Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of John William Kirkland
and Elizabeth (Weeks) Kirkland
Sister of
John W. Kirkland, James Frederick Kirkland, Mary Ann Kirkland, Alice Elizabeth Kirkland, Charles Leonard Kirkland, Lavinia Rebecca (Kirkland) Kaye, Albert Jordan Kirkland, Allan Kirkland, Emma Lydia (Kirkland) Richardson and George Kirkland [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died in Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick
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Biography
Rebecca is assumed to be the child of John Kirkland and Elizabeth Sarah Weeks. She married Joseph A. McLeod, on November 2, 1854.[1][2] She was married at the same time as John W. Kirkland.[3] They were likely siblings, but this is not confirmed.
Rebecca died on May 11, 1857, at the age of 22 days, 8 months, 4 days.[4] Based on this, her calculated date of birth is September 7, 1834.
Sources
- ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-VX18 : accessed 25 October 2015), Joseph A Mc Leod and Rebecca M Kirkland, 02 Nov 1854; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 319, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,407.
- ↑ Daniel F Johnson, New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Vol 15, No 842; Northumberland, Chatham, The Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma, Nov 4, 1854 - Marriage of Joseph A. McLeod & Rebecca M. Kirkland
- ↑ Daniel F Johnson, New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Vol 15, No 842; Northumberland, Chatham, The Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma, Nov 4, 1854 - Marriage of John Kirkland and Ellen Easton
- ↑ Daniel F Johnson, New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Vol 16, No 1551; Northumberland, Chatham, The Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma, May 23, 1857 - Death of Rebecca Melvina McLeod
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 (beta) of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 (beta) of DNA with Rebecca:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Florence (Prowse) Cooper 
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~6.25%
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jayne (Cooper) Kellock :
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~1.56%
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