Born in River Inhabitants, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of John McNamara
and Jane (Fitzgerald) McNamara
Sister of
Michael Benjamin McNamara, John William McNamara, Mary Ann (McNamara) Whalen, Susan Jane (McNamara) King, Bridget Maria McNamara, Bridget McNamara and Henry Vincent McNamara
Wife of
William Vincent (Scanlan) Scanlon
— married
12 Nov 1901 in Port Hawkesbury, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Henry Howard Scanlan, Annie Jane Scanlan, Mary Roseta Scanlon, David William Raymond Scanlan, John Andrew Scanlan, Joseph Camillus Tompkins Scanlan, Lawrence Bernard Scanlon, Thomas James Scanlon and Michael Clarence Scanlan
Died
at about age 36
in Point Tupper, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Apr 2019
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Biography
Eliza was born in 1881. She is the daughter of John McNamara and Jane Fitzgerald. She married William Scanlan in Port Hawkesbury in 1901.
Eliza and William are living in Walkerville in 1911 with six children in the household.
She was living in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia when she died from stomach cancer. She was buried in Lower River Inhabitants. Her father John W McNamara is the informant for the death registration.
Sources
- 1891 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Richmond, District 41. Subdistrict 4, River Inhabitants, Page 22, Family 101, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148122-00578
- Nova Scotia Marriage Registration Year: 1901 - Book: 1825 - Page: 174 - Number: 74, https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1825-174&Event=marriage&ID=84164
- 1911 Census of Canada, Nova Scotia, Richmond, District 51, Enumeration Dist 4, Township of Hawkesbury, Page 7, Lines 4-11, https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e001975413
- Nova Scotia Death Registration, Year: 1917 - Book: 47 - Page: 345 - Number: 738, https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=47-345&Event=death&ID=135576
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217685959/elizabeth-ellen-scanlan : accessed 20 November 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” McNamara Scanlan (16 May 1881–11 Jun 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217685959, citing Saint Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Michael Proctor (contributor 49073234) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza 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 Eliza:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza 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 Eliza:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Lisa Sullivan 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A118327 [compare], Ancestry member lisasullivan0606
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~6.25%
Brian McCarthy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A020964 [compare], Ancestry member hotwings9
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Elizabeth (Newton) Anderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T950108 [compare]
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~1.56%
Rob McCullough :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Catherine McNamara :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Scanlon) Merrilees (abt.1882-)
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