George
Gordon
Mitchell
Born in Rarotonga
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ernest Mitchell, Sarah Evelyn (Mitchell) Thompson, Agnes Catherine (Mitchell) Bouchier, Caroline Beatrice (Mitchell) Fortes, Robert Edward Mitchell, Henry Hamilton Mitchell, Dugald Trevor Mitchell, Hylda Violet (Mitchell) Mati and Alfred Derwent Mitchell
Husband of
Louise Ivy (Guttenbeil) Mitchell
— married
1939 in New Zealand
Died
at age 71
in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2015
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Biography
George was born in 1914. He was the son of Ernest Mitchell and Mele Mataele.
George arrived in New Zealand from Rarotonga in 1929 to attend the Fielding Agricultural High School, where he first learned to play rugby.
He married Louise Ivy Guttenbeil in 1939. They had no children.
He played Rugby League for Richmond Rovers and joined Ponsonby Rugby League team in 1944 until his retirement in 1947 (he worked on the Wharf.) He became the first Rarotongan Islander to represent New Zealand being selected in the 1939 Kiwi Rugby League Team for their tour of England. He also represented the NZ Maori team against Australia in 1937.
His wife died in 1984.
George passed away in 1986 at the age of 71.
He was inducted (after his death) in 2008 into the Samoan Sports Hall of Fame for services to Rugby League in New Zealand.
Burial
Cremation Date: 26 March 1986 - Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Sources
- NZ BDM Marriage Records Online: 1939/369 Louisa Ivy Guttenbeil and George Gordon Mitchell https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
- NZ BDM Death Records Online: 1986/32131 Mitchell George Gordon https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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 George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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 George:
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~0.78%
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