Born in Kentucky
Daughter of David Cox Donnan
and Amy Davis
Sister of
David Crews Donan, Elizabeth Clinch Donnan, Elinor Donan, Margaret Donan, John Mansfield Donan and Sallie Donnan
Wife of
Michael Houk
— married
26 Feb 1799 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Christina (Houk) Hiser, John William Houk, Permelia (Houk) Pruitt, Lewis Garrett Houk, William Samuel Houk, Sarah (Houk) Atwell, Nicholas Richard Houk and Mary Ann (Houk) Ferguson
Died
at about age 58
in Metcalfe Co KY
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2010
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Biography
This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Houk Cemetery, Metcalfe Co KY
Sources
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K2FM-GJ8
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19658833/ellenor-houk
- Source: S-314981498 Repository: #R-896143992 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=76171757&pid=51
- Repository: R-896143992 Name: Ancestry.com
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelly 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 Nelly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelly 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 Nelly:
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~3.12%
Sandra (Scott) Coggeshall
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Nikki (Rentz) Bergman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DR9014773 [compare], Ancestry member Nikirb05
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Jade (Frankum) Hammang
Jade (Frankum) Hammang
Donan-1 and Donnan-106 appear to represent the same person because: Sources on Family Search list Ellenor Donan's parents as David Cox Donan and Amy Davis Bouth. Those sources also show that she went by the name Nelly.
posted
on Donnan-106 (merged)
by Jade (Frankum) Hammang
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