Born about in Bassfield, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jasper McEwin Ward
and Mary Jane (Dyess) Ward
Sister of
Oscar Ward, Hester (Ward) Matheny, Bertha Ward, Bessie Ward, Pledze W. Ward, Dewey Ward, Margaret (Ward) Williams, Mittie Lee Ward and Mary Alice (Ward) Cruz
Wife of
Octave Jules Wentz
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Rudolph Cruz
— married
8 May 1955 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Mother of
Fred William Wentz and Virgil Wentz
Died about
at about age 64
in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2015
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8G-CQJ : 29 October 2015), Gladdie Ward in household of Jasper C Ward, Beat 3, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,757.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPN-MXT : accessed 15 October 2016), Gladys Wentz in household of Octane J Wentz, Ward 5, New Orleans, New Orleans City, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-119, sheet 10A, family 196, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1421.
- information from Carrie Griffin
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gladys 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 Gladys:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gladys 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 Gladys:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Patricia (Griffin) Morgan 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Misty (Rish) Musco :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A255367 [compare], Ancestry member angeleyesmrb78
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A255367 [compare], FTDNA kit #B299445
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A255367 [compare]
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Jill (Madison) Didon :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T613584 [compare], FTDNA kit #853252
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~1.56%
Troy Dyess :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T796257 [compare], FTDNA kit #494904
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Christine (Smith) Kelley :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Donald Logan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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