Born in Shefford, Richelieu, Lower Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Silas Lewis
and Mary (Savage) Lewis
Sister of
Rhoda A. Lewis, Mary (Lewis) Neil, Amasa Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Harriett Lewis, Silas Lewis, Lynda Lewis, Stewart Lewis, Martha Lewis, Diana (Lewis) Savage and Adaline (Lewis) Savage
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Florence Jane (Porter) Kneeland
Died
at age 73
in Waterloo, Shefford West, Quebec, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jun 2018
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Biography
- Laura was born in 1819. She was the daughter of Silas Lewis and Mary Savage.
- Married first to Samuel Porter in 1848.
- Married second to Amasa E. Knowlton.
- She passed away in 1893.
Notes
- Previously listed current last name of Savage appears to have been an artefact of a prior merge with a record where she was listed with her mother's maiden name.
Sources
- "Canada, Québec, registres des églises protestantes, 1763-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSV2-Y1R?cc=1929561&wc=M6XW-5Z4%3A224536701%2C224515002%2C224562601 : 21 May 2014), Hatley > Church of England in Canada > Baptisms, marriages, burials with index 1818-1828 > image 74 of 414; Archives Nationales du Québec-Montréal, Sainte-Foy (Quebec National Library and Archives, Sainte-Foy).
- Family documentation, professional research.
- FamilySearch Family Tree profile KCC8-1SF
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Laura 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 Laura:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Heidi Wallenborn 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A333823 [compare], Ancestry member heidiwallenborn61
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~0.78%
Beth (Banks) Wygant :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a977128 [compare], Ancestry member skoolmom1
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~0.78%
Diana Banks :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T146695 [compare], FTDNA kit #248352
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Rejected matches › Laura Ann (Savage) Mears (1818-1891)
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Categories: Shefford, Lower Canada aka Canada East 1841-1867