Died before before age 32
in Gilmer, Virginia, United States
Problems/Questions
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Biography
Matilda was born about 1825. She was the daughter of Thomas Sleeth Hacker and Margaret Keith. Matilda married William Westfall in 1839. In 1850, the couple is enumerated on the federal census in Lewis, Virginia. [1] She died sometime before 1857.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DS-NZW : 12 April 2016), Matilda Westfall in household of William L Westfall, Gilmer county, Gilmer, Virginia, United States; citing family 387, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
There is no source for the paternity of Matilda, and she is not on the known lists of the children of Thomas Sleeth Hacker. Perhaps she should be detached.