d. St. John, March 17th, of old age, Lydia WEST wife of late Abner WEST of this place, age 82 years. She was about the oldest resident of this city. Interment at Moncton. She leaves four sons, three daughters, 57 grandchildren and about 33 great-grandchildren. [1]
Research Notes
Her surname sometimes is recorded as Chessman.
Sources
↑ Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 98 Number 605
Date March 21 1895
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4MF-58X : 7 April 2022), Lydia Wist in household of Abner Wist, Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia:
Yes, in fact, Shirley has been a great help to me, finding the siblings of my 2nd great grandmother, Ellen Matilda (Glenn) West. However, the information on that page is old, and hasn't been updated since 2004. For instance, Ellen was born in Ireland and made the journey to Canada with her family, in 1853/4, so she couldn't have been born in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick two years before she arrived in Canada. I always check the update information on a page, and then the sources. Unfortunately, Shirley didn't list her sources, but this is her family as well as mine. I descend through Albert George West, while she descends through his sister, Nancy Hannah (West) Coneen.
I hope it helps.
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