Born in Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Joseph Pyke
and Mary Emma (Ryan) Pyke
Wife of
Claude Douglas Wilfred Knowles
— married
11 Mar 1925 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2012
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Biography
Vera (Pyke) Knowles was born in the Colony of Tasmania (1856-1900)
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Vera Petherton Pyke, daughter of Henry Joseph Pyke (Sheep Farmer) and Mary Emma Ryan, was born on 10 Mar 1895 at Oatlands, in the Colony of Tasmania. [1]
Vera married Claude Douglas Wilfred Knowles.
Vera Petherton Knowles (Widow, of 26 Sampson St, Burnie) passed away in 1982 and is buried in the Wivenhoe General Cemetery (Tasmania). [2] Nine nieces and grandnieces were listed as beneficiaries in her will: [3]
- niece, Valerie Casbolt, of Alberton Victoria
- niece, Lavinia Isla Williams, of Wynyard, Tasmania
- niece, Ada Reid, of Yarrawonga, Victoria
- niece, Beryl Vera Hills, of Upper Burnie, Tasmania
- niece, Merle Edna Jones, of Burnie, Tasmania
- grandniece, Diane Walsh, of Smithton, Tasmania
- grandniece, Jan Crowley, of Longford, Tasmania
- grandniece, Gillian Pickering, of Alberton, Victoria
- grandniece, Carolyn Fleming, of Wynyard, Tasmania
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Sources
- ↑ Libraries Tasmania, Name: Pyke, Vera Petherton, Record Type: Births Gender: Female, Father: Pyke, Henry Joseph, Mother: Ryan, Mary Emma, Date of birth: 10 Mar 1895, Registered: Oatlands, Registration year: 1895, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1059377, Resource: RGD33/1/80 no 1790, https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1059377
- ↑ Entered by Peter Knowles, Mar 25, 2012
- ↑ Libraries Tasmania,, Name: Knowles, Vera Petherton, Record Type: Wills, Year: 1982, File number: 71575, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1652399, Resource: AD960-1-183 Will Number 71575, https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1652399
- Peter Knowles. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Peter and others.
- Tasmanian Family History Society Inc. (Burnie Branch)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vera by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Vera:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vera by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Vera:
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