Bertha was born in 1917, the daughter of Ernest E. Taylor and Lula Estelle Shull. She married first to Jacob B. Shealy, married second to Henry Rowan McVarish, married third to Edward Atchison Fall, Jr., and passed away in 1989. [1]
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Unsourced family tree handed down to Jennifer May.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPCY-SZR : accessed 3 September 2021), Louise Taylor in household of Ernest Taylor, Gilbert Hollow, Lexington, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 2B, line 67, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2204; FHL microfilm 2,341,938.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K46W-LGL : 11 January 2021), Bertha T Shealy in household of Jacob B Shealy, School District 1 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-12, sheet 5B, line 52, family 105, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3832.
"Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNY8-7R7 : 28 November 2014), Taylor and Bertha Louise Mcvarish, 13 Jan 1973; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGZT-86F : 18 July 2017), Louise Taylor Shealy Fall, 07 Jul 1989; citing Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, v 29A cn 29022, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,559.
Find A Grave: Memorial #190598943 for Louise Taylor Fall (10 Sep 1917–7 Jul 1989), citing Greenlawn Memorial Park, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Gracie Seitz Cook (contributor 48452411) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha 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 Bertha: