Mary Ester Lee (Sims) Johnson (1875 - 1959)

Born 17 May 1875 in Morgan Springs, Perry, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Wilkins Washington Sims and Margaret Caroline Rayfield

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1959 at age 84 in Havana, Hale, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Mary Ester Lee Sims was born on 17 May 1875 to parentsWilkins Sims and Margaret Rayfield. She married Robert Lee Johnson. Children: Charles Bradford. She died on 4 Nov 1959 in Havana, Hale, Alabama.

DNA

Paternal

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Dianne Sims and her second cousin Delores Johnson. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Wilkins Washington Sims and Margaret Caroline Rayfield. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 482 cM across 27 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Maternal

• Maternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Arthur Harold Sims and Louis Caputo, 2nd cousins once removed. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "1st cousins once removed based on 6.06% DNA shared across 19 segments."

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulation group on GEDmatch consisting of Louis Caputo, Lisa Supple, Floyd Bamberg and Arthur Sims, who all share the exact same 7.2 cM segment on chromosome 6. Arthur and Louis are 3rd cousins once removed. Lisa and Arthur are 7th cousins twice removed. Lisa and Louis are 7th cousins twice removed. Floyd and Lisa are 7th cousins once removed. Lisa and Louis are 7th cousins twice removed. The MRCA of all four is Benjamin Duke, and Mary, the 6th and 7th great grandparents of Art, the 7th great grandparents of Floyd, the 6th great grandparents of Lisa, and the 8th great grandparents of Louis.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Marla Coleman, Louis Caputo and Private Thrasher, who share 14.5cM and 999 SNPs on Chr 18.
  Coleman and Caputo are 4th cousins once removed;
  Coleman and Thrasher are 9th cousins once removed; and
  Caputo and Thrasher are 10th cousins.
  The most-recent common ancestor shared by all is Unknown Dukes, who is the 8th great grandfather of Coleman and the 9th great grandfather of Caputo and Thrasher.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81129557