Thomas
Arthur
(Arthur)
Edwards
Born in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Edwards
and Mary Ann (Smith) Edwards
Brother of
Clara (Edwards) Sinclair, Herbert John Edwards, Edith Mary Smith Edwards, Charles William Edwards, Benjamin Gordon Edwards, Mabel Elena (Edwards) Pemberton, Daisy Louisa (Edwards) Steel and Ivy Jemima Roberta (Edwards) Giles
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 81
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Oct 2017
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Biography
Thomas Arthur Edwards was born in New Zealand in 1882 to Benjamin Edwards and Mary Ann Smith. [1]
Thomas was a railway engine driver prior to serving in the Expeditionary forces in World War I. At the time he enlisted, he was residing in Murray Street, Greymouth. Prior to that he had volunteered for 3 years in the military.
Thomas passed away in 1964 at the age of 81. [2]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Afairs birth registration # 1882/17474
- ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs death registration # 1964/36227
Acknowledgements
Thank you to my dear cousin G. Giles for sending me information on the Smith's, Gittens', and Edwards' families. I have corrected a major error in Thomas Arthur's lifespan. This goes to show that collaboration is so very important!
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Di (Sinclair) Martin 
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Raewyn Vincent :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A271678 [compare]
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~1.56%
Stuart Cann :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN14814
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Rejected matches › Thomas Edwards (1884-1940) › Thomas Edwards (abt.1880-1950) › Thomas Valentine Edwards (1880-1954) › Thomas J. Edwards (1880-1973) › Thomas E Edwards (1880-) › Thomas Henry Edwards (1884-) › Thomas Arthur Edwards (1884-1958) › William Thomas Edwards (1883-1911) › Thomas James Edwards (1883-) › George Thomas Edwards (abt.1883-) › Thomas W Edwards (abt.1883-) › George Thomas Edwards (bef.1875-1945) › Thomas Edwards (abt.1882-) › Thomas Duncan Edwards (1882-) › Thomas Robert Edwards (1882-1958) › Thomas C Edwards (bef.1875-) › Arthur Edwards (abt.1880-)
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