Nancy
Ann
Shanks
Born in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Michael (Shank) Shanks
and Catherine Cruson (Best) Shank
Sister of
John Archbold Best Shank, Cyrus Shanks, Elias Shanks, Barbara Jane (Shank) Ward, Mary Sarah Ann (Shanks) Glass and Emma (Shank) Pickett
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 5
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
When Nancy Ann Shank was born on December 18, 1848, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, her father, William, was 35, and her mother, Catherine, was 33. She had three brothers and three sisters. She died as a child on August 3, 1854.
Sources
- Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Donegal, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 836; Page: 95b
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Nancy:
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~1.56%
Robert Best
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23andMe, GEDmatch KA6241098 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KA6241098 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KA6241098 [compare], FTDNA kit #731140
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
Harley Lusher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A441890 [compare], Ancestry member HLusher9415
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B24977
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~0.78%
Karen Best :
23andMe, GEDmatch M648212 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FC3843564 [compare], Ancestry member karensbest4965
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FC3843564 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch FC3843564 [compare]
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