Born in Panevezys, Kaunas, Lithuania, Russian Empire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mortkhel (Zak) Sykes
and Rivka (Finkelstein) Sykes
Sister of
Issac Lester Sykes, Channa (Sykes) Hirsh, Ida (Zak) Melgood, Kortchel (Zak) Sykes, Baila (Sykes) Bresnick, Frank Gershon Sykes and Michla (Zak) Witten
Wife of
Barney Miller
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Max Miller and Gibby Miller
Died
at age 86
in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2017
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Biography
Jennie Zak was born on May 15, 1878 in Russia to Max Zak and Rebecca Finklestein.[1]
Her family changed their last name to Sykes at some point.
Jennie died on July 15, 1964 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[2][1]
She is buried in the Ohev Sholom Cemetery in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967; https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5164/46628_520306900_0031-04678/14700130
- ↑ Jennie Sykes' obituary, Shamokin News-Dispatch, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 17 Jul 1964, Fri • Page 2; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34506158/shamokin_newsdispatch/
- ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42010897
See Also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for this profile (PID FamilySearch Person: LXL5-2WZ); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennie 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 Jennie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennie 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 Jennie:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
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Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
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Sykes-1188 and Zak-63 appear to represent the same person because: Zak is Jennie LNAB.
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Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Stkes-1 and Sykes-1188 appear to represent the same person because: appears to be a duplicate on your watchlist. One looks to have a typo in the surname
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by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
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