Born in Keefton, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Augustus McDaniel
and Flora Ethyl (Bowen) McDaniel
Sister of
L. B. Allen McDaniel, Bertha Lorene McDaniel, Ithamar Clay McDaniel, [private sister (1910s - unknown)], [private brother (1910s - unknown)], [private sister (1910s - unknown)], [private brother (1920s - unknown)], William Augustus McDaniel Jr. [half], Flora McDaniel, Lacy j McDaniel, [private brother (1920s - unknown)], Dewey Lee McDaniel, [private sister (1920s - unknown)], [private brother (1930s - unknown)], Oscar Orvis McDaniel [half] and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Orvis Preston
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 35
in Washington, D.C.
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2015
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Biography
Sources
- Keet & Ava Bowen, Compiled by Ruth Dixon, 12/31/83
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McDaniel&GSiman=1&GScid=97850&GRid=80798884&
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Morgan (Dixon) Thompson
Ruth Dixon: Aunt Gertha left home early, picked up potatoes to live, attended night school, and was secretary of the National Press Club when she died. She was married briefly to Orvis Preston, editor of the Muskogee Daily Phoenix.
posted 7 Jul 2015 by Morgan (Dixon) Thompson
[thank Morgan]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Gertha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Gertha:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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