John
Robert
"JR"
Smith
Born in Peebles, Peebles-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Andrew Smith
and Helen Amos (Bertram) Smith
Brother of
Andrew Cathie Smith, Isabella (Smith) Blackie, Thomas Smith, Christian Kent Smith, Helen Bertram Smith and Robert James Bertram Smith
Husband of
Marion (Mack) Smith
— married
4 Jun 1902 in 52 High St, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Andrew Bertram Kent Smith and William Melrose Henderson Smith
Died
at age 92
in Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2016
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Biography
John Robert Smith was born in Peebles, Scotland in 1875, son of Helen Bertram and Andrew Smith. [1]. He married Marion Mack in 1902 [2], having twin sons in the same year. The family emigrated to New Zealand on the Athenic in 1916[3] , taking up residence in Nelson where he worked as a clerk.[4] He died in Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1968. [5]
Sources
- ↑ SR Births GROS 768/00 0075, Scotlands People, database, accessed on July 23 2016
- ↑ SR Marriages GROS 768/00 0011, Scotlands People, database, accessed on July 23 2016
- ↑ Passenger list of the Athenic 1916, leaving from London and reaching Auckland Nov 24 "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDF-1F6Z : accessed 15 February 2016), J Greig, 1916.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand Army WWI Reserve Rolls, 1916-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- ↑ NZ Births, Deaths & Marriages 1968/46343, 18 Sept 2016
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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