Born in Scott County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Henry Dorton
and Sarah Emma (Price) Dorton
Sister of
Martha Alice Dorton [half], Lillie Ellen (Dorton) Mosier [half], Mary Letitia (Dorton) Kidd [half], Oscar Pryor Dorton, Pearl Della (Dorton) Baker, Bessie Willard (Dorton) Napper, Eckie (Dorton) Napper and William Henry Dorton
Wife of
Fredrick James Shirley
— married
2 Mar 1912 in Clark County,Indiana
Mother of
James Fredrick Shirley, Virginia Elziabeth (Shirley) McHugh, John E. Shirley and Eugene Jacob Shirley
Died
at age 71
in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2017
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Biography
Cora (Dorton) Shirley was born in Kentucky.
Cora was born in 1894. She was the daughter of Joseph Dorton and Emily Price. She passed away in 1965.
Sources
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Powell, Scott, Virginia; Roll: 1727; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1241727
Year: 1910; Census Place: Louisville Ward 7, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_485; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0135; FHL microfilm: 1374498
Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring Garden, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 25
Year: 1940; Census Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01368; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 121-120
Year: 1930; Census Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 755; Page: 33B; Enumeration District: 0061; Image: 361.0; FHL microfilm: 2340490
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198295639/cora-rittie-shirley
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Barbara (Cargill) Easley
:
AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued) +
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U5a1a, FTDNA kit #B69389
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Chrissy Locke :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A087761 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Daniel England :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T088489 [compare], FTDNA kit #561320
-
~0.78%
Brent David :
23andMe, GEDmatch A974618 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A974618 [compare], Ancestry member tranziq
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F302672 [compare], FTDNA kit #302672
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A974618 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Barbara (Cargill) Easley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A043126 [compare], Ancestry member barbaraeasley
-
~0.78%
Doris (Gilliam) Hobbs :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dghobbs
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