Born in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Flintiff Purdy
and Margaret (Knight) Purdy
Sister of
John William Purdy, Elizabeth Richardson (Purdy) Crawford, Jane Giles (Purdy) Dobson, Joseph Knight Purdy, Horatio Nelson Purdy, Frank Purdy [half], Susannah (Purdy) Stonehouse [half], Sarah Steele (Purdy) Dobson [half], Ernest Purdy [half] and Burns Auburn Purdy [half]
Wife of
Timothy P Carter
— married
about 1863 in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Willard Parker Carter, Adelaide E (Carter) Stevens, Nelson Horatio Carter, George B Carter, Heenan W Carter and Emeline Carter
Died
at age 84
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 May 2011
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Biography
Sources
- "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLJ-T6Z : 8 December 2014), Timothy Carter and Rachel Purdy, 1863, Marriage; citing p. 11294, volume 1800, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Deaths. Rachel Carter, died 1918 in Amherst, Cumberland County. Item can be found in Registration Year: 1918 - Book: 39 - Page: 190 - Number: 719. (Accessed 10 February 2017.)
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DH-DXZ : 13 November 2014), Rachael Carter in household of Timothy Carter, Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 44, line 2; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10556, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,144.
- "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVX3-TV9 : 18 November 2014), Rachael Carter in household of Timothy Carter, Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 33; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13177, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,813.
- "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-4FV6 : 2 March 2015), Rachael Carter in entry for George Carter, 1911; citing Census, Cumberland Sub-Districts 1-45, Nova Scotia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,683.
- Township Birth Transcriptions for Cumberland and Colchester, Aug 1998, by Don Lewis.
- Family tree by Shawna Gray, http://members.shaw.ca/cheese/main.html
- Township Death Transcriptions for Cumberland, by Don Lewis.</a>
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~2.34%
~3.12%
Cathy (Wilson) Hope 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch AR5039716 [compare]
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~1.56%
Susan (Pickrem) Doyle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GB2852508 [compare], Ancestry member susieque129
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~0.78%
Joe Bowser :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Joseph Budd :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Marissa (McKeen) McKean :
23andMe, GEDmatch KJ6553085 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM357011C1 [compare], yourDNAportal MAR7850029f, Ancestry member marissamckean90
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~0.39%
Susan (Stoby) Jensen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M567546 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lorna (Jackson) Funk :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lorna_funk
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~0.39%
S Guinan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A503909 [compare], yourDNAportal SAN994e43da, Ancestry member Whez59
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