Wesley
Leslie
Silver
Born in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Willis Silver
and Eliza Jane (Wilkins) Silver
Brother of
William Henry Silver, Elizabeth Laura Silver, Joseph Silver, Gideon Silver, Richard Charles Silver, Rufus Silver, Willis Silver Jr, Jesse Silver, Dorsey Dawson Silver, Octavius Silver, Asa Silver and Martha Elizabeth (Silver) Lynch
Husband of
Louisiana (Lynch) Silver
— married
14 Mar 1877 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Husband of
Bertha (Williams) Silver
— married
5 Apr 1937 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 82
in Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Wesley Silver is a part of US Black heritage.
Wesley was born in 1855. He was the son of Willis Silver and Eliza Wilkins. He passed away in 1937.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD1-ZBV : 18 February 2021), Wesley Silver in entry for Willis Silver, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8S-JTW : 3 January 2021), Wisley Lilac in entry for Willis Lilac, 1870.
- Year: 1880; Census Place: Brinkleyville, Halifax, North Carolina; Roll: 966; Page: 571C; Enumeration District: 135
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Enfield, Halifax, North Carolina; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0028
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Enfield, Halifax, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1115; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1375128
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Enfield, Halifax, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1303; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 37
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33D-3SW : accessed 14 May 2021), Leslie Silver, Brinkleyville, Halifax, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 12A, line 9, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1696; FHL microfilm 2,341,430.
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86H-F5S : 14 February 2020), Wesley Silver, 1877.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9G-DQ2P : 9 March 2021), Wesley Silver and Bertha Williams, 5 Apr 1937; citing Halifax, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPN3-QGL : 18 July 2017), Wesley Silvers, 19 Nov 1937; citing Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina, fn 1991 cn 197, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,144.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wesley by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Wesley:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wesley by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Wesley:
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~1.56%
Almorris Lynch
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Mack Lynch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BV365734C1 [compare]
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~0.39%
Patty (Luker) LaPlante :
23andMe, GEDmatch QR512166C1 [compare], yourDNAportal PAT62642f1e
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Anthony Luker :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A717722 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Delois (Lynch) Woodson :
23andMe, GEDmatch HM4496024 [compare]
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~0.39%
Raymond Riley :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Ginger Silver :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Alma Pridgen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Troy Harris :
AncestryDNA
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