Born in Garvin, Oklahoma, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry James Brister
and Charlsie Morning (Marshall) Brister
Sister of
Leva F. (Brister) Moses, William Hickman Brister, Maggie Lee (Brister) Drawhorn, Eva Maurine (Brister) Norwood, James Aaron Brister, Emily Ethel (Brister) Harvey, Henry Elton Brister, Marshall Iva Brister, Johnnie Mae (Brister) Hamlin, Dorothy Faye (Brister) Hamlin, Melba Joyce (Brister) McCrory, Charlsie Jean (Brister) LeClair and L. J. Brister
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 92
in Jefferson, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Elaine was born in 1921. She was the daughter of Henry Brister and Charlsie Marshall. She passed away in 2014.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HXYK-P6Z : accessed 5 February 2023), Elaine Brister in household of Henry Brister, Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 5A, line 36, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2375; FHL microfilm 2,342,109.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47996118/elaine-d-melling: accessed 05 February 2023), memorial page for Elaine D Brister Melling (6 Aug 1921–23 Jul 2014),Find A Grave: Memorial #47996118, citing Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Helen Dolezal (contributor 49748278).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elaine 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 Elaine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elaine 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 Elaine:
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~1.17%
~1.56%
Eleanor (Holmes) Colson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A215901 [compare], Ancestry member EleanorCol
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~0.78%
Bob Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T121567 [compare], FTDNA kit #419922
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~0.78%
Elena (Jones) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T626240 [compare], FTDNA kit #558913
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