Bertha
James
Washington
Born in San Francisco, California, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin F Washington
and Georgianna Hite (Ransom) Washington
Sister of
John Thornton Washington, Franklin Bedinger Washington, Fanny Madison (Washington) Delehanty and Lillian Washington
Wife of
Sherwood Callaghan
— married
8 Sep 1880 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Wife of
William Robert Sullivan
— married
5 Dec 1892 in London, Middlesex, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Bertha (Callaghan) Braithwaite and Josephine Callaghan
Died
at age 77
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Feb 2014
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Biography
Sherwood Callaghan, age 32, and Bertha James Washington, age 22, both residents of San Francisco [California] were married in Newport, Rhode Island on 8 September 1880. Sherwood was born about 1858 in Natchez, Mississippi, the son of Jeremiah Callaghan & Anne Moore. Bertha was born about 1868 in San Francisco, California, the daughter of B.F. Washington & G.H. Ranson.[1]
This record was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Washington-724 was created by George Bedinger through the import of ball.ged on Feb 10, 2014.
Sources
- ↑ Rhode Island, Department of Health, 1880 Marriages, p. 562, entry for Callaghan - Washington (8 September 1880), State Archives, Providence.
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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:
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:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Denise Fischer 
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Angie (Pineyro De Hoyos) De Hoyos Hart :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A976359 [compare], Ancestry member angela_dehoyos_hart
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