Stella was born in 1903, the daughter of Lewis Smith and Mary Garrett. She is a great x3 granddaughter of Leonard M Garrett, Revolutionary War veteran and progenitor of this Garrett line. Stella married at age 25, and passed away in 1987 at 84 years old.
Timeline with Sources
1903 Jun 16 - Birth - Wapanucka, Oklahoma - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
1910 United States Federal Census[1] - Erick, Beckham, Oklahoma- Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
1920 United States Federal Census[2] - Texola, Beckham, Oklahoma- Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
1928 Nov 03 - Marriage to James Ernest Brown - Oklahoma, Oklahoma - Web: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Marriage Index, 1889-1951[3]
1930 United States Federal Census[4] - Council Grove, Oklahoma, Oklahoma- Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Occupation: File Clerk at Business College
1940 United States Federal Census[5] - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma- Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
1978 Feb 19 - Death of husband James Ernest Brown - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current[6]
1987 Sep 16 - Death - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014[7] — Find a Grave[8] Memorial# 53030243 - Burial: Spring Creek Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, GPS (lat/lon): 35.61639, -97.67361
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stella 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 Stella: