Martha
Matilda
"Tilly"
Nelles
Born in Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann Joseph Nelles
and Hannah (Van Attar) Nelles
Sister of
John Nelles [half], Mary Ann (Nelles) Kent [half], Joseph Nelles [half], Nancy Jane (Nelles) Bradt [half], Maria (Nelles) Farrow, Peter Nelles, Sarah (Nelles) Bundy, Andrew Joseph Nelles, Melissa (Nelles) Hodgeketts, Priscilla Ann (Nelles) MacDonald and Warner W. Nelles
Wife of
James Burch Nelles
— married
5 Feb 1850 in Towsend Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Delilah (Nelles) Kennedy, Alexia Matilda (Nelles) Matchett, James Joseph Nelles, Sarah Jane (Nelles) Hoover, Elizabeth Agnes (Nelles) Quinsey, Isaac Newton Nelles and John Frederick Nelles
Died
at age 62
in Oneida, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2017
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Biography
Baptized about 1847 in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. She and husband James were 3rd cousins (graph). Died of inflamed lungs.
Sources
- Andrew Nelles: A New Canadian, 1798 by R. Robert Mutrie, Log Cabin Publishing, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, 1993 #2g, p. 26
- Nellis-Nelles Immigrants From the Palatinate 1710, Vol. 1, published in 1997 by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society #793, page 157
- Dockstader Family History by Doris Dockstader Rooney. Published by Doris Dockstader Rooney in Dodge City, Kansas, #1070 page 170
- Find A Grave: Memorial #75798864
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~6.25%
Gerald Young
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A874467 [compare], Ancestry member younggn42
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~3.12%
Kimberly Latta :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rick Moody :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T679755 [compare], FTDNA kit #291619
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Rejected matches › Johanna Maria (Marais) Nel (1822-1894) › Martha Maria Hendrina (Nel) Pretorius (1867-1894) › Helena Susanna Maria (Nel) Strydom (abt.1815-1893) › Martha (Smith) Nellis (1831-bef.1909)
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