George
Henry
Sell
aka Zell
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Ann (Kight) Sell
— married
30 Oct 1879 in Georgia City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Louis Wetsel Sell, Joseph Johnson Sell, Bonnie Isabell (Sell) Wallen, Rufus Earl Sell, Charles William Thomas Sell, Victor Emanuel Sell, Frederick Eugene Sell, Lotta Wellmet (Sell) Aber, Francis Edwin Sell and Leonard Leslie Sell
Died
at age 81
in Coos County, Oregon, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2015
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Biography
George Henry was the son of Johann Heinrich Zöll or Zell and Anna Catharina nee Eisenbach.
In 1850 he lived in Pittsburgh with his mother and stepfather Charles Holsworth/Holzwort.[1]
He married Elizabeth Kight. They had at least eight children.
Burial: Masonic Cemetery, Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, USA
Research Notes
The origin is confirmed by DNA matches of Fehr-593 and several descendants of Sell-279. Most recent Common ancestors (MRCA) are Johannes Zöll and Anna Catharina Schmidt.
Sources
- ↑ US-Volkszählung 1850:
"US-Volkszählung 1850"
Pennsylvania > Allegheny > Pittsburgh Ward 1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 30 November 2023)
- "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 23 April 2015, George H Sell, Twin Groves, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 58, sheet 343A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0694; FHL microfilm 1,254,694.
- "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 23 April 2015, George H Sells, Coquille and Riverton Precincts Coquille town, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 302, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,346.
- "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 23 April 2015, George H Sell, Prosper, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 6A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,293.
- "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 23 April 2015, George H Sell, Riverton, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,493.
- Find-a-Grave Memorial ID#80092528, created by Vaughn Marie Gouff
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~12.50%
Sarah O’Sullivan
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Artur Fehr :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WL1172078 [compare]
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Rejected matches › George Sewell (1842-1848) › George W Shall (abt.1844-) › Henry Willis Soule (1843-1926) › George H. Sewell (1843-) › Henry Woods Seels (bef.1843-)
George is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 28 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 31 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 21 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 26 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 27 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.