Born in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Wesley Shepherd
and Mary Elizabeth (Sommerville) Shepherd
Sister of
Catherine Shepherd, Evelyn Hewitt Shepherd, Mary Sommerville Shepherd, Martha Bibb Shepherd and Sallie Ellen Shepherd
Wife of
Alexander Stephens Knowles
— married
5 May 1885 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Shepherd Knowles
Died
at age 58
in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2015
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Biography
Roberta is the child of John Shepherd and Mary Sommerville.
Roberta was born 20 Jan 1862 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DV-K8V : accessed 13 March 2022), Roberta S Knowles in household of Alexander S Knowles, Montgomery city Ward 3, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roberta 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 Roberta:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roberta 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 Roberta:
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~6.25%
Erin Cole
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A779796 [compare]
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~6.25%
Martha Bibb :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FF2953056 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lonna Hartley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A332450 [compare]
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Erin Cole
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Shepard-247 and Shepherd-2236 appear to represent the same person because: Roberta's surname is spelled Shepherd so the merge should leave Shepherd-2236 intact.
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