Myrtle
"Mertie"
Cunningham
formerly Simmons
Born in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Kimberland Simmons
and Octavia (Willhite) Simmons
Sister of
Katy Elizabeth (Simmons) Hannah, Mahala Jane (Simmons) Buell, Elmer Willhite Simmons, Melissa May (Simmons) Cunningham, Simeon Joel Simmons, Irven Simmons, Roscoe Simmons, Roy Eugene Simmons and Golda Carolina (Simmons) Stewart
Wife of
Charles Ross Cunningham
— married
11 Aug 1903 in Allen, Kansas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Herbert Glenn Cunningham, Keith Howard Cunningham, Robert Harvey Cunningham, Marguerite Evelyn (Cunningham) Perry, Gladys Ruth (Cunningham) Ward and Goldamay (Cunningham) Anderson
Died
at age 87
in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jun 2015
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Biography
Mertie was born in 1883. She is the daughter of John Simmons and Octavia Willhite. She passed away in 1971.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR1-498 : accessed 13 June 2015), Mertie Simmons in household of John Simmons, Humbolt Township Humbolt city, Allen, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 382, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,469.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWL-TRQ : accessed 16 May 2017), Mertie Cunningham in household of Charles Cunningham, Hygiene, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 4A, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 113; FHL microfilm 1,374,126.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDK-BMM : accessed 16 May 2017), Mertie Cunningham in household of Chas R Cunningham, Cottage Grove, Allen, Kansas, United States; citing ED 2, sheet 4B, line 73, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 522; FHL microfilm 1,820,522.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QR-49X : accessed 16 May 2017), Mertie Cunningham in household of Charles Cunningham, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 14A, line 41, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 713; FHL microfilm 2,340,448.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR63-BJ9 : accessed 16 May 2017), Mertie Cunningham in household of Charles Cunningham, Ward 1, Longmont, Longmont City, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-49B, sheet 10B, line 65, family 235, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 457.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #32734332
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle 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 Myrtle:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle 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 Myrtle:
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~6.25%
David Stienmier
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Rebecca Ruddell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rebeccalruddell
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~1.56%
Sarah Vaughn :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal SAR176e150d, Ancestry member sarahmariev1824
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