Nellie L. Foss was born in Dec 1875. She is the daughter of Levi Foss and Lucy Albee.
Nellie is listed in the 1880 census in Whitneyville, Washington, ME as a 4 year old daughter of Levi FossLucy Ellen Albee.
Sources
"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCND-VNL : accessed 12 March 2016), Warren C Gay and Nellie A Foss, 28 Jul 1894; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGQ-81V : accessed 12 March 2016), Nellie L Gay in household of Warren C Gay, Machias town, Washington, Maine, United States; citing sheet 19A, family 422, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,602.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR32-8DD : accessed 12 March 2016), Nellie L Gay in household of Warren C Gay, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 296, sheet 19A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,560.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8W-C6W : accessed 12 March 2016), Nellie L Gay in household of Warren C Gay, MacHias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing sheet 17B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,650.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nellie 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 Nellie: