"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVVS-177 : 10 March 2018), Esther Lucille Sheldahl, 27 May 1916; citing Palestine, Story, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,404,578.
"Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ7-ZSZL : 16 March 2018), Esther L Sheldahl in household of Howard Sheldahl, Story City, Story, Iowa, United States; citing Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,564.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKS-R8D : accessed 8 May 2018), Ester Sheldahl in household of Howard Sheldahl, Palestine, Story, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 8A, line 23, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 684; FHL microfilm 2,340,419.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBY-PWP : accessed 8 May 2018), Esther Brown in household of Melvin Brown, Palestine Township, Story, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-36, sheet 5A, line 12, family 86, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1206.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9KH-RPL : 20 May 2014), Esther L Brown, 29 Aug 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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