Elizabeth was born in 1885. She passed away in 1971. Elizabeth's mother ran a boarding house in Highland Park, Michigan, and Elizabeth and her son Frank lived there as Elizabeth's husband was ill and died when Frank was only 7.
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Family records
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9Y-8FQ : accessed 27 March 2019), Frances J O'Brien in household of Ellen O'Brien, Saginaw city Ward 1, southwest side, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 18B, family 380, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,739.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7G-4B4 : accessed 17 January 2019), Elizabeth M Crossland in household of Ellen O'Brian, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 700, sheet 7A, line 10, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 801; FHL microfilm 1,820,801.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X73S-4YM : accessed 17 January 2019), Elizabeth W Crossland, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 990, sheet 4A, line 31, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1074; FHL microfilm 2,340,809.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH91-4QK : 15 March 2018), Elizabeth Crossland in household of Mabel Meier, Ward 17, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1082, sheet 5A, line 15, family 84, 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 1872.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth: