Elmira
Rittenhouse
formerly Smith
Born in Sugarloaf, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Smith
and Catherine (McMurtrie) Smith
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jesse Rittenhouse
— married
22 Mar 1866 [location unknown]
Mother of
Charles Rittenhouse and Thomas Rittenhouse
Died
at age 37
in Beaver Twp, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2018
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Biography
Elmira was born in 1841. She passed away in 1879.
Sources
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33702787
- U S Federal Censuses 1850-1870
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H1-NTX : 12 April 2016), Elmira Smith in household of Aben Smith, Black Creek, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 1, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elmira 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 Elmira:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elmira 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 Elmira:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jamison (Monroe) Reed 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QL6444795 [compare], Ancestry member JJM188
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~0.78%
Beth (Stewart) Losiewicz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A228983 [compare], Ancestry member bstewartlosiewicz
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