Born in Pennsylvania, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Meckley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Thomas Meckley and George Washington Meckley
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Christiana Smith was born in Pennsylvania in about 1815.
She married John Meckley in Pennsylvania, sometime before 1836 when their first child Samuel was born.
In 1840, it is believed that the family were living in Gregg, Centre, Pennsylvania, where there is a census entry for John Mechtle, a wife and two children under 5. [1]
The 1850 census taken in Burnside, Clearfield, Pennsylvania showed the family. Head of the household was John age 37, and a mason, his wife Christiana was age 35, they had children Samuel age 14, Sarah age 12, Catherine age 10, George age 6, John age 5, James age 4, Rebecca age 1 [2]
In 1860 the family had relocated to Bell, Clearfield and comprised of John and Christianna, with children Samuel age 23, Catherine age 19, John age 16, James age 14, Rebecca age 11, William age 8, Henry age 5 and Lewis age 2 [3]
The family remained in Bell, Clearfield in 1870 and comrprised of John and Christiana, with children Rebecca age 21, William age 18, Henry 15 and Lewis 12 [4]. And ten years on John, Christiana and their youngest son Lewis were still living together in Bell, Clearfield County. (transcribed as Kechltey) [5]
It is unknown when Christiana died.
Sources
- ↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk) 1840 United States Federal Census Census Place: Gregg, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: 451; Page: 119; Image: 248; Family History Library Film: 002054
- ↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk) 1850 United States Federal CensusCensus Place: Burnside, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_768; Page: 391B; Image: 221
- ↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk) 1860 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Bell, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1096; Page: 742; Image: 48; Family History Library Film: 805096
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGH-G9L : 17 October 2014), John Meckley, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 17, family 105, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,826.
- ↑ (https://www.ancestry.co.uk) 1880 United States Federal Census Bell, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1116; Family History Film: 1255116; Page: 259A; Enumeration District: 269; Image: 0522
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiana 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 Christiana:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiana 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 Christiana:
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~25.00%
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