Born in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Israel Putnam Foss
and Alpha Ellen (Knight) Foss
Sister of
Edgar Franklin Foss, Bertha E (Foss) Leighton, Eva L Foss, Lucretia Foss, Amelia E (Foss) Garner, Merton Wellington Foss, Virgil P Foss [half], Clifford H. Foss [half] and Mildred N. Foss [half]
Wife of
Fred P. Bowers
— married
1884 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 67
in Napa, Napa, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2011
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Biography
Linnie was born in 1867. She is the daughter of Israel Foss and Afpha Ellen Knight. She passed away in 1934.
Entered by Stanley Wood, Nov 17, 2011.
Sources
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DW-QZJ : 12 April 2016), Bertha Foss in household of Putnam Foss, Maine, United States; citing p. 23, family 172, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,062.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLF-KXP : accessed 25 May 2019), Bertha E Foss in household of Fred P Bowers, South Portland town South Portland city (west part) Ward 4-7, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 10B, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,591.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Linnie 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 Linnie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Linnie 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 Linnie:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Beverly Peckham 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
April (May) Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member maprilmay
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Janet Akins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A109747 [compare], Ancestry member JanAkinsUhegbu
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~0.39%
Carleton Cox :
23andMe, GEDmatch AR6411844 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CarletonCox
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