Born in Canby, Minnesota
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Bliss
and Emma Eliza (Welch) Bliss
Sister of
Robert Benjamin Bliss, Mary Eliza Bliss, Leslie Edward Bliss, Ruth Agnes (Bliss) Denelsbeck, Philip Lawrence Bliss, Melvin Richard Bliss, Ella Elvira (Bliss) Swenson and Ernest Allen Bliss
Wife of
Walter Leland Siemon
— married
24 Nov 1903 in Belle Plaine Presbyterian Church
Descendants 
Mother of
Viola Ruth Siemon, Ray Leland Siemon, Arthur William Siemon, Hazel Mae (Siemon) Vales and Ruth Emma (Siemon) Voita
Died
at age 84
in New Prague, Minnesota
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Biography
Effie was born in 1880. She is the daughter of Richard Bliss and Emma Welch. [1]
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Sources
- Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQF3-Q48 : 20 February 2021), John Bliss, Omro, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota; citing p. 1, volume Yellow Medicine, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,760.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Carolyn Korbel, Friday, February 7, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Effie 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 Effie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Effie 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 Effie:
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~25.00%
50.00%
James Voita 
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MyHeritage DNA
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Carolyn (Denelsbeck) Korbel :
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---Mrs. Walter Siemon Died in Her 85th Year---
Mrs. Effie Siemon, widow of the late Walter Siemon, died April 11, 1965, at the New Prague hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks. Her husband had died last December 9th.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bliss and was born at Canby, Minn., July 31, 1880, and came as a girl to live with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Bliss, near Belle Plaine.
On November 24 sixty-one years ago, she was married to Walter Siemon at the Belle Plaine Presbyterian church. The couple lived on the farm in Belle Plain township until Mr. Siemon's death, and then she made her home with her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Siemon.
She was the mother of four children, of whom one son died a few years ago in California. Her surviving children are son, Arthur, near Union Hill, and two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Hazel) Vale, Sioux City, Iowa; and Mrs. George (Ruth) Voita, South St. Paul. There are 13 grandhcildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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