Born in Double Shoals, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John James Dixon
and Mary Elizabeth (Howard) Dixon
Sister of
John William Dixon
Wife of
Melvin Cicero Tesseneer
— married
18 Jan 1914 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Docia Idella (Tesseneer) McIntyre, John Thomas Tesseneer, Mary Elizabeth (Tesseneer) Howard and Joe Max Tesseneer Sr
Died
at age 89
in Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2016
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML94-7RV : accessed 26 August 2019), Lela M Dixon in household of John W Dixon, Township 9, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 11A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1103; FHL microfilm 1,375,116.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82F-J8W : 8 July 2016), Melvin Tesseneer and Lela Dixon, 1914.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGH3-SL3 : 18 July 2017), Lela Mae Tesseneer, 24 Aug 1985; citing Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina, v 32A cn 32061, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,985,171.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lela 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 Lela:
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~12.50%
Chris Tessener
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CL6056080 [compare], Ancestry member CTessener
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~6.25%
Anonymous Huss :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T093447 [compare], FTDNA kit #810296
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