Mamie’s mother died of “quick consumption” at age 20 when Mamie was just a year old and and an only child. Her father remarried Hattie and had several more children. Mamie married Berkley in 1923, and had 11 births, including one stillbirth and one son died in infancy. Her youngest, DuWayne, was given for adoption.
"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFRY-W8T : 24 January 2016), Berkley Heffron and Jessie Mix, 04 Jul 1923; citing county clerk’s office, Tompkins, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,008,786.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS6P-L3D : 20 May 2014), Jessie M Heffron, 08 Mar 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 85.6 cM match between Elnora (Heffron) Teeter GEDmatch A908546 and Layton-1357, daughter of Daniel Layton GEDmatch A011163 half second cousins once removed.
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