Cecil
Samuel
Ayers
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel (Ayres) Ayers
and Sarah Ann (Judson) Ayers
Brother of
Rose Emily (Ayers) Taylor, Leonard Judson Ayers, Ida Isabell Ethel (Ayers) Trebilcock, Hector Thomas Ayers, Harry Gordon Ayers, Stanley William Ayers, Prissy Rachel (Ayers) Finlay and Dorothy Thelma Kathleen (Ayers) Wright
Husband of
Alice Millicent (Carr) Ayers
— married
1918 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Ida Dorothy (Ayers) Doak and Colin Cecil Ayers
Died
at age 85
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2016
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| Preceded by William Arthur Rowse |
Mayor of Rangiora Borough 1929 - 1931 |
Succeeded by William Arthur Rowse |
Biography
Cecil Ayers lived in Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Cecil was born in 1880.
In 1924 he built the Rangiora Maternity Hospital. [1]
Cecil defeated William Arthur Rowse by 3 votes in the 1929 Rangiora mayoral election; but lost to him in the next election in 1931. [1]
Cecil died on the 14 April 1966 age 85 and is buried at Rangiora Methodist Cemetery. [2] His wife Alice is on the same headstone.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayors of Rangiora - source document on category page.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #179760456 - image of headstone.
- Probate File: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-GBDG
- New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Birth Marriage Death Registration.
- NZBDM BIRTH: 1880/14367 Ayres Cecil Samuel || Sarah Ann || Samuel
- NZBDM MARRIAGE:1908/5148 Cordelia Stephens Duff to Cecil Samuel Ayers
- NZBDM MARRIAGE:1918/5899 Alice Millicent Carr to Cecil Samuel Ayers
- NZBDM DEATH:1966/33609 Ayers Cecil Samuel 85Y
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecil 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 Cecil:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cecil 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 Cecil:
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~3.12%
Warwick Kellaway
:
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~3.12%
Russell Downey :
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