Valentine
"Val"
Kiefer
Born in Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Josias Dominick Kiefer
and Caroline (Witt) Kiefer
Brother of
John Kiefer, Leopold Kiefer, Amelia Brigid (Kiefer) Bath, Caroline Louise (Kiefer) Honecker, Peter Joseph Kiefer, Benedict Franklin Kiefer, Rosalia Elizabeth (Kiefer) O'Toole and Francis Dominic Kiefer
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Fruita, Colorado
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jul 2014
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Biography
Valentine was born June 20, 1850 in Indiana, the child of Josias Kiefer and Coroline Witt.
The 1910 U.S. Census lists Valentine at the age of 59 farming his own land near Loma, Mesa County, Colorado. [1]
Valentine Kiefer passed away in 1931 and was buried at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado. [2]
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Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4D-N3L : 20 October 2015), Valentine Kiefer, Loma, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 20A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,135.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-367R : 13 December 2015), Valentine Kiefer, ; Burial, Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States of America, Sacred Heart Cemetery; citing record ID 25014009, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Valentine by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Valentine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Valentine by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Valentine:
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~3.12%
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