Born in Standon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of John (Reeks) Reecks
and Mary Ann (Cleaver) Ansell
Sister of
Ambrose Ansell [half], Adeline (Ansell) Harris [half], Mary Ann (Reecks) Marsh, Emily (Ansell) Pegg [half], Alfred (Ancall) Ansell [half] and Elizabeth (Ansell) Youngman [half]
Wife of
Edward William Harris
— married
17 Oct 1855 in Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Frederick William Harris, Mary Ann (Harris) Mason, Alfred Edward Harris, Frances Jane (Harris) Graham, Adeline Amy (Harris) Hartley, Walter George Harris and Martha Emily (Harris) Bacon
Died
at about age 43
in Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2014
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Biography
Sarah Ann Reecks was born in 1838 and her birth was registered in the Ware Union, there is a - for mother's maiden name this usually means that her mother was unmarried[1]
Sarah Ann Reecks, her sister Adeline Ansell and mother Mary Ann Ansell migrated to NZ on the Lady Nugent in 1851, and settled in Lyttelton.
In 1856 Sarah married Edward Harris in New Zealand[2]
Sarah died
Research Notes
If Reecks was her mother's first husbands name that works Rodgers-4539 17:07, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑
Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office"
GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 7 July 2023)
Reecks, Sarah Ann (Mother's maiden name: -).
GRO Reference: 1838 Apr-May-Jun in Ware Union Volume 06 Page 545. - ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-VDKB : 4 October 2016), Edward William Harris and Sarah Ann Reecks, 1856; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1856/1624, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~1.56%
Amanda (Ballard) Phillips
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