Armina Belle (Knox) Shear (1886 - 1977)

Born 5 Sep 1886 in Bowen, Powell, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Algan Thomas Knox and Mila Alice (Baker) Knox

Wife of Hiram Ray Shear — married 31 Aug 1915 in Powell, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1977 at age 91 in Clarke County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Armina Knox ("Minie") was born 5 September 1885 in Bowen, Kentucky to A.T. Knox and ^[1] to Algan T. Knox and Alice Baker^[2][3]

Minie's mother died when she was a toddler. She was raised by her father and stepmother.

She married H. Ray Shear August 31, 1915 in Powell County, Kentucky.^[4]

She and her husband tried to embark on a Presbyterian mission to Egypt with her husband, [Shear-105] H. Ray Shear], in the middle of World War I (see passport application and explanation of delay due to safey concerns (!) -- did they ever go?).

Minie died in Clarke County, Georgia on October 5, 1977.^[5]

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Ann Shear and B.L.K.C., her 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Knox and Armina Hanks, the great great grandparents of both Ann Shear and B.L.K.C. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd cousins, based on sharing 109 cM across 7 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on FamilyTreeDNA consisting of Ann Shear, a grandchild of Maggie Patrick, and Bryan Maurantonio, who share a 9.44 cM segment on chromosome 1. These matches have been independently verified by Daphne Maddox (for Ann Shear) and Bryan Maurantonio via the Family Finder Chromosome Browser. The most recent common ancestors shared by all three are Phillip Hamman and Christina Cook.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Ann Shear and L.D.K., her 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Robert Franklin Baker and Sarah McKinney, the great great grandparents of both Ann Shear and L.D.K. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th cousins, based on sharing 57 cM across 5 segments. Note: despite the prediction, Ancestry lists the bucket headed by the 3rd cousin and 2nd cousin twice removed relationships as the modal one, at 37% probability.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 284; Volume #: Roll 0284 - Certificates: 14301-14700, 04 Jan 1916-10 Jan 1916.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HP-VMW : accessed 5 November 2015), Armina B Knox in household of Aj Knox, Magisterial District 3 Bowen town, Powell, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,548.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M26R-B48 : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Mina B Knox in household of Algin T Knox, Southfork, Powell, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 188, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1374513.
4. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F47T-Z2C : accessed 29 Nov 2014), H. Ray Shear and Mina Knox, 31 Aug 1915; citing Powell, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 259223.
5. ↑ "Georgia, Death Index, 1933-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V492-G1N : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Armina B K Shear, 05 Oct 1977; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998," Ancestry.com; Clarke, Georgia, certificate number 035322, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.