In Essex County, New Jersey, on 31 July 1836, Magdalene van Buren Russell married John Gowdey; the service was officiated by Levi Scott, "Minister of the Gospel in the Franklin St Station, Newark". [1][2]
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Census (1850) Livingston, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Census (1860) Hennepin Township, Putnam, Illinois, United States
Census (1870) Illinois, United States
Census (1880) Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States
Marital Status Married
Occupation Keeping House
Burial (1898) Riverside Cemetery, Hennepin, Putnam County, Illinois, USA
New Jersey Marriages "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5T-M4D : 12 December 2014), John Gowdy and Magdalina Russell, 31 Jul 1836; citing Essex, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 914,211.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK4-YCJ : 14 July 2016), Maydalena Gowdy in household of John Gowdy, Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 231, sheet 270B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0244; FHL microfilm 1,254,244.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HY-XM6 : 17 October 2014), Magdalena D Gowdy in household of John Gowdy, Illinois, United States; citing p. 11, family 99, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,770.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MF-DKC : 9 November 2014), Magdalena V Gaudy in household of John Gaudy, Livingston, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing family 29, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 December 2019), memorial page for Magdalena VanBuren Russell Gowdey (31 Aug 1813–25 Apr 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #81513091, citing Riverside Cemetery, Hennepin, Putnam County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by HJ (contributor 46937296) . Has good image of headstone with name and dates
Gowdy, Mahlon Gowdy, Mahlon M.; ed. Rev. G.T. Ridlon, Sr A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade - Gadie - Gaudie - Gawdie -Gawdy - Goudy - Goudey - Gowdey - Gauden - Gaudern and the Variant Forms From A.D. 800 to A.D. 1919 ... (Lewiston, Maine: Journal Press, 1919) pp. 452-458
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Magdalena 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 Magdalena: