According to her father John's 1879 will, Theresa was the caregiver for her aged parents.[1] She also took care of her older sister Elizabeth, who was living with her on the 1900 census.
In 1910 Theresa was living in Ohio with her niece Elizabeth (Mitchell) Bradshaw. She may have died in Ohio, but a death record has not yet been found.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88R-LZ8 : 23 December 2020), Theresa Atkinson in household of John Atkinson, Brooke, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Possibly her, if name was mistranscribed: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHQ-D3C : 29 May 2021), Thomas Atkinson in entry for Jno Atkinson, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVL-991 : 14 January 2022), Theresa C. Atkinson in household of John Atkinson, Donegal Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML82-MQD : accessed 1 May 2022), Theressa C Atkinson in household of Elizabeth Bradshaw, Morgan, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 5A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1152; FHL microfilm 1,375,165.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Theresa 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 Theresa: