Born in Waterloo, NSW
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Winton Austen
and Katherine Honorah (Franey) Austen
Sister of
Joseph Clarence Austen, Emma Austen, Ellen (Austen) Brown, Charles Winton Austen, Florence Ann (Austen) Wassall, Ernest Elliot Austen, Frank Hubert Austen, Sophia (Austen) Reid, Raymond Stanley Austen, James Lawford Austen, Myra Grace (Austen) Barnes, Noel Spencer Austen, Doreen Mary (Austen) Hornblower and Elva Lucille (Austen) Rose
Wife of
Elliot Tucker Merrick III
— married
about 1929 [location unknown]
Mother of
[private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 98
in USA [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2011
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Biography
Kate was the subject of a top selling book by her husband called "Northern Nurse"', about her life as a nurse in remote Labrador.
Sources
- Paul Bech, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Paul and others.
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Douglas Austen
Kate was a nurse she moved to Labrador Newfoundland married Elliott Merrick who wrote Northern Nurse a story of Kate Austen Merrick Life.
posted 8 Jan 2014 by Douglas Austen
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kate 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 Kate:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kate 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 Kate:
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~12.50%
Douglas Austen
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A777764 [compare], Ancestry member austendd
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Berice (Yelds) Lawson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A259374 [compare], Ancestry member kurrajong42
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Karlie (Cole) Walters :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PV9822365 [compare], Ancestry member Karlie_walters2
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Janelle (Watts) Milgate :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A280523 [compare], Ancestry member jmilgate68
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Toni Cotten :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EK9445752 [compare], Ancestry member Cotten
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~0.78%
Yvonne (Smith) Hawkins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NQ9310887 [compare], Ancestry member hyvonne69
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