Leah Siford (or Syford) was born in 1855 at Leafield in Oxfordshire,
the daughter of
Timothy Siford and his wife Harriett, born Harriett Pratley
[1][2].
In 1861, Leah was living in Witney Lane in Leafield with
her parents and their other children.
Her age was given as 8, implying a birth date in 1850 or 1851.
Her birthplace was given as Leafield, Oxfordshire.
She was at school
[2].
Sources
↑
General Register Office, birth index online (https://www.gro.gov.uk/); accessed 7 April 2020:
SYFORD, LEAH;
GRO Reference: 1855 Jul-Sep Quarter in CHIPPING NORTON registration district; Volume 03A Page 537;
mother's maiden name: PRATLEY
↑ 2.02.1
England and Wales 1861 census (Leafield, Oxfordshire):
The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 9/909; folio 64:
Ancestry Record uki1861 #16325317
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Leah: