Doll (Mansell) Smith was born in Appalachia, in Mississippi.
Origins
Tradition says that "Doll" Smith was the Octavia Luvenia "Lucy" Mansell, born about 1876, daughter of White Mancill and Martha Tackett named Octavia or Lucy. This (with the 1876 birth year) is supported by the 1880 census.[1]
But later census records (see below) report her age to calculate back to 1885/86. An earlier version of this profile claimed, without source, a specific birth date of 1 Aug 1884.[citation needed] This year aligns with later census records.
We seek confirmation that Doll Mansell Smith was the same as Octavia Luvenia Mansell. See attached G2G discussion.
Octavia Luvenia "Lucy" was not enumerated with her widowed father White Mansel in 1900.[2] Where was she?
NOTE: There was a Lou Mansell, widowed niece enumerated with White Mansell in the 1900 census.
But in 1910, Doll and Robert were enumerated several lines above A.W. Mancill in Pontotoc, Mississippi.[3]
Marriage
As "Dall Smith," she married Bob Smith 20 Sep 1903 in Lee Co., Mississippi.[4]
↑ 3.03.1 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPDJ-CX2 : accessed 9 December 2017), Dall Smith in household of R F Smith, Beat 4, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 16B, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 756; FHL microfilm 1,374,769.
↑ Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7842 #551857
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M43X-LGT : accessed 22 November 2016), Dollie Smith in household of Robert L Smith, Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 3B, line 66, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 884; FHL microfilm 1,820,884.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XM1J-4RJ : accessed 22 November 2016), Dollie L Smith in household of Robert Smith, Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 1A, line 19, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1154; FHL microfilm 2,340,889.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Doll 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 Doll:
Mansell-552 and Mansell-38 appear to represent the same person because: Trying This again. They clearly represent the same person. The target profile has better sources.
This appears to be "Octavia" in the 1880 census with her family. Transcribed as "Lucy" but could be "Luvy." "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GV-18S : 26 August 2017), Martha Mansell in household of Whti Mansell, Beat 2, Lee, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 87, sheet 73C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,654.
As you've noted elsewhere, there's a 10-11 year difference between the Lucy Mansell of the 1880 census and the Doll Smith of the post marriage census records. This sheds doubt on the ID of Doll's origins.
Mansell-38 and Mansell-552 appear to represent the same person because: i believe to be same person, even tho the birth/death dates are different, needs looking into to see if merge is needed.