Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Shackleford Gay
and Mary Ann (Brown) Gay
Sister of
Lavine (Gay) Whitley, William Mack Gay, William McCarroll Gay, James Alexander Mosely Gay, Nancy Ann (Gay) Brooks, John Barnes Gay, Osceola Ella (Gay) Allen, Edgar Milford Gay, Vachel Hammer Gay and Stonewall Jackson Gay
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 62
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2017
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Biography
Viola was born in 1858. She was the daughter of James Gay and Mary Brown. She passed away about 1920.
This person is enumerated as "Valia W" in the 1860 census cited below, and indicated as a male.
Sources
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDN-1LK : 13 December 2017), Margaret Gay in entry for James S Gay, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Viola 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 Viola:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Viola 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 Viola:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Wayne Ray 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Van Brock :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch b7b985a [compare], FTDNA kit #123922
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~0.78%
Diane (Faulkner) Parvin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F174905 [compare], FTDNA kit #174905
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