Born about in Crowland Township, Welland Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Lemon
and Catherine (Stine) Lemon
Sister of
Rebecca (Lemon) Cohoe, Mary (Lemon) Buchner, Joseph Lemon, Elizabeth Lemon, Catherine (Lemon) Yokom and Sarah (Lemon) Lamberton
Wife of
Isaac Jesse Yokum
— married
Apr 1817 in Welland, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
William Henry Yokum, Lemuel Green Yokom, Jacob Lemon Yokom, Jane Yokom, Jesse Yokom and Catherine Jane Yokom
Died
at about age 31
in Crowland Township, Welland, Upper Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Apr 2011
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Biography
Jane was the daughter of William Lemon and Catherine Stine
Marriage to Isaac Jesse Yokom about April 1817, probably in Crowland Township, Niagara, Upper Canada.
Jane died in 1832 and was buried at Lyon's Creek Cemetery, Crowland Township, Upper Canada.
Jane and at least 1 child died in 1832, sources suggest that they died from chlolera.
Asiatic Cholera. It attacked a large number of men working on the Lake Erie extension of the Welland Canal, and as name after name was added to the death roll, the panic stricken survivors fled from the works.
Headstone Transcription
Jane, Wife of Jesse Yokom Died Jan. 15, 1832 Ae 31 Ys. 2 Mo. & 29 D..
Research Notes
The Marriage Record is probably found in the Early Church Records for the Niagara Peninsula, addtional research will be done.
Sources
- Cholera Epidemic, Richard Hirst, UE, St. Catharines, Ontario
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42881267/jane-yokom.
- https://canadianheadstones.ca/wp/headstone-vendor/?wpda_search_column_idperson=937784
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane 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 Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane 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 Jane:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Ilene (Glamser) Krokstrom 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A337628 [compare], Ancestry member ikrokstrom816
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jody (Krokstrom) Nave :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A250358 [compare]
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~1.56%
Marti Dell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Donlyn (Arbuthnot) Whissen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M476330 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A429554 [compare], Ancestry member donnylyn
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