Born about in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of John A. Nellis
and Jane (Eakins) Nellis
Sister of
Elizabeth Jane (Nelles) Perley, Sarah Anne (Nellis) Tisdale, John Eakins Nellis, William Gooding Nellis, Maria Catherine (Nelles) Bastedo, Julia Andrews (Nelles) McGeary, Colborne Seaton Nelles and Almira Frances Olivia (Nelles) Settle
Wife of
Cyrus Ryerson Griffin
— married
13 Mar 1849 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Colborne N. Griffin, Jane E. Griffin, Mary A. Griffin, Harriet A. (Griffin) Simmons, Clara B. Griffin, Ariel F. (Griffin) Elliot, Helen A. Griffin and Wesley E. Griffin
Died
at about age 78
in Brantford, Brant, Ontario Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2018
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Biography
Mary was born about 1824.
Sources
- A collection of family records, with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Douglas, or allied to families of that name, by Douglas, Charles Henry James https://archive.org/stream/collectionoffami00doug#page/236/mode/2up
- Nellis-Nelles Immigrants From the Palatinate 1710, published by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society, #860: Vol. 1, p. 168; Vol. 2, p. 28
- Andrew Nelles: A New Canadian, 1798 by R. Robert Mutrie, Log Cabin Publishing, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada, 1993 #10c page 32
- Find A Grave: Memorial #68108548
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~3.12%
Rick Moody
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T679755 [compare], FTDNA kit #291619
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~1.56%
Gerald Young :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A874467 [compare], Ancestry member younggn42
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