Mary
Helm
Born in York, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Colony
Daughter of Jacob Helm
and Anna Curban
Sister of
Jacob Helm and John E. Helm
Wife of
John Hopewell (Bausser) Bowser
— married
1767 in Hopewell, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Bowser) Swigart, John Bowser, Jacob C Bowser, Valentine Felty Bowser, Samuel Bowser and Julia Ann Bowser
Died
at about age 67
in Hopewell, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2013
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Biography
Parents:
- Bowser history notes her father as "John Helm of Bedford County." So perhaps John Helm and Florence Hagy? (Mennonite Vital Records)
- Possibly Jacob Helm/Helms and Anna Curban, both born in Germany and died in Pennsylvania - no documentation, but listed as her parents on forty some trees in Ancestry.com.
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Sources
- ↑ Helm-706 was created by Alex McFadyen through the import of Payne - McFadyen_2014-10-23.ged on Oct 23, 2014. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
Ancestry.com, including
- America, Family Histories, The Bowser family history, page 128
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records
Acknowledgment: Helm-529 was created by William Howard through the import of WB Howard 050913.ged on May 10, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cynthia (W) Shields 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HT3198768 [compare], Ancestry member cynthiawshields510111
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~0.78%
Julie Faris :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jeffery Abney :
23andMe
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~0.78%
William Howard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A883285 [compare], Ancestry member WHoward04
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~0.78%
Pam Serene :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Beverly (Taylor) Ennis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GY2970630 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK70883
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~0.39%
Tracy (Gilliland) Bradley :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZM5619786 [compare]
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~0.39%
Emily (Manor) Parmley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Vicki Hunter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lavenv1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #908648
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~0.39%
Lorena Wolfe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GA1804705 [compare], Ancestry member LJWolfe
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~0.39%
Stephanie Bowser :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DL4731008 [compare], yourDNAportal STEb89bd4ba, Ancestry member 2estforests
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DL4731008 [compare], yourDNAportal STEb89bd4ba, FTDNA kit #148558
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch DL4731008 [compare], yourDNAportal STEb89bd4ba
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Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper
Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper
Helm-706 and Helm-529 appear to represent the same person because: Birth and death (estimates) are close. Places of birth and death are a match.
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by Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper
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