Born in St. George, Washington, Utah, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Washington Thurston
and Sarah Lucina (Snow) Thurston
Sister of
George Washington Thurston Jr., Erastus Jefferson Thurston, Sarah Lucina (Thurston) Byers, Lafayette F. Thurston, Joseph Smith Thurston, Joan Alice (Thurston) Hughes, Hulda (Thurston) Brewer, Benjamin Franklin Thurston, Harriet (Thurston) Mather, Annie M. (Thurston) Korse, Charlotte (Thurston) Jennings, Luella (Thurston) Little and Clarabelle (Thurston) Garland
Wife of
Charles Franklin Ward
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2016
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Biography
Artemisia was born in 1863, the daughter of George Washington Thurston and Sarah Luvina Snow.
1880 Federal Census San Juan CA[1]
She married Charles Franklin Ward.
She died in 1945 in Los Angeles CA>[2]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GB-7L8 : 19 February 2021), Beuf F Thurston in household of G W Thurston, San Juan, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet 239C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,067.
- ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW6-VD95 : 1 March 2021), George W T in entry for Artemisia Thurston Ward, 1945.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Artemesia 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 Artemesia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Artemesia 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 Artemesia:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Duncan Maloch 
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Sydney (Street) Burnside :
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