William
Burton
McFerrin
Jr.
Born in Montana
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ruth M. McFerrin, Pauline F. McFerrin, Forrest Glenn McFerrin, Doris E. McFerrin and Harold D McFerrin
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 77
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2016
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Biography
William was born in 1921. He is the son of William McFerrin and Iva Moran.
Obituary
He was a World War II Army veteran taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge. He was held in a German prison camp for six months, where his weight dropped from 185 pounds to 85 pounds. He retired from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1979 then moved to Las Vegas. In 1992, McFerrin became the first recipient of the national Distinguished Prisoner of War Medal. He also was honored by Bunkers Memorial Parks as the 1997 Veteran of the Year. He was proud of being a veteran and never missed a Veteran's Day parade. Survived by; wife, Mary Jane; grandson, Ronald McFerrin who he raised; daughter, Carol Ann Alexander of Las Vegas; and a nephew, Dennis McFerrin of Oroville, Calif.
Published; Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV) Date: February 10, 1998
Burial
Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA, PLOT L-0103
Sources
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXP-D84 : accessed 20 May 2016), Ivy A Mcfarrin in entry for William B Mcfarrin, 1930.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9QC-ZFY : accessed 20 May 2016), Iva A Mcferrin in household of W B Mcferrin, Oroville, Oroville Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-33, sheet 11B, family 350, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 193.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Kory (Russell) Dordea 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch CF9055349 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CF9055349 [compare], Ancestry member KAD81
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~3.12%
M McKern :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A228690 [compare], Ancestry member persephoniekali
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