Born in Kaeo, Northland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Hansen Bowyer
and Emma Louise (Irving) Bowyer
Sister of
Samuel Sydney Bowyer, Florence Evalin Bowyer, Winifred Marion (Bowyer) Mountain, Alsid Thomas Bowyer, Edgar Bowyer, Adrian Augustus Bowyer, Hilda Esther Bowyer, Walter Irving Bowyer, Vivien Elaine Bowyer and Althea Selina Eleanor Bowyer
Wife of
Joseph Colquhoun
— married
1921 in New Zealand
Mother of
Violet Alma Dixon (Bowyer) Stevans, Leonard Leo Bowyer, Ida Elaine (Bowyer) Olsen and Lyall Charles Bowyer
Died
at age 57
in Glen Eden, Waitakere, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jan 2015
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Biography
Adelaide was born in 1892.[1] She was the daughter of Thomas Bowyer and Emma Irving.
She had a number of children out of wedlock in the 1910's likely with Charles Alfred Dixon (1876-1918) as most online trees connect the two.
She married Joseph Colquhoun in 1921.[2]
She passed away in 1950.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Registration: "New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", (digital index), New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs. ; Reg No. 1892/8929 Bowyer Adelaide Leslie, Emma Louise & Thomas Hansen
- ↑ Marriage Registration: "New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", (digital index), New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs.; Reg No. 1921/3609 Adalaide Leslie Bowyer & Joseph Colquhoun
- ↑ Geni 14 Jun 2015
- ↑ NZBDM DEATH:1950/22899 Colquhoun Adelaide Leslie 58Y
- Archives New Zealand: R9361213 COLQUHOUN Adelaide Leslie - Glen Eden - Married Woman, probate record.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adelaide 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 Adelaide:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adelaide 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 Adelaide:
-
~12.50%
~25.00%
William Jennings 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bi1978
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~6.25%
Donald Corbett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033522 [compare], Ancestry member cyntheacorbett
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~3.12%
Tony Corbett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A302853 [compare], Ancestry member cyntheacorbett
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~3.12%
Sharon Thorburn :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Tracey Wedge :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MI64173
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Dianna Taylor :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Simone (Brittenden) Robinson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member simone1193
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