Born in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Smellie
and Lillie Maud (Skipper) Smellie
Sister of
Albert Alexander (Smellie) Smillie, Elsie May (Smellie) Stephens, Allan Graham Smellie and Vera Lillie (Smellie) Davies
Wife of
William Spencer Wardrobe
— married
1926 in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in Belfield, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2022
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Biography
Bessie Mabel Smellie was born on 13 February 1902 in Balmain, Sydney. She was the daughter of Alexander Smellie and Lillie Skipper.[1]
In 1926 in Canterbury, she married William Spencer Wardrobe.[2]
She passed away on 18 January 1991 in Belfield.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 23 Apr 2022), Index entry for SMELLIE BESSIE M; Parents: ALEXANDER & LILLIE; District: BALMAIN SOUTH; Registration Number: 1177/1902
- ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 13 May 2022), Index entry for WILLIAM S WARDROBE and BESSIE M SMELLIE; District: CANTERBURY; Registration Number: 5778/1926
- ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 13 May 2022), Index entry for WARDROBE BESSIE MABEL; Parents: ALEXANDER & LILLIE MAUDE; District: ; Registration Number: 2620/1991
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
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~3.12%
Lew Cody
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Simone Cody :
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