Bessie was born in 1856. She was the dau of John Dench and Emma Worden. She was baptised with her brother John on January 8 of that year. Her father was a blacksmith at the time of the baptism[1][2].
Marriage
Edward Nankivell married Elizabeth Jane Dench on 14 Jun 1879 in Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia[3].
She passed away on 24 Oct 1925, as a result of an a motor accident, in Maitland, South Australia, Australia[4].
NANKIVELL.—On the 24th October, result of motor accident, Elizabeth, dearly loved wife of Edward Nankivell, of 112, Swaine-avenue, Toorak (late of Coobowie), aged 68 years and 6 months.[5].
Sources
↑ "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-3V4B : 9 March 2021), Elizabeth Dench, 08 Jan 1856; citing Baptism, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Cornwall Records Office, Truro.
↑ Edward Nankivell
Father's Name: John Nankivell
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Dench
Spouse's Father's Name: John Dench
Marriage Date: 14 Jun 1879
Marriage Place: Res Of Rev H Morgan Hindmarsh
Registration Place: Adelaide, South Australia
Page Number: 987
Volume Number: 119
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line].
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DNA Connections
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:
Elizabeth Dench the wife of Edward, was her Mother-in-laws niece, the daughter of her brother John. She was bapt 08-Jan
Year 1856
Parish Or Reg District Enoder, St.
Forename Elizabeth
Surname Dench
Sex
Father Forename John
Mother Forename Pengelly
Residence Summercourt
Father Rank Profession Blacksmith
Notes
Transcriber Notes
Transcriber Sue Boyland
At her marriage in SA to Edward, he father was stated as john.
This confirmed in the book 'Nankivell, a Family Affair'.