Born in Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Thomas Wilkey
and Luda V. (Wakeland) Wilkey
Sister of
[private sister (unknown - unknown)] [half], Robert Alva Wilkey, Annie Wilkey [half], Ollie (Wilkey) Wilkie [half], Martha Ann (Wilkey) Ives [half], Albert Thomas Wilkey [half], Hattie (Wilkey) Long [half] and John Edward Wilkey [half]
Wife of
Henry Monroe Harris
— married
22 Nov 1908 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth Oma (Harris) Merrill and Ada Pearl Harris
Died
at age 23
in West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
Sources
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-K7PX : 22 July 2021), Henry Harris and Ada Wilkey, 22 Nov 1908; citing Marriage, , Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 557,333.
- "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-RNS4 : 11 February 2018), Ada Wilkey in entry for Oma Harris, 08 Sep 1911; citing Birth, Muhlenburg, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
- "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHP-VPY8 : 11 February 2018), Ada Welkely in entry for Pearl Harris, 06 Aug 1913; citing Birth, Muhlenburg, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38200569/ada-ruth-harris: accessed 13 December 2022), memorial page for Ada Ruth Wilkey Harris (22 Nov 1892–1 Jun 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38200569, citing Render Cemetery, McHenry, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Charlotte Raley McConaha (contributor 47558988).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada 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 Ada:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada 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 Ada:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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