Jean was born in 1910. She was the daughter of William Rowe and Linda Haliday. Her middle name harked back to her paternal grandmother whose maiden name was Elizabeth Grimmond
Jean married Ernest James Hamilton Clarke (Jerry) in 1931. Her husband was a plumber when they married and they lived in Papakura. He later became a Health Inspector and they lived in Pukekohe.
She passed away in 2002, having lived to the age of 91. Jean Clarke was buried in Papakura Cemetery with her grandparents James and Margaret Haliday.
Sources
New Zealand Birth Index - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Jean Gremmond (Grimmond) Rowe; Birth Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1910; Registration Place: Auckland, New Zealand; Folio Number: 3069
New Zealand Marriage Index - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Jean Grimond Rowe; Gender: Female; Marriage Year: 1931; Marriage Place: New Zealand; Spouse: Ernest James Hamilton Clarke; Relation: Bride (Wife); Folio Number: 9179
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jean by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Jean: