Reta was born in February of 1902 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. She seems to have been the first of her siblings to have been born after the move from Michigan to Canada.
1921 Canadian Census
Name: Reta Noel
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1902
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Frank Noel
Father Birth Place: Ontario
Mother's name: Maud Noel
Mother Birth Place: Quebec
Racial or Tribal Origin: French
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Lambton West
District Number: 96
Sub-District: Sarnia (City)
Sub-District Number: 46
City, Town or Village: Sarnia City Ward 1
Street or Township: 174 Cotterbury
Headstone Record
Name: Rita B. Harris
Maiden Name: Noel
Cemetery: Mount Calvary Roman Catholic+
Burial Place: Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Notes: ?. H. S. HARRIS JOSEPH I. 1907--1975 His Wife RITA B. NOEL 1902--1959
Sources
"Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM6Y-B51 : 15 January 2016), Reta Noel, 04 Feb 1902; citing Birth, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,148,637.
Reta Noel in Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 67; Census Place: Sarnia (City), Lambton West, Ontario; Page Number: 23
Rita Belle Noel marriage to Joseph Irwin Harris in Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registration of Marriages 1936; Reel: 14-666.
Rita B. Harris in Ancestry.com. Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rita by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Thomas Darga :
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup W3a