Born about in New York
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Preston
and Alice (MacFarlane) Preston
Wife of
William Kingsley Dewey
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Flowerfield, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States
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Biography
Camilla was born about 1819 in New York State. She was the daughter of Benjamin Preston and Alice MacFarlane. She died in 1887 in Michigan.
Camilla (Preston) Dewey of Kalamzoo Michigan is listed as niece (along side of three other children of Benjamin Preston) in the 1872 will of her uncle Elijah Preston of Webster, Monroe County, New York.
Camilla (Preston) Gates, 38, is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census in Flowerfield, St. Joseph, Michigan, with her husband William Gates 49, and children: Alice 18, Alonzo 17, William 15, Solomon 10, and Melissa 1.
Camilla Gates, age 61, is listed in the 1880 U.S. Census in Flowerfield, St. Joseph, MI, living with the family of her son Solomon Dewey, 30 (wife Mary 31, children: Harriet V. 9, William H. 7, Alice M. 5. Solomon's brother Alonzo 38 is also living in this household.
Sources
- Census Records
- 1872 Will of Elijah Preston, Webster, Monroe Co., NY.
- 1860 U.S. Census, Flowerfield, St. Joseph, MI.
- 1880 U.S. Census, Flowerfield, St. Joseph, MI.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Camilla 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 Camilla:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Camilla 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 Camilla:
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~1.56%
Pam Sandberg
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~0.78%
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