Born in Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Yorke Weedon
and Maria Eliza (Dobson) Weedon
Sister of
Constance Yorke (Weedon) Haggett, Winifred Yorke Weedon and Annie Yorke (Weedon) Greenstreet
Wife of
William Owen
— married
30 May 1911 in Durban, Natal, South Africa
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 95
in Meirionydd, Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ethel was born in Canterbury, New Zealand in 1879, the daughter of Robert Weedon and Maria Dobson.[1][2] She became a high school teacher.[3] She married William Owen in Durban, Natal, South Africa on 30 May 1911.[4] She died in 1974 in Meirionydd, Merionethshire, Wales.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-N2ZY : 27 November 2017), Ethel Lucy Yorke Weedon, 1879; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1879/6603, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7VY-NS2 : 22 July 2019), Ethel Lucy York Weedon in household of Maria Eliza Weedon, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3Z-CWJ : 20 May 2019), Ethel L J Weedon in household of Maria P Weedon, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bedford And Kempston subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCP-Y2T : 10 March 2018), William Owen and Ethel Lucy Yorke Weedon, 30 May 1911; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 02886; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,795,203.
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCB-CGM4 : 4 September 2014), Ethel Lucy Y Owen, 1974; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Meirionydd, Merionethshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ethel 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 Ethel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ethel 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 Ethel:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Susan Barclay 
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~0.78%
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