Josephine Harriett was born about 1851. Her parents were Joseph Russell
and Harriet Blackwell. Josephine married John Joseph Ackley in 1870.[1] She passed away in 1926. Burial was in the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York.[2]
Sources
"New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F67V-C89 : accessed 3 April 2016), John Joseph Ackley and Josephine Russell, 07 Jun 1870; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,544,435.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8XT-FT4 : accessed 3 April 2016), Josephine Ackley in household of John Ackley, New York, United States; citing p. 16, family 142, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,482.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN8C-CTG : accessed 3 April 2016), Josephine Ackley in household of John J Ackley, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 267C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0784; FHL microfilm 1,254,784.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLY-S96 : accessed 3 April 2016), Josephine Ackley in household of John Ackley, Borough of Richmond New York City Ward 4, Richmond, New York, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 329, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,154.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josephine 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 Josephine: