Born in Las Animas, Colorado, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Eldred Riggs
and Margaret Lytle (McClure) Riggs
Sister of
William Albert Riggs, Melvin McClure Riggs, Nathan Daniel Riggs, Mary Elizabeth Riggs, John Eldred Riggs, Rhoda Margaret Riggs and Robert Brannick Riggs
Wife of
Andrew Patrick Dolan
— married
5 May 1947 in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1940s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 99
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2021
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Biography
Ethyl was born in 1919. She was the daughter of William Riggs and Margaret McClure.
In 1920 she was an infant living with her parents and siblings in Colorado. [1]
In 1930 she was living with parents and siblings in Colorado. [2]
In 1940 she was living with his mother and siblings in Colorado. [3]
WWII service. She was Aviation Cadet in Women's Army Corps [4]
She married Andrew Patrick Dolan on 5 May 1947.
In 1950 she was 30 and living with her husband and son James in Colorado. [5]
They had three children.
She passed in 2018.
Ethel was buried in Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [6]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL9-VMY : 31 January 2021), Ethel J Riggs in entry for William E Riggs, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X748-KCG : accessed 9 September 2022), Ethel J Riggs in household of William E Riggs, Suffield, Las Animas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ 1940 census
- ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LW-9GL : 5 December 2014), Ethel J Riggs, enlisted 04 Feb 1943, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- ↑ 1950 census
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194561407/ethel-josephine-dolan: accessed 9 September 2022), memorial page for Ethel Josephine Riggs Dolan (30 May 1919–7 Nov 2018), Find A Grave: Memorial #194561407, citing Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Mike Casey (contributor 47002614) .
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: G3N3-CJJ
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ethyl 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 Ethyl:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ethyl 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 Ethyl:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Teresa Downey 
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23andMe, GEDmatch YN9184771 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HZ2273573 [compare], Ancestry member tldowney4141
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YN1346976 [compare], FTDNA kit #954187
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RE134976 [compare]
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~0.78%
Valorie (Gill) Fischer :
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