Born in Briar Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Heinrich Remley
and Hannah (Sitler) Remley
Sister of
Sarah (Remley) Whitmire, Susanna (Remley) Evans, John S. Remley, Levi Remley and Catharine Remley
Wife of
Daniel Bower
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Ira Addison Bower
Died
at age 51
in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2022
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Biography
Maria, daughter of Heinrich and Hanna Sitler Remely, was baptized at St. Peter's Church, Briar Creek Township, on 15 Jul 1832, being born the previous 16 May. Serving as sponsors were Jacob and Maria Hagenbuch Sitler.
Married Daniel Bower.
Sources
- Baptism, page 111: https://ia802800.us.archive.org/15/items/briarcreekchurch00bria/briarcreekchurch00bria.pdf
- U.S. census, 1850. Centre Township, Columbia County, PA. Taken on 24 Aug 1850 with a reference date of 1 Jun 1850. Dwelling 163 and family 166; lines 42, 1–5. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZPS-4RY https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZPS-H3Z
- 1860 United States census; P.O. Fowlersville, Centre Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; taken 6 July 1860 with a reference day of 1 June; page 30, dwelling 506 and family 506, lines 36–40:
https://archive.org/details/populationschedu1098unix/page/n221/mode/1up - Marker at Bower Cemetery: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13797254/mary-bower
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~3.12%
Matthew Dryden
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A297562 [compare], Ancestry member mdryden_
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~1.56%
JoAnne (Rowles) Potter :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Thaleap
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Lindsay (Hudelson) Dierolf :
23andMe, GEDmatch A703000 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A703000 [compare], Ancestry member LDierolf1070
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~0.78%
Scott Jukes :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member scottajukes14
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Nancy Marsland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member plymouthhspenn
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~0.78%
Living (Laubach) Anonymous :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member PALE
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~0.78%
Timothy Flick :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A019684 [compare], Ancestry member goldercoop
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~0.78%
Ronna Fisher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Laura (Herrmann) Angehr :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T062849 [compare], FTDNA kit #405971
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