Helen
Gordon
Forsyth
aka Burnett
Born in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Forsyth
and Helen (Thomson) Forsyth
Sister of
Alexander Forsyth, Jane (Forsyth) Kidd, Robert Forsyth, James Forsyth, George Forsyth, John Gill Forsyth, Edward Gerrard Forsyth and William Forsyth
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 38
in Mill Terrace of Sandhaven, Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2014
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Biography
Helen was born in 1859 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire. She was a domestic servant working for Alexander and Margaret Murcar at Bank Head, Aberdour, Aberdeenshire in 1881 where she met and had a daughter, Helen Thomson Forsyth, with James Wood, in 1882 Tyrie, Scotland. She later married Thomas Burnett in 1885. They had 4 children some of whom emigrated to Canada. Helen passed away in 1897.
Sources
- first-hand knowledge of her granddaughter, Jessie Taylor, told to Patrick and Dorothy Forsyth of Fraserburgh, Scotland
- 1861 Scotland census
- 1871 Scotland census
- 1881 Scotland census
- 1891 Scotland census
- death certificate
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen 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 Helen:
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~12.50%
John Forsyth
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T978277 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN10570
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~6.25%
Kerry Forsyth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QQ2411254 [compare], Ancestry member kerrynjt615802
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QQ2411254 [compare], FTDNA kit #573193
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~3.12%
Kerryn Forsyth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DS7367221 [compare], Ancestry member Our_Ancestors
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DS7367221 [compare], FTDNA kit #532624
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~3.12%
Ross Forsyth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PC4358814 [compare], Ancestry member rosswforsyth
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~0.78%
Neil Sheed :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QZ6019931 [compare], Ancestry member firbriggs
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JF8892062 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN115829
+
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