Born in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zeno Gardner
and Lucinda (Bell) Gardner
Sister of
Mary Alice (Gardner) James and Elva (Gardner) Hicks
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Galena Park, Harris, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2020
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Biography
Ventura Viola James was born in 1898, Raleigh County, West Virginia. [1]She was the daughter of Zeno Gardner and Lucinda Bell. [2]
She married Russell Sage James, 1923 I Raleigh County, West Virginia.[3]They had the following children:
1950 Census, Raleigh, West Virginia; age 51[5]
Russell passed away in 1963.[6] Ventura passed away in 1982.
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM3L-LCM : 10 March 2018), Ventura Gardner, 11 Aug 1898; citing Raleigh Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 598,415.
- ↑ Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN29-LN8 : accessed 11 January 2020), Lucinda Gardner in household of Zeno Gardner, Crow, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 158, sheet 8B, line 85, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1970; FHL microfilm 1,821,970.
- ↑ Marriage: "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1Y9-7L7 : 11 February 2018), Russell Sage James and Ventura V Gardner, 1923; citing Raleigh, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 597,903.
- ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33T-6PJ : Wed Nov 15 17:44:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Robert Lee James and Russell Sage James, 31 Jan 1958.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQM-8RR7 : Wed Oct 04 02:23:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Russell S James and Ventura V James, April 3, 1950.
- ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM9L-Z8L : 10 March 2018), Russell Sage James, 26 Mar 1963; citing Raleigh, West Virginia, County Records, 4804, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,991,974.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ventura 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 Ventura:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ventura 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 Ventura:
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~0.78%
Jeff White
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A533442 [compare], Ancestry member jeffreycwhite1963
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~0.78%
Joyce (Brinkley) Nunley :
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Jennifer Dicks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A369290 [compare], Ancestry member Jldicks1
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