Rachel was born in 1852 to Francis and Jane.[1] Named as the mother for atleast twelve children - two of them have her name spelt as "Rachael". She passed away in 1912.[2][3]
BURIED: Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Sources
↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-J5HC : 27 November 2017), Rachel Northwood, 1852; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1852/2070, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
↑ "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTR-92BC : 8 September 2019), Rachel Fitness, 23 Oct 1912; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-F6TC : 4 January 2018), Rachel Fitness, 1912; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1912/9105, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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