Born in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Ruff Esq
and Elizabeth (Hall) Flower
Sister of
Sarah Ann (Ruff) Bayley, Elizabeth (Ruff) Astle, Robert Henry Ruff, Arthur Ruff, Emily (Ruff) Turner, Gertrude (Ruff) Earnshaw, Alfred Whitman Ruff and Mary Ann Langley (Flower) Woodward [half]
Wife of
Thomas Gibbs
— married
23 Jul 1867 in Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Alfred Gibbs, Arthur Ernest Gibbs, Gertrude Ruff (Gibbs) Elvy, William Gibbs, Percy Ruff Gibbs, Florence Clara Gibbs, Ida Hall (Gibbs) Waller, Marian Elizabeth (Gibbs) Hunt, Harry Gibbs and Cyril Ernest Gibbs
Died
at age 65
in Nelson, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2012
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Biography
Clara Ruff was the daughter of Robert Ruff and Elizabeth Hall of London, England. Her baptism took place at St John Baptists, Leytonstone with her siblings just prior to departure from England.
She emigrated with her family to New Zealand on the ship 'Golconda' arriving Nelson in December 1859.
At 17, she married Thomas Gibbs, Labourer of Nelson, at her family home.
She and Thomas raised a family of 9 children.
Clara died age 65 and is buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery in Nelson.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Ruff-121 created through the import of Family Tree March 2011.ged on Jan 11, 2012 by Lorraine MacKenzie. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorraine and others.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #145986688
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY8S-5BG BAPTISM
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-RHSS MARRIAGE
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVH-CSV UK CENSUS 1851
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1ORU5aQzE4NTkxMjI4LjIuMyZjb2xvcj0zMiZleHQ9Z2lmJmFyZWE9MiYmd2lkdGg9NTAw Nelson Examiner & NZ Chronicle 28/12/1859 GOLCONDA Out of copyright 1
- https://ancestry.com.au NZ Electoral Rolls
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/newspapers/P29pZD1ORU0xODY3MDcyNy4yLjcmY29sb3I9MzImZXh0PWdpZiZhcmVhPTImJndpZHRoPTQ3NA== Nelson Examiner 27/7/1867 MARRIAGE Out of copyright
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clara 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 Clara:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clara 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 Clara:
-
~6.25%
Sue Paterson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A5406558 [compare], Ancestry member Leith_Susan
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~0.78%
Karenne (Menz) McGuigan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A942177 [compare], Ancestry member ryana_71
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