Born in Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Grant Dowden
and Eliza Jane (Rhodes) Dowden
Sister of
Nancy Victoria (Dowden) Taylor [half], Charles Andrew Dowden [half], Elizabeth Dowden [half], Sarah Jane Dowden [half], Melissa Christine (Dowden) Sparks [half], Blanche Dowden [half], Willis Stephen Dowden [half], Edna Dowden, Edward Grant Dowden, Hugh Harley Dowden and James Sheldon Dowden
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2015
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Biography
This profile is part of the Dowding Name Study.
Bessie was born in 1908. She was the daughter of Stephen Dowden and Eliza Rhodes.
Bessie died (age 89) on 30 March 1997 residing at 71411, Campti, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States.[1]
Sources
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Death:
"U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
Ancestry Record 3693 #64405392 (accessed 25 May 2023)
Bessie V Vercher death 30 Mar 1997 (born 24 Jan 1908) residing at 71411, Campti, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bessie:
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~1.56%
William Dowden
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Charlotte (Dowden) Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Dowden) Jamail :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Randall Edmunds :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H648326 [compare]
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