Born in Ernestown, Addington, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Soloman Ball
and Esther (Walker) Ball
Sister of
Philip Ball [half], Lucinda (Ball) Sweep, Solomon Ball, Susanna (Ball) Walker [half], Philip Ball, Mahalia Ball and William Ball
Wife of
Joseph Peters
— married
13 Feb 1828 [location unknown]
Mother of
Phebe Jane (Peters) Storms and George Peters
Died
at about age 73
in Wilton, Ernestown, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2012
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Biography
Rachel was born about 1807.
Rachel married Joseph Peters. They had 12 children. They lived in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario in 1871.[1]
Rachel passed away in 1880. She is buried in Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, Ontario.
Sources
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4W9-42X : 7 April 2022), Rachel Peters in household of Joseph Peters, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QZQ-2MY : accessed 2017-01-23), entry for Rachel /Ball/.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~0.78%
Eric Sousa
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A375560 [compare], yourDNAportal ERI5d071c90, Ancestry member EJSousa
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~0.78%
Russell Thompson :
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