Dorothy
Ann
Rock
Born in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Rock
and Ann Elizabeth Bittinger
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas West
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Adam West
Died
at age 69
in near Fayetteville, Franklin County, PA
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Biography
Dorothy was born in 1817. She passed away in 1886.
Sources
- 1850 Guilford Township, Franklin County, PA
Thomas West 35 laborer 150 PA Dorothy 33 PA Thomas 10 PA Sarah 6 PA Margaret 3 PA Henry 1 PA
- 1860 Guilford Township Franklin County, PA
528 516
Thomas West 45 farmer $200 real estate value $ 200 personal property PA cannot read or write Dorothy 44 PA cannot read or write Henry 11 PA Cornelius 4 PA Adam 1 PA
- 1870 Guilford Township, Franklin County, PA
Nearest post office Quincy Dortha West 51 keeping house 300 150 PA Cornelius 13 at home PA Adam 10 at home PA Anna 6 PA
- 1880 Fayetteville, Greene Township, Franklin County, PA
Ross, Adam 66 married farmer PA PA PA Sarah 38 wife keep house PA PA PA Ruhanna 20 daughter at home PA PA PA George H. 18 son farm laborer PA PA PA Edward C 11 son farm laborer PA PA Mary C 12 daughter 1t home PA PA PA Charles A. 5 son PA PA PA Dortha A 56 boarding widow PA PA PA
- Peoples Register
Chambersburg, PA November 12, 1886
Mrs. Dorothy West, died near Fayetteville on Nov. 7, 1886, aged 69 yrs., 7 mos., and 6 days.
- Valley Spirit (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) · Wed, Nov 17, 1886 · Page 3
West-On November 7, 1886, near Fayetteville, Mrs. Dorothy West, aged 69 years, 7 months and 6 days.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
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~12.50%
Barb West
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A677200 [compare], Ancestry member BarbaraWest01
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