Born in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Snow Denton
and Sarah Ann McDormand
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Oliver Welch
— married
Sep 1870 in Saint John, New Brunswick
Descendants 
Mother of
John Vernon Welch and Edmund Brunyatte Welch
Died
at age 84
in Norfolk, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
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Biography
Mary Louise Denton was born on August 31, 1849 in Westport, Digby, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of Edward Snow Denton and Sarah Ann McDormand. She married John Oliver Welch. From 1871 to 1911, she appears in censuses as John's Baptist wife in Westport. During a border crossing in Calais, Washington, Maine in 1917, she listed her occupation as a nurse. By 1921 she was a widow in Westport, and she died on September 21, 1933 in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Sources
- 1881 Census of Canada
- 1871 Census of Canada
- Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
- 1911 Census of Canada
- 1891 Census of Canada
- 1901 Census of Canada
- 1921 Census of Canada
- Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~6.25%
D. Denton
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A536770 [compare]
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~3.12%
Sean Benjamin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A541499 [compare], Ancestry member SeanBenjamin
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~3.12%
David Welch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T030044 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK19536
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Rejected matches › Mary Louisa Denton (1851-1932)
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