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Mary Ruth (Ruth) Whittall formerly Giraud

Born 30 Oct 1910 in Smyrna, (Izmir) Turkey

Ancestors

Daughter of Edmund Haydn Giraud and Ruth Madelaine (Whittall) Giraud

Sister of Edna Ruth (Giraud) Whittall, Godfrey Bertram Giraud, Gray Noel Giraud, Margaret Jeanne (Giraud) Bayliss and [private brother (1930s - unknown)] [half]

Wife of Willem Frank Whittall MBE — married 19 Apr 1941 (to 1966) in Izmir, Turkey

Descendants

Mother of [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1940s - unknown)]

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Whittall Family Project

Biography

Mary Ruth Whittall known as Ruth was born in Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey in 1910. She was the daughter of Edmund Haydn Giraud and Ruth Whittall.

Ruth married a first cousin once removed, Willem Frank Whittall known as 'Wem' in 1941 when she was 30 and he was 25. They had 2 children and migrated to Canada a few years later. Ruth's sister Edna also migrated to Canada, with her husband Rodney Whittall.

Ruth and Willem divorced in 1966.

Sources

Bornova Marriage Register 1926-85 Doc 6 (MS 30781) 1941
The Genealogy of the Whittall Family of Turkey, compiled by Betty and Paul McKernan 1996

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Joe O'Carroll : AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued), haplogroup U5b3

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:

~7.81% JP Giraud : 23andMe
~3.91% ~9.38% Brigitte Theuma : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A096034 [compare]
~3.91% ~9.38% Susan O'Carroll : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A715732 [compare], Ancestry member ocarrolls35
~3.12% John Thompson : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jtsenior
~1.56% ~6.25% Bo Parker : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A588374 [compare], Ancestry member ocarrolls35

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Mary Ruth (Giraud) Whittall (1910)

Biography

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