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1843 Legal Record: "U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015" Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1246 #1829049 (accessed 21 May 2022) Name: William Toombs; Issue Date: 3 Mar 1843; Place: Racine, Wisconsin, USA; Land Office: Milwaukee; Meridian: 4th PM - 1831 MN/WI; Township: 2-N; Range: 19-E; Section: 10; Accession Number: WI2570__.230; Document Number: 5249; Original URL: https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx.
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-9XND : 11 January 2022), William Toombs, 17 Aug 1847; citing Racine, Wisconsin Territory, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,503.
1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census" Year: 1860; Census Place: Placerville, El Dorado, California; Roll: M653_58; Page: 893; Family History Library Film: 803058 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #10117844 (accessed 21 May 2022) W Trombs (35), Miner, in Placerville, El Dorado, California. Born in England.
1866 Voter Register: "California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898" California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 12; FHL Roll Number: 976460 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2221 #6443642 (accessed 21 May 2022) Name: William Toombs; Age: 42; Birth Year: abt 1824; Birth Place: England; Residence Year: 1866; Residence Place: El Dorado, California, USA.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6F-2H6 : 28 May 2021), William Toombs, 1870. Placerville Judicial Township, El Dorado, California
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GR-GP8 : 13 January 2022), William Tombs, Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67879953/william-toombs : accessed 21 May 2022), memorial page for William “Honest Billie” Toombs (31 Jan 1824–8 Apr 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67879953, citing Placerville Union Cemetery, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA ; Maintained by Mike Clark (contributor 47478488) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: