1910
Living in Todd's Point, Shelby Co. with parents and sister Elizabeth. [1]
1920
Living with parents and sister in Shelby. Aged 17. [2]
1930
Living with parents and grandmother. Age 27. [3]
Death
Nellie died aged 85 in Shelby, Illinois and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
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Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXP-P9Z : accessed 3 February 2018), Helen A Birkett in household of Arthur Birkett, Todds Point, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 180, sheet 7A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 326; FHL microfilm 1,374,339.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCP-GK7 : accessed 3 February 2018), Nellie Burkett in household of Arthur Burkett, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing ED 216, sheet 5B, line 89, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 408; FHL microfilm 1,820,408.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MK-MLC : accessed 3 February 2018), Nellie Birkett in household of Arthur Birkett, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 1B, line 76, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 561; FHL microfilm 2,340,296.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYJ7-C6D : 20 May 2014), Nellie A Birkett, 08 Sep 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nellie 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.
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