Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hervey Giffin
and Margaret (Boggs) Giffin
Sister of
Mary Giffin, William B Giffin, Emma (Giffin) Swift, Samuel Giffin, Louisa (Giffin) Rankin, Jane Giffin, Maria Giffin and Lemuel Giffin
Wife of
William F McKee
— married
Sep 1856 [location unknown]
Mother of
Hervey Giffin McKee
Died
at age 24
in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2017
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Biography
Eleanor was born in 1834, the daughter of Hervey Giffin and Margaret Boggs. She married William F McKee in 1853. Eleanor passed away in 1858 and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery next to her husband and their infant son Hervey Giffin McKee.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44D-SYR : 12 April 2016), Ellen Giffin in household of Hervey Giffin, Baldwin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 55, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Eleanor:
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~0.78%
Barry Sharp
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A799522 [compare], yourDNAportal BAR50ca58cc, Ancestry member sharpbarryn
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