Born 1910s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gordon Raeburn Bruce
and Florence Evelyn (Hatch) Bruce
Sister of
Elsie Louise Bruce, Louie Bruce, Mavis (Bruce) Armstrong, Louisa (Bruce) McArthur, Dorine (Bruce) Field, Gordon Robert Bruce, Rose (Bruce) Treymayne [half], Ettie (Bruce) Hall, [private brother (1920s - unknown)] [half] and [private brother (1920s - 1960s)]
Descendants 
Mother of
Anonymous Forbes and [private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died 2000s.
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= Biography
Reta was a Fabulous mother and well respected member of her church and community She was loved by many foreign students who she helped settle into Melbourne and provide a home to
Sources
The Hatch family in Australia by Marion Warman
Reta can be traced in direct lineage to Robert the Bruce brother please see her ancestral tree
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Forbes Forbs for creating Unknown-216348 on 3 Nov 2013
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reta 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 Reta:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reta 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 Reta:
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~1.56%
Garry Pursehouse
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GarryPursehouse20
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~0.78%
John Williams :
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[Living Lockhart]
Please change first name to unknown and Place Forbes in current last name field.
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