Grace was born in 1881. She was the daughter of William Babcock and Mary Ward. She was raised in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. [1] After her father died in 1892, she moved with her family to Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [2]
Grace married John Bernard Burns in 1902. [3] They did not have children. They lived in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [4] They moved to Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts before 1920. [5] Grace passed away in 1950. [6] and is buried in North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [7]
Sources
↑ "Canada Census, 1891," FamilySearch. William Babcock, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148108.(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWK2-RYY
↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Somerville Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0936; FHL microfilm: 1240665. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," FamilySearch. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N44Y-MTS : 30 July 2017), John Bernard Burnes and Grace Sybander Babcock, 19 Oct 1902; citing , Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,586.
↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Somerville Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_604; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0995; FHL microfilm: 1374617. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Cambridge Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_707; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 552. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 2340651. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Year: 1940; Census Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01684; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 16-75. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grace 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 Grace: