Emma was born in 1928. She was the daughter of Georg Leonhard Leykamm and Eva Margareta Bayer. She passed away in 2007.
Birth
Emma Marie Leykamm was born 10 Dec 1928 in Schwäbisch-Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [1][2]
Marriage
Emma Marie Leykamm married Tony Cruz in January 1949 in Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany. [3]
Death
Emmy Maria Cruz died from cervical cancer on 4 Feb 2007 (age 78) in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, and she was buried at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, Lyon County, Nevada.[4][5][2][6][7]
Research Notes
Note: Apr 1951: Name listed as Emmy Maria Cruz; 25 May 2007: Name listed as Emmy M. Cruz.
Sources
↑ Birth name of Emma Leykamm evidenced by the American Consulate Report 1949. Report of Birth Child Born Abroad of American Parent of Parents, Jan 13, 1949, Form No. 240 Foreign Service, American Consulate, REPORT OF BIRTH CHILD BORN ABROAD OF AMERICAN PARENT OR PARENTS, Stuttgart, Germany; January 13, 1949.
↑ Marriage Certificate of Tony Joseph Cruz married to Emma Maria Leykamm. Heiratsurkunde (Standesamt Schwäbisch-Hall, Nr.2/1949). Schwäbisch-Hall 5 January 1949. Personal copy in the files of John Cruz.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emmy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
John Cruz :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1c-C16261T-A18, FTDNA kit #839608
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emmy: