Alternate spellings in official documents for last name include Kooch in one document and Cook in one document. Another child mentioned on 1870, Elise, may be same child as Alice.
Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
Plot: Sec 1, Lot 294
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K39V-57F : 5 December 2014), Sophia Kooch in entry for Alexander Schieffer, 06 Jul 1947; citing certificate number 31858, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,650.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFJF-QHK : 14 July 2016), Sophia Schieffer in household of F Schieffer, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 133, sheet 218B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1329; FHL microfilm 1,255,329.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGD-XRT : 17 October 2014), Sophia Schiefer in household of Ferdinand Schiefer, Texas, United States; citing p. 108, family 812, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,105.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K39Q-LP1 : 5 December 2014), Sofia Cook in entry for Herman Schieffer, 03 Jan 1946; citing certificate number 5272, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,230.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3W7-GZH : 5 December 2014), Alice Sophie Cook in entry for Alice Sophie Seiders, 27 Jan 1918; citing certificate number 5219, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,178.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3WQ-XP6 : 5 December 2014), Sophia Koch in entry for Robert Schieffer, 22 Aug 1913; citing certificate number 18052, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,996.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia 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 Sophia: