Agnes' first husband was William Duncan, son of James Duncan and Annie Smith. In 1920 Agnes was a widow; she and her daughter, Jean Duncan, lived with her parents in Portland; Agnes worked as a packer in a candy factory.
Agnes' second husband was Henry Doeneka. In 1940 they lived in Roseway, a suburb of Portland. Henry was an electrical engineer at the County Hospital and their household included their children, Jean F. and Henry L. as well as Agnes' mother, Annie L. Jeffrey and Agnes' sister, Lillian M. Jeffrey. Jean worked as an elevator operator in a department store.
In 1955 Agnes worked as a dietician.
Agnes is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portand, Oregon.
Sources
Agnes Jennie Doeneka, Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1917, accessed via AncestryLibrary.ca Note: Jennie filed a petition for the registration of her birth in 1944; both parents were dead at this time. In this record her parents were identified as Alexander Lane Jeffrey and Anna Lincoln both born in New York City. In that document Alex's birthday was Nov. 11, 1868 and Anna's was Jan. 5, 1869.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Agnes 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 Agnes: