Melvin
Ray
"Mel"
Lawson
Born in Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Arlington Fairfield Lawson, Hester Ann (Lawson) Turner, Winnie Belle (Lawson) Fowler, Everett James Lawson, Cecelia Augusta Lawson, Ida May Lawson and Margaret Effie A Lawson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 70
in Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Melvin was born in 1908. He was the son of James Lawson and Louisa Buchanan. He passed away about 1978.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLW9-GD1 : accessed 26 April 2020), Melvin R Lawson in household of James E Lawson, Paradise, Payne, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 195, sheet 10A, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1269; FHL microfilm 1,375,282.
- "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT4-QZ8 : 26 November 2014), Melvin Ray Lawson, 23 Dec 1978; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85448829?search=true
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for Melvin Ray Lawson (28 Jan 1908–23 Dec 1978), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85448829, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvin 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 Melvin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvin 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 Melvin:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Reba (Lawson) Cline 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jenny (Williams) Werner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jennymwerner
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