There are various spellings of Glydia Layr Hamilton's first name.
Glydia Layr Hamilton's first name spelled on her gravestone is "Glydia", which is believed to be the proper spelling. [1]
Her first name spelled in her marriage record is GLADYS Layr. Her marriage to Waldron Hamilton took place on 25 Dec 1898 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [2]
Spelling of her first name in the 1880 Census of Union, Knox, Maine, USA shows GLIDA (age 4). [3]
The 1900 census of Somerville city Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts has her name spelled GLADYS. [4]
The 1910 Sutton, Caledonia, Vermont, United States census has her name spelled as GLYDIA. [5]
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 January 2020), memorial page for Gldyia Layr Hamilton (14 Sep 1875–24 Aug 1912), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59501764, citing Sutton Village Cemetery, Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by name-that-tomb (contributor 46936827) .
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXK-7R1 : 11 March 2018), Waldron Hamilton and Gladys Layr, 25 Dec 1898; citing reference 6376; FHL microfilm 824,968.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3T-SMF : 15 August 2017), Glida Layr in household of Henry Layr, Union, Knox, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 114, sheet 276B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,483.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TF-W83 : accessed 8 January 2020), Gladys Hamilton in household of William J Hamilton, Somerville city Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 941, sheet 8A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,665.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFK-N1G : accessed 8 January 2020), Glydia B Hamitlon in household of Waldron Hamilton, Sutton, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 4A, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1613; FHL microfilm 1,375,626.>
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Glydia 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 Glydia: