Iris (Maulsby) McElvain
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Iris Luticia (Maulsby) McElvain (1874 - 1911)

Iris Luticia McElvain formerly Maulsby
Born in Jewell, Kansas, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 10 Feb 1892 in USA, Nebraska, Furnas County, Wilsonvillemap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 37 in Hotchkiss, Delta County, Coloradomap
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Biography

When Iris Lutitia Maulsby was born on February 8, 1874, in Jewell, Kansas, her father, Luna, was 29, and her mother, Martha, was 30. [1]

She married Commodore Bradford McElvain on February 10, 1892, in Wilsonville, Nebraska. They had 7 children in 17 years.

She died on November 17, 1911, in Hotchkiss, Colorado, at the age of 37, and was buried there.

Sources

  1. "Kansas State Census, 1885," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ3-C911-L?cc=1825188&wc=W81J-D5H%3A1597342907%2C1597362303 : accessed 2 March 2022), Jewell > Odessa Township > image 18 of 48; citing Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.
  • [1] Find-a-Grave
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : accessed 30 November 2021), Iris S Mc Elvain in household of C B Mc Elvain, Hotchkiss, Delta, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 9B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,374,127.
  • Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, page 221 ([3] : accessed 30 November 2021), Iris L. Maulsby m. Commodore B. McElvain 8 Feb 1892, b. Jewel Co, KS, father: L.C. Maulsby, mother: M.J. Cale, residence: Wilsonville

DNA

  • Maternal and paternal relationships are confirmed by a 23andMe test match between PH and DA, 3rd cousins. Their most-recent common ancestors are Martha J. Cale and Luna C. Maulsby, the 2nd great grandparents of both. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 101 cM across 5 segments.




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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Iris 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 Iris:

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I found a closer cousin match and updated the DNA confirmation note.
For your DNA confirmation statement: Because the matching test takers are more distantly related than third cousin, you will need to use triangulation. See this part of the DNA confirmation instructions:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:DNA_Confirmation#Are_you_third_cousins_or_closer.3F

I've changed the 'confirmed with DNA' entry to 'confident'. Please add the appropriate documentation before changing it back to 'confirmed with DNA'. Thanks!

posted by Kay (Johnson) Wilson

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