Born in Owsley, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elijah Gay
and Catherine (Anderson) Gay
Sister of
James Baker Gay [half], Charlotte C (Gay) Burns [half], Russell Lewis Gay [half], Sarah Gay [half], Henry C. Gay [half], Hannah Gay [half], Joseph Gay [half], Jobe Gay [half], Fanny Gay [half], McCoy L Gay, Orville Bradley Gay and George Washington Gay
Wife of
Andrew Jackson Couch
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Victoria (Couch) West
Died
at age 35
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2011
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1869. Margaret Gay ... She passed away in 1905. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Mary Gay, Monday, November 24, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZL-GLY : 7 September 2017), Elijah Gay, Buffalo, Owsley, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 285D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0438; FHL microfilm 1,254,438.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maggie 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 Maggie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maggie 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 Maggie:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Mary Gay 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Freda (Thomas) Adkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M282922 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member okspiriteyes7
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Linda (Sharpton) Davidson :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Nora (Welch) Goodin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
John Viars :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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Mary Gay
Mary Gay
Gay-522 and Gay-2053 appear to represent the same person because: Margaret Gay is my great grandmother.
posted
by Mary Gay
Rejected matches › Margaret Jane (Begley) Gay (abt.1870-1950) › Margaret Elzada (Couch) Canah (1868-aft.1900)
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