Born in Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Charles Kerr
and Teresa Adeline Agnes (Payne) Dallas
Sister of
Alda Aileen (Kerr) Bohringer, Arthur Amos Kerr, Roy Joseph Kerr, Norman Augustus Kerr, Harold Thomas Kerr, William Walter (Payne) Lewis [half], Mabel I (Payne) Lewis [half], Rachel Rebbekka Lewis [half], George Harold Lewis [half], Florence Irene (Lewis) Pascoe [half] and Leah Ann (Lewis) Taylor [half]
Wife of
Winter Wilfred Lawrence Merrick
— married
1916 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Mother of
Lawrence Arnold Merrick, Melvina May Edna (Merrick) Wylie, Marjorie Emma (Merrick) Blayden, Frederick Joseph Merrick, Ruby Joyce (Merrick) Pascoe, Eileen Joan (Merrick) Townley, Lyall Cardigan Merrick, Clifford James Merrick, Fay Theresa (Merrick) Quinn, Florence Merrick, Myrtle Ellen (Merrick) Bedding and Audrey Ethel (Merrick) Kalisch
Died
at about age 61
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 May 2016
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Biography
Ruby Bella was born 1896 at Warialda in the NSW's mid north west the daughter of James Kerr and Theresa Payne. Ruby died 1958 in Sydney NSW at the age of 62 years. She married in 1918 Gosford to Winter MERRICK the couple had 12 children.
Sources
- https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/research
- MARRIAGE: 15861/1916 MERRICK WINTER W L/KERR RUBY B GOSFORD
- BIRTH: KERR RUBY B 17400/1896 JAMES C/THERESA A A WARIALDA
- DEATH: MERRICK RUBY BELLA 7640/1958 JAMES/TERESA SYDNEY
https://www.ancestry.com.au/research/electoral roll
- 1930 Muswellbrook: MERRICK Winter Wilfred Lawrence, Glenmunro, Denman, dairyman/Ruby Bella
- 1943 Scone: MERRICK Winter Wilfred Lawrence, 87 Kingdom St, lab/Ruby Bella
- 1963 Scone: MERRICK Winter Wilfred Lawrence, Hayden St, Murrurundi, no occ
- 1968 Belmore: MERRICK Winter Wilfred Lawrence, 27 Forsyth St
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby 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 Ruby:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby 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 Ruby:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Sam Godsall 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Trish Riley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Gloria (Fetch) Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UA7619424 [compare], Ancestry member l_gbrown1
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Peter Jones
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Kerr-11744 and Kerr-4257 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile
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Pending merges › Ruby Kerr (1896-1958)
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