Walter
Preston
(W. P.)
Russell
Born in Limestone, Alabama, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of William A Russell Jr.
and Margaret (Gladdish) Russell
Brother of
William Soul Russell, Charles C Russell, Robert P Russell, Clara Blanchard (Russell) Eddins, Floy Helen (Russell) Humphrey and John Alexander Russell
Husband of
Pansy Louise (Norvell) Russell
— married
18 May 1899 in Madison County, Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Eugene Alan Russell
Died
at age 85
in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2015
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Biography
- Walter Preston Russel was born in 1875 in Alabama (probably Limestone or Morgan County).
- Walter Russell passed away in 1960. [citation needed]
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Sources
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-ZQG9 : 19 February 2021), Preston Russell and Pansey Norvell, 15 May 1899; citing Madison, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,305,708.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK76-65Z : accessed 12 March 2022), Preston W Russell, Huntsville Ward 3, Madison, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 14A, family 278, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 23; FHL microfilm 1,374,036.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKSX-CFL : 30 November 2020), Walter Preston Russell, 1960.
Acknowledgements
- Genie Haley, Monday, March 9, 2015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with W. P. 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 W. P.:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with W. P. 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 W. P.:
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~12.50%
Genie (Velvin) Haley
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M337955 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A560970 [compare], Ancestry member velvinhaley
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~12.50%
Minette (Velvin) Strader :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FG8588896 [compare]
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~6.25%
Jae Velvin :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZK6454638 [compare]
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~6.25%
Russell Velvin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HH1096108 [compare]
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~0.78%
Laura (Stewart) Cipriano :
23andMe
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