James
Victoria
"Jim"
Watkins
Born in Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Watkins
and Victoria E. (Massie) Watkins
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 93
in Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2019
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Biography
James was born in 1878. He was the son of William Watkins and Victoria Massie. His middle name of Victoria was recorded in a Martin Funeral Home Record in Whitesville, Daviess County, Kentucky and told as such in the family. The census records from 1900 through 1930 indicated that he could read and write. The 1940 census showed that he had completed 8th grade. Yet the WWI draft registration card showed an "X" close to the signature of James V Watkins and Vanover as the middle name on the form. The WWII draft registration card showed "his mark X" and only the initial V for his middle name. There is no explanation for Vanover as middle name.
Neither Jim nor his sister married. They lived in the same house in the Boston area of Daviess County, Kentucky, where their mother and father had lived. When his sister died, he continued to live there, renting out the bottom level of the house.
He passed away in 1972 in a nursing home in Ohio County, Kentucky.
Sources
- "US Census, 1880", database online-Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com. Enumeration District 172, Boston, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA; family 197, dwelling 196, lines 23-29; Roll: 411; Family History Film: 1254411; Page: 384C; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 0470. James, 1, in household of William Watkins.
- Karn family cemetery (Daviess County, Kentucky, USA). Headstone: James V. Watkins 1878 - 1972. Personally photographed by Watkins-8409|S. Watkins, Aug 1994.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2019), memorial page for James V. Watkins (1878–1972), Find A Grave Memorial no. 26850687, citing Karn Family Cemetery, Philpot, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by cawatkins (contributor 47003700) .
- First-hand information as remembered and recorded by Watkins-8409|S.Watkins.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
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~12.50%
S. Watkins
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KD3962272 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lyn McDaniel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A083789 [compare]
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