Louis J. Sillay Sr.
Born 1900s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Marie Elizabeth (Sillay) Shaw, Frank Ignatius Sillay, Ottilie Clara (Sillay) Campbell, George Augustus Sillay, William Paulus Sillay, Fred Joseph Sillay, Stephen Karl Sillay, Joseph Sillay, Charles Alois Sillay and Henry Albert Sillay
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1920s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)], Rita (Sillay) Lyon, [private daughter (1930s - 2010s)] and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died 1950s.
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Biography
Family oral history states that, in the face of daily persecution by schoolmates (daily stoning on the way home from school) during World War I because of his mother's German origin and their speaking German at home, Louis dropped out of high school before finishing. His father told Louis that he must either be in school or find work for pay. Louis' father found a neighboring farmer to provide room, board, and farm work for minimal pay. Louis found the work onerous and the food poor. His father insisted on keeping most of the pay. Upon reaching the required age of 17, Louis obtained written permission from his parents and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served 2 years, partly in the Dominican Republic (then known as Hispaniola) and obtained an honorable discharge on January 17, 1923. Louis learned the trade of portrait photography and was doing well enough that when he met and fell in love with Reba in Atlanta's West End, he was able to marry her in 1926 and start a family. On the eve of the Great Depression Louis Jr. was born (December 29, 1929).
On April 11, 1930 the U.S. Census for that year showed Louis, Reba, Louis Jr. (3 months old), and Reba's mother Sarah Elizabeth Laramore living together in Lee County, Georgia, Militia District 738 - Palmyra Road.
Louis is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery, Cascade Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1920-1922. He was a commercial photographer.
Sources
Information provided by Louis Sillay, Jr.
- Paternal/Maternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Frank Sillay and Carolyn (Fry) Dixon, first cousins twice removed. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "2nd cousin based on 2.86% DNA shared across 9 segments."
- Paternal/Maternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Jeanne (Sillay) Jacobson and Carolyn (Fry) Dixon, first cousins twice removed. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "2nd cousin based on 2.58% DNA shared across 10 segments."
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louis 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 Louis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louis 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 Louis:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Carolyn (Fry) Dixon 
:
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