Born in Campbelltown, Southland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henri Josef de Smidt
and Christiana Louisa (Gohl) de Smidt
Sister of
Louisa Theresa (de Smidt) Henderson, Henri Joseph de Smidt and Christina Josephine (de Smidt) Boys
Wife of
Joseph George Ward GCMG MP Bt
— married
4 Dec 1883 in Bluff, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Cyril Rupert Joseph Ward Bt, Vincent Aubrey Ward CBE, Eileen Josephine (Ward) Wood, Alfred Ward, Dorothea Ward, Gladstone William Ward and Awarua Ward
Died about
at about age 71
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Dec 2014
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Biography
Dorothea was born about 1866.[1]
She married Joseph George Ward about 1883.[2][3]
She died about 1927 aged 61 years old.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Birth Registration of Dorothea Theresa De Smidt , child of NR and Louisa Christina ; citing Birth Certificate 1866/33756.
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of Teresa Dorothy De Smidt and Joseph George Ward ; citing Marriage Certificate 1883/3261.
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of Theresa Dorothea De Smidt and Joseph George Ward ; citing Marriage Certificate 1883/3303.
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of Theresa Dorothy Ward, aged at death 61Y; citing Death Certificate 1927/1523.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Caroline Von Dadelszen, Monday, December 1, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theresa 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 Theresa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theresa 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 Theresa:
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~12.50%
Caroline (Ward) Von Dadelszen
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member carovond
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~12.50%
Rupert Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PZ4775112 [compare], Ancestry member rupertward
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