Born in MD
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Lausch Shimp
and Clara (McMullen) Shimp
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Cleveland Kehs
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
William Lee Kehs and Richard Alan Kehs
Died
at age 88
in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jun 2021
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Biography
Bessie was born in 1887. She was the daughter of Jacob Shimp and Clara McMullen. She passed away in 1976.
Sources
- The Sun (Baltimore, MD) January 15, 1976
KEHS--On January 13, 1976, BESSIE E. (nee Shimp) Beloved wife of the late William C. Kehs, and mother or Mr. Richard A. Kehs. She is also survived by three grandchildren. Services at the Sterling Funeral Estate. Service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Interment in Baltimore Cemetery
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie 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 Bessie:
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~1.56%
Linda (Clawson) Prishker
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Terri (Clawson) Swift :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member reikidolls
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~0.78%
Nicole (Jackson) Nelson :
23andMe
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