I'm not confident that the Carrie that married James Smith is actually Carrie Tower.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Carrie 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 Carrie:
Her daughter Helen's Social Security Death Index lists her mother as Caroline Tower and her father as James Smith and has Helen's birth date as 17 June 1908.
In the MA Birth Records in Lynn MA, for 1908 Helen is listed as Helen May Smith. born 17 June 1908. Her Father could have been listed as James but it has been erased and illegible. Mother is listed as Carrie E. Smith, Living at 75 Silsbee. Father's birthplace is blank, Mother's birthplace is listed as Nova Scotia,
In the 1910 census in Lynn, MA Caroline is listed as Carrie Smith, age 28, single, immigrated 1904, living at a boarding house at 110 Union Street, where She is the cook. Helen is not listed with her.
In the 1920 census in Lynn , MA Carrie is listed as age 39, widow, immigrated 1906 from Canada and naturalized in 1907. She is still living and cooking at the boarding house. Her daughter Helen is listed with her, age 11, with her father being born in Maine.
In the MA Birth Records in Lynn MA, for 1908 Helen is listed as Helen May Smith. born 17 June 1908. Her Father could have been listed as James but it has been erased and illegible. Mother is listed as Carrie E. Smith, Living at 75 Silsbee. Father's birthplace is blank, Mother's birthplace is listed as Nova Scotia,
In the 1910 census in Lynn, MA Caroline is listed as Carrie Smith, age 28, single, immigrated 1904, living at a boarding house at 110 Union Street, where She is the cook. Helen is not listed with her.
In the 1920 census in Lynn , MA Carrie is listed as age 39, widow, immigrated 1906 from Canada and naturalized in 1907. She is still living and cooking at the boarding house. Her daughter Helen is listed with her, age 11, with her father being born in Maine.