Elsie Frances Edwards and her twin sister Eltha Virginia were born on August 24, 1922, in Frederick, Virginia. She married Harry Albert Carpenter on December 20, 1942[1] and they had one daughter together. After Harry died in 1975, she married Roy Burkhart Hershey on November 12, 1977.[2] They divorced one year later.[3] She died on November 16, 1994, in Winchester, Virginia, at the age of 72, and was buried there with her first husband.[4]
DNA Sources
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Marie Edwards and her third cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their second great grandparents George Henry Edwards and Clara Virginia Braithwaite. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Second Cousin, based on sharing 203 cM across 9 segments.
Sources
↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-8MHK : 20 February 2021), Harry Albert Carpenter and Elsie Frances Edwards, 20 Dec 1942; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Frederick, Virginia, United States, certificate 39464, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV19-NYGL : 20 February 2021), Roy Burkhart Hershey and Elsie Frances Edwards Carpenter, 12 Nov 1977; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Staunton, , Virginia, United States, certificate 77 049598, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Divorce Records, 1918-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Virginia Divorce Records, 1918–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. Ancestry Record 9280 #1826236
↑Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 Oct 2021), memorial page for Elsie E. Carpenter (1922-1994), Find A Grave: Memorial #76973776 citing Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C648-GPZ : accessed 20 October 2021), Esie F Edwards in household of William E Edwards, Gainesboro, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 9B, line 91, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2444; FHL microfilm 2,342,178.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRY1-R79 : 28 February 2020), Elsie F Edwards in household of William E Edwards, Stonewall Magisterial District, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-12, sheet 15B, line 65, family 291, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4264.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsie 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 Elsie: