William
Edson
Dayton
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Florence E. (Dayton) Sargent and Charles Ray Dayton
Husband of
Geraldine Marie (Dixon) Dayton
— married
4 Jan 1936 in Jay County, Indiana, USA
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 76
in Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Apr 2015
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Biography
William was born 9 July 1918 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.[1] He was the son of William Perry Dayton and Anna Elizabeth Miller.
He married Geraldine Marie Dixon on 4 January 1936 in Jay County, Indiana, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Mildred Whetsel.[2]
William died on 25 May 1995 in Dunkirk, Jay County,[3] and he is buried there in the IOOF Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ William's death certificate provides his date and place of birth and the names of his perants. The informant was his widow, Geraldine Dayton. Indiana State Department of Health, death certificate no. 018569 (1995), William E. Dayton, 25 May 1995, Jay County; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/44494_351971-01135/2686650?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/29568134565/facts/citation/682115627057/edit/record : accessed April 2019).
- ↑ Jay County Marriage Register 12: 208, William Edson Dayton and Geraldine Marie Dixon, 4 January 1936; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-HGHH-X?i=799&cc=1410397&cat=497014 : accessed April 2019).
- ↑ Indiana State Department of Health, death certificate no. 018569 (1995), William E. Dayton, 25 May 1995, Jay County; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/44494_351971-01135/2686650?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/29568134565/facts/citation/682115627057/edit/record : accessed April 2019).
- ↑ DSON1492, "William E. Dayton," Memorial no. 137081866, posted 10 October 2014; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137081866/william-e_-dayton : accessed April 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. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Sharon (Shockey) Wetzel
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M962225 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #356718
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~0.78%
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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~0.78%
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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~0.78%
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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~0.78%
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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