Born in NSW, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Byrnes
and Eliza (Lewis) Byrnes
Sister of
James Byrnes, Samuel Byrnes, Alfred Roy Byrnes, Sarah Byrnes [half], Maria (Byrnes) Pullman [half], George Byrnes [half], Henry Byrnes [half], Charles Gorman Byrnes [half], Edith Eliza (Byrnes) Hollier [half], William Taylor Byrnes [half], Annie Louisa (Byrnes) Kirkness [half] and Percy Ambrose Byrnes [half]
Wife of
Henry Sheens
— married
1871 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
George Sheens, Samuel Sheens, Arthur Sheens, Peter Sheens, John Sheens, Henry Sheens, Isabella May (Sheens) Willett, Eliza Jemima (Sheens) Stanton, Allan Sheens, James Sheens, Alfred Henry Sheens, Alfred Sheens, Robert Sheens and Edith Sheens
Died
at about age 78
in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2017
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Biography
Emma was born in 1849. She was the daughter of Samuel Byrnes and Eliza Lewis. She passed away in 1927.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247015629/emma-sheens: accessed 10 September 2023), memorial page for Emma Sheens (1851–26 Dec 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 247015629, citing Castlereagh Methodist Cemetery, Castlereagh, Penrith City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Shane König von Castlemaine (contributor 49774181).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma 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 Emma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma 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 Emma:
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~3.12%
Rebecca Coombes
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T299067 [compare], FTDNA kit #750236
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Ade Revell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BX2072556 [compare], yourDNAportal ADRa2cf1765, Ancestry member Adrian_Revell
+
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal ADRa2cf1765
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Georgina Blume :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Kristene (Allen) Bogie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a249304 [compare], Ancestry member kristenebogie66
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~0.78%
Mona Wells :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T955189 [compare], FTDNA kit #420850
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