Matilda
Guess
Born in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zebediah Ball Guess
and Annis (Lovin) Guess
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth (Guess) Hall, Bailey Lovin Guess, Spencer Ball Guess, Nancy Jane Guess, Zebediah Ball Guess, George K Guess, William Hosea Guess, Annis Lovin Guess, Louisa (Guess) Smith, Martin Guess and Wiley Guess
Wife of
George T. Greer
— married
[date unknown] in Attala, Mississippi, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 87
in Attala, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Matilda was born about 1823. She was the daughter of Zebediah Guess and Annis Lovin. She passed away about 1910.
Listed as the mother of Minnie Irene Ball and Guy Winfred Greer in Gayson County, Texas.[1][2]
Sources
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1R-L6Z : 13 March 2018), Matilda Guess in entry for Guy Winfred Greer, 11 Feb 1950; citing certificate number 6561, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,246.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K367-LDW : 13 March 2018), Matilda Guess in entry for Minnie Irene Ball, 23 Jan 1971; citing certificate number 02785, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,071.
- ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1R-L6Z : 13 March 2018), Matilda Guess in entry for Guy Winfred Greer, 11 Feb 1950; citing certificate number 6561, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,246.
- ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K367-LDW : 13 March 2018), Matilda Guess in entry for Minnie Irene Ball, 23 Jan 1971; citing certificate number 02785, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,071.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi-1891 Attala County, page 232, Volume-1.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Paul Wilson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A026295 [compare], Ancestry member pewilsontx1950
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~3.12%
Charles Strahan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T894963 [compare], FTDNA kit #AM12156
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~1.56%
Alice (Brown) Lewis :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QP1621394 [compare]
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~0.78%
Susan (Francis) Whitten :
23andMe, GEDmatch M093921 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A007834 [compare], Ancestry member SusanWhitten50
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~0.78%
Sarah Guess :
23andMe, GEDmatch A056476 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Larry Kirkley :
23andMe, GEDmatch SC6616731 [compare]
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~0.78%
Barbara Guess :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Connors57
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~0.78%
Debbie (Hamilton) Waldrop :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ST4516155 [compare], yourDNAportal DEB95e7e8b1, Ancestry member waldrop76
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~0.39%
Ricky Holmes :
23andMe, GEDmatch BR6441425 [compare]
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~0.39%
Judy (Randall) Carnline :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a912482 [compare], Ancestry member memlane25
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A912482 [compare], FTDNA kit #B11217
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~0.39%
Bobby Holmes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LR6306514 [compare], Ancestry member SouthernRoots
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~0.39%
Charles Holmes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UQ9149429 [compare]
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