Born in Pleasant Township, Monroe County, Iowa, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel B. McCoy
and Lydia Marie (Shafer) McCoy
Sister of
Josephine (McCoy) Gilman, Edith R. (McCoy) Vance, Nellie Elizabeth (McCoy) Brender, Ona Blanche (McCoy) Boardman, George H. G. McCoy and Della Myrtle (McCoy) Wolf
Wife of
Carl William Selman
— married
[date unknown] in Albia, Monroe, Iowa
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died after
after age 22
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Apr 2015
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Biography
Geneva was the daughter of Daniel McCoy and Lydia Shafer.
She married William Carl Selman in 1923, and they had one child. However, they were divorced by the 1930 census.
Sources
- "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," index, FamilySearch: accessed 21 April 2015, Geneva Erma Mccoy, 09 Jan 1907; citing 0981251-373, Pleasant, Monroe, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 981,251.
- "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 21 April 2015, Geneva E Mccoy in household of Daniel E Mccoy, Urbana, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 5A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,427.
- "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch: accessed 21 April 2015, William Carl Selman and Geneva Erma Mccoy, 07 Oct 1923; citing Blakesburg, Monroe, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
- "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 21 April 2015, Geneva Selman in household of D B Mccoy, Urbana, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 5A, family 105, line 35, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 670; FHL microfilm 2,340,405.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geneva 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 Geneva:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geneva 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 Geneva:
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~1.56%
Ann McCoy
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