William
Linn
Conaway
Born in Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Grace Golden Conaway, Edmund Marvin Conaway, Georgia Evans Conaway, Gertrude May Conaway, Genevieve Sturm (Conaway) Moore, Olive Belle (Conaway) Toothman, Thurman Ernest Conaway, Irma Dell Conaway, Clark Brady Conaway, Paul Bryan Conaway and Roselyn Pearl (Conaway) Dragoo
Husband of
Virginia Beatrice (Shriver) Conaway
— married
11 Dec 1915 in Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Father of
Charles Coleman Conaway and Lorena Ann (Conaway) Tonkovich
Died
at age 73
in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Apr 2016
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Biography
William was born 3 November 1894 in Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia.[1] He was the son of Charles Coleman Conaway and Mary Virginia Sturm.
He married Virginia Beatrice Shriver on 11 December 1915 in Fairmont, Marion County in a ceremony performed by W. J. Eddy.[2]
William died on 10 July 1968 in Fairmont,[3] and he is buried in the Monumental Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Marion County Birth Register 2: 22, no. 23, William L. Conaway, 3 November 1894; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2876716&Type=Birth: accessed January 2019).
- ↑ Marion County Marriage Register 16: 291, William Linn Conaway and Virginia Shriver, 11 December 1915; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12535983&Type=Marriage : accessed January 2019).
- ↑ West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 010679 (1968), William L. Conaway, 10 July 1968, Marion County; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2737032&Type=Death : accessed January 2019).
- ↑ Human, "William Linn Conaway," Memorial no. 53829814, posted 18 June 2010; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53829814/william-linn-conaway : accessed January 2019).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Robert Conaway
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-Y45670, FTDNA kit #363504, MitoYDNA ID T12693 [compare] - William Conaway :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-BY10, FTDNA kit #363505
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~3.12%
Gayle (Conaway) Haines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A851905 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A851905 [compare], FTDNA kit #B11955
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~3.12%
Robert Conaway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A566164 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A566164 [compare], FTDNA kit #363504
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~3.12%
William Conaway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A279305 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A279305 [compare], FTDNA kit #363505
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~3.12%
Cathy (Conaway) Senko :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A668726 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A668726 [compare], FTDNA kit #B15250
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~1.56%
Jeff Haines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A553546 [compare], Ancestry member hainesjeff1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A553546 [compare], FTDNA kit #344940
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~1.56%
Chris Haines :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T109230 [compare], FTDNA kit #424955
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~0.78%
Kathryn (Snodgrass) Schultz :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T709468 [compare], Ancestry member Kathryn_Schultz
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T709468 [compare], FTDNA kit #217269
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Brittany Clegg :
23andMe
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~0.78%
John Wonsewitz :
AncestryDNA
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