Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jens Peter (Nielsen) Nelson
and Alma (Scott) Nelson
Sister of
Virgil Dewey Nelson, Sylvia Janet (Nelson) Brelsford, Marjorie Adele (Nelson) Jensen, Bernard Nielsen, John Nelson, Helen (Nielsen) Conley and Lorraine Nelson
Wife of
Joesph Westley Roff
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Timothy Brian Roff
Died
at about age 77
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jan 2022
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Biography
Alma was born in 1924. She was the daughter of Jens Nielsen and Alma Scott. She passed away in 2001.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWH7-ZZW : 8 January 2021), Jean Nelson in household of Alma Nelson, Gardner, Grundy, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-15, sheet 9B, line 62, family 223, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 809.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alma 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 Alma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alma 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 Alma:
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~3.12%
Paul Sorensen
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HE4401353 [compare]
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