Born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Cyrus Davie
and Emma Ratcliffe (Mortimer) Davie
Sister of
Mortimer Davie, Frank Harman Davie, John Mortimer Davie, Emily Constance (Davie) Lowes, Edith Maud (Davie) Andrews and Marion Eveleigh Davie
Wife of
Edmund Douglas Giles
— married
6 Aug 1890 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Edith Eleanor (Giles) Robinson, Allen Francis Giles, Marion (Giles) Brittan, Prudence (Giles) Macfarlane and Margaret Elizabeth (Giles) Barker
Died
at age 63
in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Biography
Bessie Davie was born in 1865. She was the daughter of Cyrus Davie and Emma Mortimer. In 1890 she married Edmund Giles and they had five children. They lived in the Hawarden district of North Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bessie Giles died in 1928. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Informal Davie family history for Davie family reunion in December 2000; written by Jenny Abrahamson (2000)
- Birth record: NZBDM 1865/13750
- Marriage record: NZBDM 1890/1488
- Death record: NZBDM 1928/9017
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
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~6.25%
Tim Davie
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