Born
23 May 1921 in
Carrolls, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
Ancestors
Wife of
John Warren Kemper
— married
22 Apr 1957 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA
[children unknown]
Died
26 Sep 1999
at age 78
in
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, USA
Problems/Questions
Profile last modified 26 Dec 2017
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Biography
Elsie was born 23 May 1921 in Carrolls, Cowlitz County, Washington.[1] She was the daughter of John Leybrun Fowler and Harriet Blaine Minsinger .
She married John Warren Kemper on 28 April 1957 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, in a ceremony performed by Ernest Lake, J.P.[2]
Elsie died 26 September 1999 at the Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Olympia, Washington.[3] She was cremated and buried with Warren at the Tahoma National Cemetery.[4]
Sources
↑ The date and place of her birth and her parentage are stated in her obituary; “Elsie Kemper,” Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Washington), 12 October 1999; obituary, digital edition, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13B2A84DB5ABA790-13B2A84DB5ABA790 : accessed August 2015). This information is also confirmed in her Social Security application; “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” Elsie Mae Fowler, b. 23 May 1921, d. 26 September 1999; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=47449460&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t37835005_p20393987241_kpidz0q3d20393987241z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid : accessed August 2015).
↑ “Chelan County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1900–2008”, marriage certificate, Warren Kemper and Elsie Fowler, 28 April 1957; digital image, Washington Digital Archives (http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/View/E278C3CBE2C8732AC4398142A93A697C : accessed August 2015).
↑ “Elsie Kemper,” Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Washington), 12 October 1999; obituary, digital edition, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13B2A84DB5ABA790-13B2A84DB5ABA790 : accessed August 2015). “United States Social Security Death Index,” Elsie Kemper, b. 23 May 1921, last residence Allyn, Mason County, Washington; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB95-LPJ : accessed August 2015).
↑ US Veteran's Affairs, “Elsie Mae Kemper,” Memorial no. 868690, posted 25 February 2000; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kemper&GSiman=1&GScid=109448&GRid=868690& : accessed August 2015). Her obituary reports her cremation; “Elsie Kemper,” Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Washington), 12 October 1999; obituary, digital edition, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13B2A84DB5ABA790-13B2A84DB5ABA790 : accessed August 2015).
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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:
~6.25%
~6.25%
Gayle (Conaway) Haines :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A851905 [compare ]
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Robert Conaway :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A566164 [compare ]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A566164 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #363504
~6.25%
~12.50%
William Conaway :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A279305 [compare ]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A279305 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #363505
~3.12%
~6.25%
Jeff Haines :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A553546 [compare ] , Ancestry member hainesjeff1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A553546 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #344940
~3.12%
~6.25%
Chris Haines :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T109230 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #424955
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