Helen
Ray
Bierce
aka Ballard, Cowden, Isgrigg
Born in San Francisco, California, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
and Mary Ellen (Day) Bierce
Sister of
Raymond Day Bierce and Leigh Bierce
Wife of
Harry Davenport Cowden
— married
5 Jun 1907 in Carson City, Nevada, United States
Wife of
Francis Lynn Isgrigg
— married
12 Nov 1918 in Riverside, California, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 65
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2018
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Biography
- d/o Ambrose Bierce & Mary Ellen Day[1]
She married:
- Samuel J Ballard, 07 Aug 1902 in Los Angeles, California. They divorced.
- Harry D Cowden, 05 Jun 1907 in Carson City, Nevada. He had two sons from another wife.
- Francis Lynn Isgrigg, 12 Nov 1918 in Riverside, California.
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record Numident #12755533
- Frey, Holly and Tracy V. Wilson. "Ambrose Bierce." Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast). 26 Mar 2014. How Stuff Works.com. Republished on 28 Apr 2018.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #130488421
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PN-T3T : accessed 25 June 2020), Helen R Bierce in household of Mary E Bierce, Precinct 33 Los Angeles city Ward 4, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 11A, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,089.
- "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLW6-4QT : 8 December 2017), Samuel J Ballard and Helen R Bierce, 07 Aug 1902; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,147.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKL7-PCX : accessed 25 June 2020), Helen Cowden in household of Harry D Cowden, Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 8A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 859; FHL microfilm 1,374,872.
- "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRW-ZLSW : 22 October 2019), Helen Bierce Isgrigg, 1940.
- Ancestry.com. California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Ancestry Record 61460 #271059
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Helen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Helen:
-
~0.39%
Cindy (Cowell) Womeldorf
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M355596 [compare]
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~0.39%
Vicky (Cowell) Willis :
23andMe
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DK Clews
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According to Joe Bierce, Helen Ray Bierce might be Helen Day Bierce, Wife of Ambrose, Mother of Leigh.
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