Born in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederick Roach Gass
and Georgia B (Simpson) Gass
Sister of
Roydon Simpson Gass, Donald MacMurran Gass, Margaret Richmond (Gass) Cantley and Howard Douglas Gass
Wife of
Lewis Murray Sproull
— married
25 Oct 1939 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at age 89
in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
When Helen Ramsay Gass was born on 22 May 1907, in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Frederick R. Gass, was 30 and her mother, Georgia B. Simpson, was 29. She married Lewis Murray Sproull on 25 October 1939, in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived in Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1907. She died on 27 March 1997, in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sources
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLX-31W : 8 December 2014), Helen Ramsay Gass, 1907, Birth Registration; citing p. 99200396, volume 1907, Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:886F-XXPZ : 22 July 2021), Helen Ramsay Gass Sproull, 22 May 1907; citing Birth, Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:886F-XF3Z : 22 July 2021), Helen Ramsay Gass, 22 May 1907; citing Birth, New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #113644740
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
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~0.78%
Angela (Hussey) Pugh
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