Born in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jedediah Downs
and Mary Elisabeth Austin
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Smith Wyman
— married
1880 in Belgrade, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Etta (Downs) Pease, George Wyman, Emma Mae (Wyman) Gordon, Clara R. Wyman and Charles Grant Wyman
Died
at age 62
in Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2018
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Biography
- Fact: Residence (1850) Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, USA
- Fact: Residence (1860) Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, USA
- Fact: Residence (1870) Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, USA
- Fact: Residence (10 Jun 1880) Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, USA
- Fact: Residence (9 Jun 1900) Chesterville, Franklin, Maine, USA
Sources
- "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86776289/person/48543205266/facts : accessed 6 September 2018), profile for Melvina Downs.
- "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44C-TLR : 14 January 2020), Melvina Downs, 1843. (image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89FP-NHZ8 : accessed 22 Dec 2021)
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JT-M76 : 22 December 2020), Melvina Downs in household of Jedediah Downs, Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHK-C1S : 18 February 2021), Melvina Downes in entry for Jerh Downes, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DK-9NR : 29 May 2021), Melvina Downs in entry for Jeremy Downs, 1870. (shows infant illegitimate daughter Mary Etta)
- "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-9JD3 : 1 March 2021), Melvina Wyman, 1906; citing Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Readfield Center Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,337.
- Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #155189993: accessed 22 December 2021), memorial page for Melvina Wyman (30 Dec 1843–20 Oct 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155189993, citing Readfield Corner Cemetery, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Gail Kelly (contributor 48153762) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvina 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 Melvina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvina 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 Melvina:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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