Born in Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Clifford Lea Petterson
and Harriet Elizabeth (Galey) Lewis
Sister of
Neil Weston Petterson, Roland Maxwell Petterson, Ellice Doreen (Lewis) Bush [half], Lulu Leone Lewis [half], David Leyland Lewis [half], Gwendoline Dusk Lewis [half] and Douglas Warren Frederick Lewis [half]
Wife of
[private husband (1920s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Gisborne, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2013
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Biography
Leah was the daughter of Clifford Petterson and Harriet Galey.
She moved to Gisborne in the 1940's and was living at the home of Neil and Gwen Petterson. (brother & sister-in-law)
Leah married in 1951 at Gisborne to Lyle Kennedy. One child born to Leah and Lyle is unsourced (Daughter) and one possibly stillborn, buried at Taruheru Cemetery in July 1954 age 0.
Leah died age 79 and is also buried at Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne[1]
Sources
- https://ancestrylibrary.com.au NZ Electoral Rolls
- J Stent
- https://cemeterysearch.gdc.govt.nz/detail/TARUHERU*14649
- Death certificate
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Faye Whitfield.
Acknowledgments
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah 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 Leah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah 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 Leah:
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~1.56%
Helen (Schroder) Martin
:
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~0.78%
Warren Climo :
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