Born
3 Jan 1821 in
Hamburg, Franklin, Mississippi, United States.
Ancestors
Died
31 Mar 1912
at age 91
in
McNair, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified 14 Jan 2024
| Created 8 Sep 2015
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Biography
Amanda was born in 1821, in Franklin, Mississippi. Amanda is the child of Jacob Guice and Susannah Grantham . On 23 Apr 1843 in Jefferson, MS, she married George Clare Armstrong . They settled in Jefferson where they had 5 children.
William Jacob Armstrong b. 1844 - d. 1883, never married
Mary Catherine Armstrong b. 1845 - d. 1853, age 8
George Clare Armstrong Jr. b. 1850 - d. 1852, age 2
Emma Emily R. Armstrong b. 1855 - d. 1884, m. Milton Bartumis Fleming (brother of Levonia below)
Georgia Amanda Armstrong b. 1861 - d. 1881, age 20, m. Levonia Mathadius Fleming (brother of Milton above)
Living in Jefferson, it is here she passed away about 1912, age 91. She is buried at the Armstrong Cemetery.
Sources
"Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9GS-HVT2 : Mon Oct 23 22:59:33 UTC 2023), Entry for George C Armstrong and Amanda S. Guice, 23 Apr 1843.
"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-Q57 : Wed Oct 04 02:28:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Geo C Armstrong and A Armstrong, 1850.
"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GN-FFS : Fri Oct 06 02:35:28 UTC 2023), Entry for George C Armstrong and A S Armstrong, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF38-T2B : Tue Oct 03 22:27:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Jas C Armstrong and Amanda S Armstrong, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GX-DBX : Tue Oct 03 10:52:43 UTC 2023), Entry for George C. Armstrong and Amanda L. Armstrong, 1880.
[1] 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 3, Jefferson, Mississippi; Roll: 812; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0084; FHL microfilm: 1240812
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-V778 : 6 March 2021), Amanda Salome Guice Armstrong, ; Burial, , Jefferson, Mississippi, United States of America, Armstrong Cemetery; citing record ID 46474308, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com .
[2] Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1912-1943: Mississippi State Department of Health; Jackson, Mississippi; Statewide Index to Mississippi Death Records; Description: 1912-1924 A-G. Certificate Number 23553.
Research Notes
Weekly Challenge, 12 Feb 2018
A Find a Grave entry was located for Amanda Salome Armstrong formerly Guice at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46474308
A warning (NB ) has been included in the text indicating that the source citations do not lead to her memorial.
Saunders-3874 04:08, 16 February 2018 (EST)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amanda 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 Amanda:
~3.12%
William Jones :
23andMe , GEDmatch M073527 [compare ]
~3.12%
Girault Jones :
23andMe
~1.56%
William Grantham :
23andMe , GEDmatch M131162 [compare ]
~1.56%
Calvin Harkins :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch GB4363724 [compare ] , Ancestry member calharkins
~0.78%
Richard Hearn :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch T776277 [compare ] , Ancestry member rhearn3
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #160156
~0.78%
~3.12%
Rodger Green :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A614215 [compare ]
~0.78%
Christopher Pierce :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A214179 [compare ]
~0.78%
Sharon Hill :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch UL2803706 [compare ]
~0.78%
Robin Grantham :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T096066 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #363609
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