Born about in Kill, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Stewart
and Elizabeth (Wason) Stewart
Sister of
Isabella (Stewart) Kennedy, Thomas Stewart, James Wason Stewart, John Stewart, Francis Stewart, Charles Samuel Stewart, Unnamed Stewart, Unnamed Stewart, Mary Ann (Stewart) Laughlin and Robert Campbell Stewart
Wife of
Robert John Sayers
— married
12 Nov 1918 in Holy Trinity Church, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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| Created 7 May 2022
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Biography
Eliza was born about 1893. She is the daughter of Charles Stewart and Lizzie Wason.
In 1914, Eliza was a witness to the marriage of her sister Isabella and John Kennedy at the Holy Trinity Church. Four years later Eliza married in the Holy TrinIty Church to Robert John Sayers of Rinclevin. Witnesses were her brother James and Martha Sayers.
In 1921 Eliza and Robert emigrated to Canada. They sailed on the Cassandra to Quebec arriving 20 June 1921. Their intention was to join his friend and future employer, Samuel Neely Neely-1629 in Ontario.[1]
- Robert John Sayers
- Gender: Male
- Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
- Birth Place: Runclevin, Dunfanaghy
- Age: 27
- Date of Arrival: 20 Jun 1921
- Port of Arrival: Quebec
- Port of Departure: Dunfanaghy
- Ship Name: Cassandra
Sources
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248
- http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Dunfanaghy/Kill/1173191/ CENSUS 1901
- http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Dunfanaghy/Kill/483752/ CENSUS 1911
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza 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 Eliza:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza 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 Eliza:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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