Born in Parsons, West Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Homer Mace Parsons Sr
and Nellie (Phillips) Parsons
Sister of
Sylvester Parsons, Colleen Mazie (Parsons) Knotts, Edgar Howard Parsons, Homer Mace Parsons Jr, Cathleen (Parsons) Roberts, Russell Samuel Parsons, Verna Rae (Parsons) Murphy, Carl Clyde Parsons and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Eston Carlton Knotts
— married
1931 in Tucker, WV
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Elkins, West Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Dec 2017
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Biography
Velma was born in 1912. She was the daughter of Homer Parsons and Nellie Phillips. She passed away in 1936. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMSN-NLY : 4 December 2014), Velma B. Knotts, 29 Jun 1936; citing Randolph, West Virginia, County Records, 9593, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,271.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCH-XD6 : accessed 3 January 2018), Velma Bell Parsons in household of Homer Parsons, Saint George, Tucker, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 8B, line 56, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2556; FHL microfilm 2,342,290.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTB3-N5R : 4 December 2014), Eston Carlton Knotts and Velma Belle Parsons, 1931; citing Tucker, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,723.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Velma 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 Velma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Velma 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 Velma:
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~12.50%
Deb Parsons
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A235817 [compare], Ancestry member DebParsons51
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~0.78%
Debra Carr :
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~0.39%
Harry Cain :
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