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↑ Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH9R-GX6 : accessed 27 January 2015), Alva D Groomer in household of John Groomer, Columbia, Martin, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district 151, sheet 306C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0298; FHL microfilm 1,254,298.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3HL-4JS : accessed 27 January 2015), Gromer Ad, Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,839.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2T7-GHM : accessed 27 January 2015), Alvy D Gromer, Crooked Creek, Bollinger, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 10A, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,782.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3R5-CQ9 : accessed 27 January 2015), Alva Drew Gromer, 1917-1918; citing St. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,688.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M84H-WYL : accessed 27 January 2015), A D Gromer in household of Eddie Gromer, Kennett Ward 1, Dunklin, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,910.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7W2-2QX : accessed 27 January 2015), Elva Gromer, Richland Township, Stoddard, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104-27, sheet 22A, family 371, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2159.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alva by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alva: