Born about in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Valentine Reed
— married
about 1830 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 78
[location unknown]
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Biography
Levina was born about 1813, probably near Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, then Berks County, PA. She married John Valentine Reed/Rieth around 1829 and they raised a family in Union County, PA. She was widowed in 1871. She passed away about 1891, but details are unknown. This is all that has been learned about her.
Children
- George b. 1830 (d. 1852, buried White Deer Cemetery)
- Leah b. 1835
- Catharine N. b. 1844 and married Simon Berry (identified thru the 1860 US Census with parents and PA death certificate, died Berwick, PA and naming husband and parents)
- Amanda Elizabeth b. 1851 married George Arnold (found on 1860 US Federal Census for Union county with parents and PA Death Certificate with place of death as Penn Twp., Lancaster Co., listing names of husband and parents)
Research Notes
- Deduced surname of Levina/Lavina from census information and death certificates of children found by performing searches for Valentine Reed on Ancestry.com. Have not been able to discern when or where she died, and so wonder if she remarried. She is not found in the area for the 1880 US Census under the name Reed. She is also NOT buried in White Deer Cemetery with her husband, John Valentine Reed, unless with no stone or a second husband. (Amy Golder-Cooper revised 17 Jul 2020)
Sources
- 1850 US Census, White Deer Twp., Union Co., PA
- 1860 US Census, White Deer Twp., Union Co., PA, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4292167_00667?pId=4288678
- 1870 US Census, White Deer Twp., Union Co., PA, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2J-LMS : 29 May 2021), Lavina Reed in entry for Valentine Reed, 1870.
- Religion: 1850 communicant at Evangelical Lutheran Church, Danville, PA
- Name: death certificates of daughters Catharine Reed Berry and Amanda Reed Arnold
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1a3, FTDNA kit #934787
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Amy (Golder) Golder-Cooper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A019684 [compare], Ancestry member goldercoop
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