Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Alvis
and Elizabeth (Dequare) Alvis
Sister of
Unknown Alvis, Ireana Minerva (Alvis) Morrison, Sarah (Alvis) Honea, William Carell Alvis, Mary (Alvis) Riddle, Mary Caroline Alvis, Abner Alvis Sr, Charles L Alvis, David Harrison Alvis, Henry S Alvis and Gabriel Alexander Alvis
Wife of
James W Cook
— married
13 Oct 1845 in Madison Co AL
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2011
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Biography
Melcena (Alvis) Cook was born about 1820, daughter of David Alvis (1781 - 1848) and Elizabeth (Dequare) Alvis (1784 - 1853).
Her siblings were:
- Unknown Alvis ( - )
- Sarah (Alvis) Honea (~1808 - >1850)
- Ireana Minerva (Alvis) Morrison (~1808 - ~1849)
- Mary (Alvis) Riddle (1809 - 1882)
- Abner Alvis Sr (1812 - 1871)
- Charles L Alvis (~1815 - >1840)
- David Harrison Alvis (~1821 - 1909)
- Henry S Alvis (1827 - 1894)
- Gabriel Alexander Alvis (1830 - 1864)
Melcena (~25) married James W Cook (~25) (~1820 - ) on 13 Oct 1845 in Madison Co AL. [1]
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
citing FHL microfilm: 1305697;
FamilySearch Record: FQK2-JQ4 (accessed 4 February 2023)Name Melcina Olvis Marriage Date 13 Oct 1845 Marriage Place Madison, Alabama, United States Source Reference Volumes 4-4A
This person was created through the import of Alvis families 9a.ged on 18 January 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melcena 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 Melcena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melcena 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 Melcena:
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~1.56%
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23andMe, GEDmatch M116185 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A917015 [compare], Ancestry member cadescreek
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A917015 [compare], FTDNA kit #B74923
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~0.78%
Val Cedillo :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vmcedillo
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Earl D House :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F116801 [compare], FTDNA kit #116801
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~0.78%
Mary (Campbell) Reynolds :
MyHeritage DNA
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