Born in Port Huron, Manistee, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Colin MacKenzie Purdy
and Mary Jane (Clark) Purdy
Wife of
Martin Cooney
— married
8 Jun 1885 in Manistee, MI
Descendants 
Mother of
Mildred Bernedette (Cooney) Diem, Louis M Cooney, Beatrice Cooney, George M Cooney, Harold O'Niel Cooney and Helen Louise (Cooney) Palmer
Died about
at about age 84
in Los Angeles, California, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]
Profile managers:
Deirdre Cooney 
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Biography
Georgia was born about 1860. She is the daughter of Colin Purdy and Mary Jane Clark. She passed away about 1945. [1]
- 1870 US Census: Pentwater, Oceana County, MI, 5 Aug 1870, Pg. 11[2]
- 1880 US Census: Pentwater, Oceana County, MI, 8 Jun 1880, Enumeration District 207, Pg. 15[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Profile created by Warren Diem, 12 Oct 12, 2014. Edited by Robin Cooney, 2 Mar 2016. Added information from Nick Dann, 14 May 2016.
- ↑ NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,195
- ↑ Enumerated as 'Birdie G. Purdy', hence the nickname shown.
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Pentwater, Oceana, Michigan; Roll: 599; Family History Film: 1254599; Page: 464C; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0578
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Georgia 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 Georgia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Georgia 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 Georgia:
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~12.50%
Robin Cooney
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robincgonz_1
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~6.25%
Deirdre Cooney :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZF563121 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QH2545271 [compare], Ancestry member d_cowper12
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Deirdre Cooney
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Purdy-774 and Purdy-3 appear to represent the same person because: Wife of aforementioned Martin Cooney
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Rejected matches › Georgia Ann (Purdy) Downing (1887-1914)
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