Maria was born about 1835. Her death record states that she was born in Parrsboro. She passed away at SouthBrook Jan, 1916, age (80).[1]
Maria was mentioned on a memorial in New Canaan Cemeter y, New Canaan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada with a death date of 13 January 1915.[2]
Sources
↑https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=147106 (Cumberland County death registration at PANS, Year: 1916, Book: 41, Page: 311, Number: 1245; her age is given as (80). Assuming that she would be turning 81 at some point in 1916, gives us an estimated birth year of 1835. Her birthplace is given as Parrsboro. Her residence at time of death was given as SouthBrook, and she was a widowed housekeeper. Maria (also spelled “Meriah” in family records) was to be interred at Canaan on Jan 17, 1916)
↑Memorial:
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Find A Grave: Memorial #231237611 (accessed 9 February 2024)
Memorial page for Maria Skidmore (1834-13 Jan 1915), citing New Canaan Cemeter y, New Canaan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by R. and V. (Rath) McNutt (contributor 50934704).
1881 census for N.S.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria 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 Maria:
McAloney-35 and McAloney-28 appear to represent the same person because: same birth (different location), same spouse, same death (merge also proposed for spouse)