John
R
Ridgway
Born in Greene, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of David Johnson Ridgeway Jr
and Sarah (Renner) Ridgway
Brother of
Margaret Ann Ridgway, Elisabeth V. (Ridgeway) Hammond, Charlotte Jane (Ridgeway) Cline, Lydia Ridgway and William Hersey Ridgway
Husband of
Letta Sweeney
— married
3 May 1869 in Ritchie, West Virginia, United States
Father of
William David Ridgway
Died
at age 41
in Mountain, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2022
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Biography
John was born in 1846. He was the son of David Ridgeway and Sarah Renner. He passed away in 1887.
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census
1870 United States Federal Census 1880 United States Federal Census Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 West Virginia, U.S., Births Index, 1804-1938 West Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 John:
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~6.25%
Tammy (Hammond) Dunn
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member TammyHDunn
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Doug Doak :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A925312 [compare], Ancestry member ddoak0604
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jerry Gross :
23andMe, GEDmatch A649226 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A649226 [compare], Ancestry member jerald_gross
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