Born in Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Pleasant Armstead Hester
and Mary Grace Estella (Staples) Hester
Sister of
William Clifford Hester, Pleasant Armstead Hester Jr, Damia Delphia (Hester) Roy, Carvin Frank Hester, Dorothy Pauline Hester [half], Charles Leo Hester [half], Helen Ann Hester [half], Cerelda (Hester) Taylor [half] and Elsie Mae (Hester) Brandenburg [half]
Wife of
Samuel Alonzo Ferguson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 93
in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
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Biography
Irma was born in 1918. She was the daughter of Pleasant Hester and Grace Staples. She passed away in 2011.
Sources
- 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Rantoul, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: T625_298; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 662
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Irma 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 Irma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Irma 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 Irma:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Rhoda (Hester) Lucas 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Eric_Hester
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Debra (Taylor) Potter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NC6537010 [compare], Ancestry member momaduck
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MM1923051 [compare], FTDNA kit #897722
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~1.56%
Lisa Cox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A894974 [compare], Ancestry member lisadc11
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Jimmy Sanders :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A123957 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Anna (Criswell) Holden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Tom_Clemons
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Barry Downs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A063195 [compare]
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~0.78%
Joseph Meredith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member James_Meredith
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Linda Downs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A386129 [compare], FTDNA kit #B236752
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~0.78%
Leon Houchin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
James Cannon :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LD6545313 [compare], FTDNA kit #722955
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