William
Morris
"Maurice"
Newsham
Born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Newsham
and Mary Louisa (Lethbridge) Newsham
Brother of
Frederic Ernest Newsham, Francis Harry Newsham, Emma Eliza (Newsham) Bayly, Tom Newsham, Louisa (Newsham) Joll, Charles Newsham, Kate Eda (Newsham) Twomey, Alfred Newsham, Maud Alice (Newsham) Seccombe, George Newsham, Harry Arthur Newsham, Albert Edward Newsham, Minnie Arabella (Newsham) Morton and Lewis Oscar Newsham
Husband of
Jane Alexandra (Finch) Newsham
— married
1889 in New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Jane Lethbridge (Newsham) Boles, Hilda Blanche (Newsham) Coote, Tom Newsham, Myra Eveline Newsham, Mabel (Newsham) Thomson and William Newsham
Died
at age 73
in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2014
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Biography
William was born in 1847. He was the son of Thomas Newsham and Mary Lethbridge.
In March 1883, Charles Wilson Hursthouse and his cousin, William Newsham, were imprisoned by Te Mahuki of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe. After 41 hours of ill-treatment, their rescue was facilitated by Wetere Te Rerenga [1].
He passed away in 1921 aged 73 years old.
Sources
- http://www.geni.com/people/William-Newsham/6000000009147473271?through=6000000009164514747
- Marriage - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Marriage cert 1889/1071
- Death - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death cert 1921/9600 73Y
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 William:
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~1.56%
Carole Withey
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T128827 [compare]
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~1.56%
Richard Hart :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
David Tripe :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Andrea (Webber) Jacobson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member andrea_jacobson
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Newsham-170 and Newsham-148 appear to represent the same person because: same name, dates, spouses
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Birth: August 18, 1847 New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Death: January 30, 1921 (73) Thames, Waikato, New Zealand Immediate Family: Son of Thomas Newsham and Mary Louisa Newsham Husband of Jane Alexandra Newsham Father of Jane Lethbridge Boles; Hilda Blanche Coot; Tom Newsham; Mabel Newsham and William Newsham Brother of Emma Eliza Bayly; Louisa Joll; Charles Newsham; Frederick Ernest Newsham; Francis Harry Newsham; Tom Newsham; Maude Alice Newsham; Kate Edith Newsham; Minnie Arabella Newsham; George Newsham; Henry Arthur Newsham; Albert Edward Newsham and Lewis Oscar Newsham « less