Born in Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Felix Washington Sellers
and Cora Willet (Cain) Sellers
Sister of
Cora A. Sellers, Cora Lydia (Sellers) Solomon, Corin May Sellers, Jesse Arline (Sellers) Morgan, Jewel D. (Sellers) Rodgers, Birch Inez (Sellers) Welstead, Maude Helen (Sellers) Hester and Willie Sellers
Wife of
Vonnie Alton Brown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 71
in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography
- Myrtle (Sellers) Brown was born in 1909 in Texas, United States, daughter of Felix Washington Sellers (1859 - 1933) and Cora Willet (Cain) Sellers (1865 - 1945).
- Her siblings were:
- Cora A. Sellers (1883 - 1898)
- Lydia Sellers (1885 - )
- Corin May Sellers (1889 - 1892)
- Jesse Arline (Sellers) Morgan (1892 - 1990)
- Jewel D. Sellers (1895 - 1985)
- Birch Sellers (1898 - 1980)
- Maude Helen (Sellers) Hester (1900 - )
- Willie Sellers (1902 - )
- Myrtle married Vonnie Alton Brown (1907 - 1996).[1]
- She passed away on 13 Dec 1980 in Houston, Texas.[2]
Sources
- ↑ * Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current"
The Paris News; Publication Date: 1/ Jul/ 1958; Publication Place: Paris, Texas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/7718263/?article=491595b1-516e-4ffa-a4ae-5e54d8d2b9d8&focus=0.25486216,0.02650562,0.49673304,0.44078642&xid=3398
Ancestry Record 62116 #246534325 (accessed 4 February 2022)
Mrs Brown marriage to Vonnie A. Brown. - ↑ Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982"
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2272 #955202 (accessed 4 February 2022)
Myrtle Mae Brown death 13 Dec 1980 (age 71) in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M293-LQK : accessed 30 January 2022), Wash Sellers, Dennison Ward 1, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1557; FHL microfilm 1,375,570.
- Wash Sellers Head Male 45 Mississippi
- Cora Sellers Wife Female 35 Texas
- Jessie Sellers Daughter Female 16 Texas
- Birch Sellers Daughter Female 12 Texas
- Maude Sellers Daughter Female 10 Texas
- Willie Sellers Daughter Female 8 Texas
- Myrtle Sellers Daughter Female 1 Texas
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9N-P9Y : 3 February 2021), Felix W Sellars, 1920.
- Felix W Sellars Head Male 59 Mississippi
- Cora W Sellars Wife Female 45 Texas
- Helen Sellars Daughter Female 20 Texas
- Myrtle Sellars Daughter Female 18 Texas
- Jessie W Johnston Daughter Female 23 Texas
- Pernella Johnston Son Male 8 Texas
- 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04089; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 139-8
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #158412048 (accessed 30 January 2022)
Myrtle Brown (30), wife, in household of Vonnie Brown (33) in Paris, Lamar, Texas. Born in Texas.
- Vonnie Brown 33 Head
- Myrtle Brown 30 Wife
- Margaret Brown 8 Daughter
- Donald Brown 6 Son
- Melba Brown 4 Daughter
- Joe B Brown 73 Father
- Mike Bateman 73 Lodger
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle 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 Myrtle:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle 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 Myrtle:
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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