Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Livingstone (Poore) Poor III
and Bernice Gardner (Fuller) Smith
Sister of
Emma Lillian (Poore) Grindle, Gertrude Olive (Poore) Grindle, Robert Poore Sr., Robert Poore and Walter Edward Poore
Wife of
Leon Davis
— married
21 Oct 1925 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Wife of
Elmer B Shaw
— married
23 Feb 1940 in Maine, United States
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 66
in Sebago, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2014
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Biography
Dorothy was born in 1903. She was the daughter of Alexander Poore and Bernice Fuller.[1]
In 1910, Dorothy Poore was 7 years old and living on Union Avenue in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, whare she was attending school. Was living with her parents and sister Lillian.[2]
A record from Randolph, Massachusetts dated October 21, 1925 records the marriage of Dorothy F Poore and Leon George Davis. This record is behind a paywall on Ancestry.com [viewed September 14, 2021]. Leon's parents are George and Sarah (Kenley) Davis.
She passed away after 1970.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXFN-PNH : 27 October 2020), Dorothy Fuller Poore, 1903.
- ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_609; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1125; FHL microfilm: 1374622
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KQ-553 : accessed 14 September 2021), Dorothy Poore in household of Alexander L Poore, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1125, sheet 6A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 609; FHL microfilm 1,374,622.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1T-9KF : 1 February 2021), Dorothy Poore in entry for Alexander Poore, 1920.
"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCN1-CZT : 27 November 2014), Elmer B Shaw and Dorothy F Davis, 23 Feb 1940; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
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~12.50%
Deanna Sullivan
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~6.25%
~12.50%
David Lambert :
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