Born in Neshoba, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William W Purvis
and Ferraba Roseanne (Jones) Purvis
Sister of
Margaret Susan (Purvis) Moorehead, Enoch Phelps Purvis, Martha Matilda (Purvis) Albin and Asa N. Purves
Wife of
William Andrew Underwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Sherman Andrew Underwood, Thomas S. Underwood, James R. Underwood, Susan E. Underwood, Ida V. Underwood and Joseph William Underwood
Died
at age 62
in Woodbury, Hill, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2014
This page has been accessed 205 times.
Biography
Ferraba was born in 1845. She passed away on 2 Feb 1908 and is buried in the Old Woodbury Cemetery, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas. [1]
- Fact: Residence (1850) Neshoba county, Neshoba, Mississippi
- Fact: Residence (1860) Township 9 Range 10, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States
Research Notes
Last name is possibly spelled Purves instead of Purvis.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2018), memorial page for Feraby Elizabeth Purves Underwood (17 Jul 1845–2 Feb 1908), Find A Grave Memorial no. 120448581, citing Old Woodbury Cemetery, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Judy Baker (contributor 47903253).
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LX-7T2 : 12 April 2016), Pheraby Purvis in household of Wm Purvis, Neshoba county, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing family 474, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GZ-29Q : 14 December 2017), Ferraba E Burvis in entry for W W Burvis, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GR-8DC : accessed 12 November 2018), Elizabeth F Underwood in household of William Underwood, Justice Precinct 4 (west part), Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 12B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,645.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 September 2017, 19:27), entry for Ferraba E. Purvis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9W5C-P8R); contributed by various users.
- Census records, her obituary in Whitney Messenger in Hill County, Texas.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ferraba 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 Ferraba:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ferraba 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 Ferraba:
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~12.50%
Paul Underwood
:
23andMe
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~12.50%
Warren Albin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A009608 [compare]
-
~6.25%
Bob Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T121567 [compare], FTDNA kit #419922
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~6.25%
Elena (Jones) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T626240 [compare], FTDNA kit #558913
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~3.12%
HD Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T726737 [compare], FTDNA kit #94503
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~3.12%
Wayne Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T575842 [compare], FTDNA kit #558918
-
~1.56%
Ira Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M151506 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #54798
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch M151506 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Jack Coleman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M721005 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Stacey Williams :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~12.50%
Terry Turner :
23andMe, GEDmatch M141438 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Lawrence Russell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M612517 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Bennie Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A477083 [compare]
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Marcia (Greene) Bottenhorn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A381893 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Myrna (Holcomb) Lazenby :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], Ancestry member Lazenby_Myrna
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], FTDNA kit #499768
-
~1.56%
Melody Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A476131 [compare], Ancestry member luvteaching75
-
~1.56%
Davine (Moore) Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T541029 [compare], FTDNA kit #266883
-
~1.56%
Maxine (Franklin) Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T505024 [compare], FTDNA kit #254004
-
~1.56%
Charles Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T724082 [compare], FTDNA kit #558911
-
~1.56%
Pat Knapp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T225078 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK32971
-
~1.56%
Lynda Knapp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T162527 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK32972
-
~1.56%
James Davis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B7152
-
~0.78%
Lisa Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M150537 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M150537 [compare]
-
~0.78%
John Coleman :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Patrick Haddick :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Cecil Dawkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M080551 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Austin Turner :
23andMe, GEDmatch M221100 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A099290 [compare], Ancestry member AUSTIN_TRAVIS_TURNER
-
~0.78%
Hiram Davis :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
LaJuana (Stanfield) West :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Mary Anne Johnston :
23andMe, GEDmatch KW7069308 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rick Coleman :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Jeffrey Davis :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Debora (Gamble) Sumrall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A424955 [compare], Ancestry member Deborasumrall75
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Nolan Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T152925 [compare], FTDNA kit #124098
-
~0.78%
DeDee (Clifton) Leiser :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #33003
-
~0.39%
Herbert Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T932851 [compare], FTDNA kit #478170
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Russell Butler
Russell Butler
Purvis-1271 and Purvis-505 appear to represent the same person because: Name, death, and proximate birth information
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by Russell Butler
Ferraba is 19 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 21 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 43 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 28 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 26 degrees from Michael Chow, 23 degrees from Ree Drummond, 23 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 22 degrees from Matty Matheson, 25 degrees from Martha Stewart, 30 degrees from Danny Trejo and 29 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.