Russell Dennis Meads (1928 - 2017)

Born 2 Sep 1928 in Bulls, Manawatu, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of William Meads and Mary Elizabeth Helen (Stokes) Meads

Husband of Selene Zoe (Anderson) Meads — married 26 May 1951 in Palmerston North, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 2017 at age 88 in Auckland New Zealand

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Biography

1928 Born Russell was born in 1928 ^[1] in Bulls, New Zealand to Bill Meads and Mary (Stokes) Meads

1951 Marriage Russell married Meryl Anderson in 1951 at St Andrews Church, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. ^[2]

1993 Marriage: After Meryl died Russell married Marion Murphy in 1993 in Auckland. New Zealand.

Occupation: Russell started out building houses for NZ Maori Affairs in Auckland and then branched out on his own as a property developer.

1917 Died Russell died in 1917 ^{[3] [4]} at his home in Auckland New Zealand

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Andrew Meads and his Third Cousin 1 x removed a descendant of Annie Stokes. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, William Stokes. and Sara Stokes. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 65 cM across 5 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Andrew Meads and his Third Cousin 1 x removed a descendant of Ellen Rubie. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, William Fletcher. and Jane Fletcher. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 8 cM across 1 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Andrew Meads and his Third Cousin 1 x removed a descendant of Elsie Rubie. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, William Fletcher. and Jane Fletcher. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 18 cM across 2 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Warren Meads and Steve Westley his second Cousin 1 x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, William Meads and Caroline Harman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 64 cM across 4 segments.

Maternal/Paternal relationship is confident by reason that a GedMatch group consisting of Warren Meads and K Urch who share a 7.7cM segment on chromosome 6. The most-recent common ancestors shared are Robert Blick and Mary Cook. This note has been added in anticipation of finding another cousin who can test for DNA with shared CM’s greater than 7 CM’s with Warren and K so that a full DNA triangulation can be noted on WikiTree

Sources

1. ↑ Birth certificate Copy held by Warren Meads
2. ↑ Marriage certificate Copy held by Warren Meads
3. ↑ NZBDM Death 2017/9060 Russell Dennis Meads Date of birth 2 September 1928
4. ↑ First hand knowledge of his son Warren Meads

Acknowledgements

Profile created by Warren Meads by reference to Meads family tree