Born in At Sea; on board the Melita, en route to New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Walter Riddle
and Janet (Crichton) Riddle
Brother of
Helen (Riddle) Simpson, James Crichton (Riddle) Riddell, Jane (Riddle) Stevens, William Riddle, Janet (Riddle) Porteous, Margaret Elspeth (Riddle) Stalker, Elspeth Mary (Riddle) McLean, John William Riddle, Walter Riddle, Stevens Riddle [half], Robert Riddle [half], Collin John Riddle [half], Marian Stevens (Riddle) Edlington [half], John Riddle [half], Patrick Alexander Riddle [half], Amy Ewing (Riddle) Sharp [half], Sarah Campbell McPherson (Riddle) Brough [half], Ann Margaret (Riddle) Gannon [half], Hormah Riddle [half], Ewing Stevens Riddle [half] and Campbell Frederick Theodore Riddle [half]
Husband of
Susan Winifred (Doyle) Riddell
— married
1899 in Ohingaiti, Rangitikei, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Andrew Melita Walter Riddell, James Crighton Riddell, Leonora Margaret (Riddell) Butler, Andrew John Riddell MM, Janet Winifred (Riddell) Plane, Eileen Mary (Riddell) Cameron and Melita Joseph Riddell
Died
at age 72
in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jul 2015
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Biography
Born on ship, 'Melita'
Sources
- MARRIAGE: NZBDM: 1899/210
- DEATH: NZBDM: 1938/25696
- "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-JWJ4 : 28 June 2018), Andrew Milita Riddell, 11 Oct 1938; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 3Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 260, 7 November 1906, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061107.2.70.3
- Deaths, New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23166, 12 October 1938, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19381012.2.2.3
- Personal recollection of events as remembered by Andrew Hodgson 9 Jul 2021.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Andrew 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 Andrew:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Andrew 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 Andrew:
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~3.12%
Norm Riddell
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A267867 [compare], Ancestry member normriddell1
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Ainsley (Nicholson) Allouchery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RV9387104 [compare], Ancestry member Ainsley_Allouchery
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~1.56%
Brent Crighton :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Carla (Ballingall) Knight :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XR1174788 [compare]
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Riddell-1980 and Riddle-1543 appear to represent the same person because: Similar details /LNAB correction / Part of a Larger Branch Merge
- If you agree that they are a match - Please do not set as Unmerged Match (this will stop the merge process) just agree to the merge and the merge will be processed
- Proposer is a 'Data Doctor' and not related to the Profile/s
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Rejected matches › Andrew Riddle (1639-)
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Categories: Te Aroha Cemetery, Te Aroha, Waikato | Melita, sailed 3 July 1866