Born in Salem Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Walter Lynn Gensel
and Anna Jane Hough
Sister of
Edna Gensel, Elsie Gensel, Sarah Alverda Gensel, Myrtle Agness Gensel, Samuel Franklin Gensel Jr., Daniel Isaac Gensel and Pauline Daisy Gensel
Wife of
Samuel Seltzer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jay Seltzer and Jean Marquene (Seltzer) Folk
Died
at age 81
in Berwick Hospital Center, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2013
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Biography
Sources
- "Obituary for Walter Lynn Gensel," (Wilkes Barre) The Times Leader, 21 Feb 1964. Cit. Date: 01 Oct 2017.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH7Q-1FR : accessed 6 October 2019), Viola M Gensel in household of Walter L Gensel, Salem, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 198, sheet 9A, line 15, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2071; FHL microfilm 2,341,805.
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #136293118 (accessed 16 February 2024)
Memorial page for Viola E Gensel Seltzer (11 Dec 1915-29 Jan 1997), citing Pine Grove Cemetery Annex, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by John (contributor 48415393).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Viola 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 Viola:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Viola 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 Viola:
-
~3.12%
Shannon (Seigfreid) Thomas
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A080070 [compare], Ancestry member sthomas51004
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~0.78%
Kasey (Blue) Killmeyer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CJsDia
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