan - Vespa Raffan: Date Range 1944-07-07 to 1949-09-26 Location Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood Description: Divorce papers Alfred James Raffan - Vespa Raffan
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Julie Raffan, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- DEATH N.S.W. Births ,Deaths and Marriages RAFFAN VESPA 29425/1988 (F=PATRICK M=ADA)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vesper 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 Vesper:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vesper 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 Vesper:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Julie Raffan 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dog_foster_carer
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Kerry Douglas :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A249966 [compare], Ancestry member im315
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