Born about in New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Smiley
and Eliza (Cane) Smiley
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Solomon Graves
— married
30 Sep 1841 (to 1866) in Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Jane (Graves) Chapman, Alexander Starr Graves, Eliza Levinia (Graves) Melvin, Hiram Humphrey Graves, Amanda (Graves) Rockwell, Susan (Graves) Johnston and Sophia Elizabeth (Graves) Ross
Died
at about age 42
in Salisbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2014
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Biography
Amelia Smiley was born about 1824.[1][2]
Amelia married Solomon Graves on 10 Sep 1841.[3] She appears with him in the 1851 census along with six children>[1] and again in the 1861 census, also with him, but now with eleven children.[2]
She does not appear with him in the 1871 Census, where it seems he has remarried.
Research notes
Her husband remarried ca 1862, per bond available here: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS551A/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=27029 It is unlikely, for the era, that Amelia divorced him. The likelihood is that she died some time between the 1861 census and the 1862 marriage bond.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Brunswick Census 1851.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canada Census 1861.
- ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950.
- "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-VRG9 : 6 March 2015), Solomon Graves and Amelia Smiley, 10 Sep 1841; citing Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, p. 151, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,409.
- "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRS-VX2 : 10 November 2014), Amelia Graves, Salisbury, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 42, line 22; Library and Archives Canada film number C_997, Public Archives, Ontario. Image at Library and Archives Canada
- "New Brunswick Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMT-RTX : 8 November 2014), Amelia Graves, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; citing line number 1688, p. 43; Library and Archives Canada number C-1006, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 477,558. Image at Library and Archives Canada
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia 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 Amelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia 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 Amelia:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Tyler Bindon 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M080671 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Jeremy Davis :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jon Brolhorst :
23andMe, GEDmatch YA8793971 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YY4414959 [compare], Ancestry member Jallanb25
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