Born in Martin County, Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Towns Nelson
and Sarah Elizabeth (Hogue) Nelson
Sister of
Milburn Edward Nelson, Lorella Nelson, Mildred (Nelson) Dayton, William Robert Nelson and Norman Franklin Nelson
Wife of
Leo M. Lay
— married
1944 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 49
in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2013
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Biography
Bessie was born in 1912. She was the daughter of William Nelson and Bessie Hogue. She passed away in 1962. [1]
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Sources
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Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Mary Jefferson, Jan 28, 2013
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bessie:
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~3.12%
MaryMargaret (Hogue) Wood
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZK9082325 [compare], yourDNAportal MAR698da4bd, Ancestry member ralphandcerb
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Shelli (Selby) Rhodes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TM3817759 [compare], Ancestry member shelli_belli
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