Samuel
Burris
Born in River Phillip, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Burris
and Matilda (Bulmer) Burris
Brother of
Sarah Jane (Burris) Dykens
Died
at about age 61
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Biography
Samuel was known as unusually tall, 6'5" in height. He moved to Kansas in 1880, with his mother Matilda and his nephew James. After his mother's death, he moved to Montreal, Quebec.
Sources
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MBKM-CNJ : accessed 2016-03-06), entry for Samuel Burris.
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DH-DRC), Samuel Burris, River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 6, line 6; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10556, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,144.
- My Pioneer Ancestors, The Burris Family of Musquodoboit N.S. (p.180-181) (http://www3.sympatico.ca/jgharris/PioneerAncestors.pdf)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~1.56%
Darleen (Cole) Decker
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #673898
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~1.56%
Helen (Shewfelt) Arnold :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695962 [compare], FTDNA kit #693840
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~0.78%
Jo McCaleb :
23andMe, yourDNAportal JMCb4852946
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jcrockett
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T413897 [compare], yourDNAportal JMCb4852946, FTDNA kit #549851
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~0.78%
Allison Strickling :
23andMe, GEDmatch AR8833870 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ruth Arnold :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A761823 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T951247 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carlene Johnston :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member questcrj
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