Melissa
Elizabeth
(Bessie)
Kester
Born in California, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Francis Marion Kester
and Mary Ruth (Matthews) Kester
Sister of
Minnie Roseta Doane (Kester) Davis [half], Mary Margaret Kester, Annie Aquila (Kester) Pierce, Albert Francis Kester, Sarah Ann (Kester) Blake, Chester Abot Kester, Myron Sidney Kester, Walter Marion Kester and Ruth Myrtle (Kester) McNeil
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jun 2016
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Biography
Melissa "Bessie" Elizabeth Kester was born 20 Nov 1894, in California. She is a daughter of Francis Kester and Mary Matthews. [1]
In 1910, they lived in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. Francis and Mary, children Chester, Myron, Bessie, Walter, and Ruth. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Hunt, John E., Compiled by; “Pound and Kester Families”; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 349-350.
- ↑ 1910 Census; "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGJ-1X5 : accessed 29 June 2018), Mary R Kester in household of Francis M Kester, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 1B, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 104; FHL microfilm 1,374,117.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lola (Swearingen) Weber 
:
Living DNA
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~0.78%
Virgil Kester :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A673132 [compare], yourDNAportal VIR75bf8eb0, Ancestry member KesterIII
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Rejected matches › Bessie L. Kessler (abt.1896-)
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