Born in Mataura, Southland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Tom Palmer
and Sarah (Anderson) Palmer
Sister of
Peter Charles Palmer, Harriet Page (Palmer) Hall, Ellen Palmer, Margaret Palmer, Thomas Palmer, Elizabeth (Palmer) Moir, Arthur Stuart Palmer and Sarah Isabella (Palmer) Healey
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Mataura, Southland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Robina Anderson Palmer was born 28 Oct 1874. She was one of 7 children of Sarah Anderson and thomas (Tom) Palmer. Sister to Bessie Palmer[1]
She married Francis John Sherwood in 1894, in New Zealand.[2] They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter.
She died 26 April 1949, in New Zealand, at the age of 79, in Mataura, Southland, New Zealand,[3] and her ashes were buried 29 April 1949 in the Andersons Bay Cemetery - Andersons Bay, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Block S. Plot 21[4]
The Will of Robina Anderson Sherwood[5]
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Birth Registration 1874/48998 (Palmer, Robina Anderson. Parents: Sarah & Thomas) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ New Zealand Marriage Registration 1894/3605 (Robina Anderson Palmer to Francis John Sherwood) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ New Zealand Death Registration 1949/23907 (Sherwood, Robina Anderson, 75Y) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- ↑ Cemeteries search - Dunedin City Council / Andersons Bay Cemetery https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=40742&type=Ashes%20Burial
- ↑ Wellington Probate Files [third sequence] https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/R23038884/sherwood-robina-anderson
- Source will be added by Leah Forrester by 2 Sep 2021.
see also:
- Find A Grave Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221371267/robina-anderson-sherwood: accessed 03 October 2022), memorial page for Robina Anderson Sherwood (1874–26 Apr 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221371267, citing Andersons Bay Cemetery, Andersons Bay, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .
- Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/G34Z-2YS
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robina by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Robina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robina by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Robina:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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