Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Kirk
and Anna Maria (Copley) Kirk
Sister of
William Henry Kirk, Sarah Jane (Kirk) Cullen, Samuel Kirk, Annie Elizabeth (Kirk) Clark, George Kirk, Herbert Kirk and James Kirk
Wife of
Mark Smethurst
— married
1915 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2018
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Biography
Ada was born in 1877.[1] She is the daughter of James Kirk and Anna Maria Copley. She married Mark Smethurst in 1915.[2] She passed away in 1945.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-D5CV : 27 November 2017), Ada Florence Kirk, 1877; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1877/14395, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ NZ BDM marriage registration no. 1915/5435
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-R9HS : 4 January 2018), Ada Florance Smethurst, 1945; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1945/17191, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ DEATHS, New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25186, 26 April 1945, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19450426.2.6
- SMETHURST.—On April 24, at her residence, 229 Tamaki Drive, Kohimarama, Ada Florence, relict of the late Mark Smethurst and beloved sister of Mrs Annie Clark (Auckland), George Kirk (Auckland), Herbert and James Kirk (Tauranga); aged 67 years.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada 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 Ada:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada 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 Ada:
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~1.56%
Joe McAneney
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A044115 [compare], Ancestry member joe_mcaneney
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Paula (Cullen) Staunton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WB2455513 [compare], Ancestry member paula_cullen_pc
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