Rebecca
Jane
Alderman
Born in Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Ancestors 
and [sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Tillman Massey
— married
7 Apr 1877 in Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Leslie Herps Massey
Died
at age 37
in Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2015
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Biography
Sources
- Aldermans in America. William Alderman Parker. Page 81.
- United States Federal Census. 1860. Mississippi. Leake County. Page 557. Household of James Alderman.
- United States Federal Census. 1870. Mississippi. Leake County. Page 345a. Household of step-father "D. H. Fisher" (Isaac Newton Fisher).
- Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911. "James Tilman Massey and Rebecca Jane Alderman". Marriage bond is in Book E, page 573. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2ZT-5GV.
- United States Federal Census. 1880. Texas. Burleson County. Page 26b. Household of James Massey.
- Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. FamilySearch.org. Digital image of death certificate of daughter Mary Josephine Arnold. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12124-151044-7?cc=1320964
- The Galveston Daily News. "Mortuary: Mrs. Till Massey." 22 April 1894. Page 5.
- FIndaGrave.com. "Rebecca J. Massey". Image of headstone is on memorial. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14797347
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Sandra Massey and RDP, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Alderman and Mary Sanders, the great great grandparents of both Sandra Massey and RDP. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 4th Cousin, based on sharing 53.7 cM across 3 segments. Note that many other matches and triangulations exist.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 Rebecca:
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~12.50%
Sandra Massey
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M343009 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M343009 [compare], Ancestry member Enchantedwikiroom
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M343009 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M343009 [compare]
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~6.25%
Shari S :
23andMe, GEDmatch M201056 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M201056 [compare], Ancestry member EnchantedWikiRoom
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M201056 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M201056 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Christy (Beard) Adams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YY6161220 [compare], Ancestry member cadams1264
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~0.78%
Paul Dallas Grant :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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