Job
Russ
Born in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Jonah Russ
and Hannah (Priddle) Russ
Brother of
Thomas Russ, Charles Russ, James Russ, Ann (Russ) Dight, Henry Russ, Jacob Russ, Emma (Russ) Mounter, Elizabeth Russ, Esau Russ and Hannah Russ
Husband of
Elizabeth (Satherley) Russ
— married
13 Mar 1841 in East Lambrook Somerset England
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Russ, John Russ, Thomas Russ, William Edmund Russ, George Russ, Walter Russ, Charles Frederick Russ, James Albert Russ, Simeon Russ and Emily Jane (Russ) Davies
Died
at age 87
in Waimea West, Nelson, New Zealand
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Biography
When Job Russ was born on December 22, 1819, in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England, his father, Jonah, was 24 and his mother, Hannah, was 23.
Marriage
He married Elizabeth Satherley on March 13, 1841, in his hometown.
- County Somerset
- Place Kingsbury Episcopi
- Church name St Martin
- Register type
- Register entry number 57
- Marriage date 13 Mar 1842
- Groom forename Job
- Groom surname RUSS
- Groom age 24
- Groom condition Bachelor
- Groom abode E. Lambrook
- Groom occupation Labourer
- Bride forename Elizabeth
- Bride surname SATHERLAY
- Bride age 17
- Bride condition Spinster
- Bride abode E. Lambrook
- Bride occupation Glover
- Groom father forename Jonah
- Groom father surname RUSS
- Groom father occupation Labourer
- Bride father forename Edmund
- Bride father surname SATHERLAY
- Bride father occupation Labourer
- Witness1 forename William
- Witness1 surname SATHERLEY
- Witness2 forename Caroline
- Witness2 surname SATHERLAY
Job and Elizabeth migrated to New Zealand aboard the Sir Charles Forbes, sailing in May 1842. They had 11 children in 25 years. Among those born in NZ are:
1850/2961 Russ NR Elizabeth Job=William Edmund 1852/2705 Russ NR Elizabeth Job=George 1854/3766 Russ NR Elizabeth Job=Walter 1856/5379 Russ NR Elizabeth Job =Charles Frederick 1858/6821 Russ NR Elizabeth Job 1860/8847 Russ NR Elizabeth Job
They also brought up Job's brother, Jacob's, daughter Bertha as her mother died a few weeks after her birth.
Death
He died on August 15, 1907, in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand, having lived a long life of 87 years, and was buried in Brightwater, Tasman, New Zealand.[1]
Burial
Job Russ BIRTH : Dec 1819, Somerset, England DEATH : Aug 1907 (aged 87) BURIAL : St Michael's Churchyard, Brightwater, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand MEMORIAL ID : 137446907 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137446907/job-russ
Sources
- ↑ Job Russ in the Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current Name: Job Russ Birth Date: Dec 1819 Birth Place: Somerset, England Death Date: Aug 1907 Cemetery: St Michael's Churchyard Burial or Cremation Place: Brightwater, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand Has Bio?: N Spouse: Elizabeth Russ Source: ancestry.com
- Elizabeth SATHERLAY Job RUSS Marriage 13 Mar 1842 Somerset Kingsbury Episcopi (St Martin)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #137446907
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Job 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 Job:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Job 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 Job:
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~6.25%
Michael Mayes
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Russell Downey :
MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
Kerry Mayes :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RH9196116 [compare]
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~3.12%
Judy (Wilkinson) Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A761586 [compare], yourDNAportal JUDde50440c, Ancestry member judydwall
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~3.12%
David Smith :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
David Inder :
MyHeritage DNA
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