Jessie was born about 1882, the daughter of Fanny and Samuel Gilbert, a Carter of Blenheim.
Her marriage to Alfred Oben took place at Picton in 1902. Six children were born in the marriage.
Jessie (Gilbert) Oben died in 1958 aged 75 and is buried at Omaka cemetery. [1]
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Sources
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-5VGK : 27 November 2017), Jessie Gilbert, 1882; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1882/11178, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-Q887 : 4 January 2018), Jessie Oben, 1958; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1958/20100, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie 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 Jessie: