Born in Greenville, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Burk
and Maria Z (McMillan) Thomas
Sister of
Catherine Belle (Burk) Litton, Amanda Carolyn (Burk) Collins, Burke, Adda Thomas [half], Ida Bell (Thomas) Rash [half], Ella (Thomas) Wilson [half], Alice Victoria (Thomas) Budlong [half], George Thomas [half], Emma W (Thomas) Wood [half], Ervin Thomas [half] and John Thomas [half]
Wife of
Edward Lincoln Comstock
— married
22 Oct 1879 in Wayne County, Iowa, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Della Gay (Comstock) Shipman, Marion Oscar Comstock, Fred Logan Comstock, Ella Maria (Comstock) Donaldson, Everet B Comstock, Clyde Cecil Comstock and Bessie Irene (Comstock) Willitt
Died
at age 66
in Marion County, Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jan 2016
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Biography
Mary Zadinia Burk was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania 27 December 1857 to Thomas Burk and Maria McMillan. Her father died at Vicksburg in 1863.
She married Ed L Comstock 22 October 1879 in Wayne County, Iowa.
Mary died 29 October 1924 in Marion County, Oregon and was buried in City View Cemetery.
Sources
- Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch., accessed 17 February 2016.
- United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014), Iowa > Decatur > Eden > image 1 of 30, line 18 (her mother remarried Abijah Thomas); citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014., accessed 17 February 2016.
- United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), Iowa > Wayne > Clio > ED 242 > image 3 of 3; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Iowa State Census, 1885, database with images, FamilySearch : 1 April 2016), Wayne > image 15 of 29; State Historical Society, Des Moines.
- United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch : 5 August 2014), Oregon > Marion > image 7 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch : 11 November 2015), Oregon > Marion > Salem Ward 4 > image 6 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch : 14 December 2015), Oregon > Marion > Salem Ward 4 > image 16 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave: Memorial #55534075 for Mary Zadinia "Minnie" Burk Comstock], accessed 29 January 2018.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minnie 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 Minnie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minnie 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 Minnie:
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~12.50%
Roger Shipman
:
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM9889797 [compare], Ancestry member roger_c_shipman, FTDNA kit #B756446
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B756446
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Dorian (Luttenton) Goodyk :
23andMe
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