Born about in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Theophile (Plouf) Ploof
and Rosalie (Grenier) Ploof
Sister of
Si Ploof, Charles William Ploof [half], Edward Ploof, Seymour Joseph Ploof [half], Homer Joseph Ploof [half], Eddie Ploof [half], Elmer William Ploof [half] and Elizabeth M. (Ploof) Tevyaw [half]
Wife of
Judson Bessette
— married
23 Oct 1893 in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, United States
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 59
in Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2019
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Biography
Rhoda Ploof was born about 1876 in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, United States. She was the daughter of Milo Ploof and his wife Rosalie Grenier. At about age 17 Rhoda married Judson Bessette on 23 Oct 1893 in in Franklin. There were four known children born into this marriage. Rhoda died at about age 58 in 1935 in Vermont; she was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Saint Albans, Franklin, Vermont.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WZ-17L : 20 February 2021), Rhoda Ploof in household of Milo Ploof, Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 113A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,344.
- Death: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7B-Q29 : 19 February 2021), Rhoda Greenyea Ploof, 1885.
- Death: "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQP-C2KF : 3 March 2021), Rhoda Ploof, 23 Aug 1885; citing Death, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488052. See also: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQP-CYR6
- Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18089818/rhoda-bessette
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda 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 Rhoda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda 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 Rhoda:
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~1.56%
Donna (Duffy) DeLor
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ddelor1
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Suzie (Messier) Kelleher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RQ8587657 [compare], yourDNAportal SUS8fdb3c94, Ancestry member smkelleher22
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