Born in Sturgis, Union, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Erwin Olden Berry
and Mildred Evadne (Homan) Berry
Sister of
Mollie Gertrude (Berry) Webster
Wife of
Glenn Miller Pederson
— married
1 Sep 1946 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Mother of
Barbara Lynn (Pederson) Orton
Died
at age 89
in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2021
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Biography
Dorothy was born in 1927. She was the daughter of Edwin Berry and Mildred Homan. [1]
In 1930 she was 2 and living with her parents in Iowa. [2]
She married Glenn Pederson in 1946.
In 1950 they were living in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Glenn was 27 and working as an auto mechanic. Dorothy was 23. They had 2 young children: Frances and Glenn. Also living with them are her parents and her sister Mollie. [3][4]
She passed away in 2016.
Find A Grave Memorial. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHY-2J7W : 11 February 2018), Dorothy J Berry, 1927; citing Birth, Union, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVG-P3L : accessed 16 October 2022), Dorothy Berry in household of Ewin Berry, Lake, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 1A, line 48, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 678; FHL microfilm 2,340,413.
- ↑ 1950 census image
- ↑ 1950 census
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168068518/dorothy-jean-pedersen: accessed 16 October 2022), memorial page for Dorothy Jean “Sarge” Berry Pedersen (7 Apr 1927–1 Aug 2016), Find A Grave: Memorial #168068518, citing Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Annie M. (contributor 48895326) .
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: LRQF-4L3
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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