Born in Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Wiley
and Hester (Nelson) Wiley
Sister of
Clifford Wiley, Jay Clarence Wiley, Curtis Wiley Sr., Birtie (Wiley) Crawford, Millard Wiley, Louisa (Wiley) Raleigh, George Wiley, Junie (Wiley) Frazier, J. W. Wiley and Peachie (Wiley) Cook
Wife of
Ward Beecher Nelson
— married
24 Dec 1929 in Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Mother of
William Nelson and Mavis Elberta (Nelson) Bare
Died
at age 78
[location unknown]
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Biography
Brookie was born in 1909. She was the daughter of Willie Wiley and Hester Nelson. She passed away in 1987. Burial in William Wiley Cemetery Wayne County West Virginia.
Sources
- National Archives:10 April 1950 census, 23-48, page 42, Burtonville Camp, Army barracks between two bridges, Accoville Logan County West Virginia. Household:
- Ward Nelson (head) age 42, utilities coal mine
- Brooky (wife) age 40
- William (son) age 18
- Mavis (daughter) age 15
- Hester (daughter) age 13
- Ward Jr. (Son) age 11
- Sanford Williamson (lodger) age 19, boom operator coal mining. All born West Virginia
- WV Culture Online Vital Records for marriages; Wayne Co., WV, married on 24 December 1929.
- *Find A Grave: Memorial #20757849
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Brookie 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 Brookie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Brookie 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 Brookie:
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~1.56%
Ryder Shelton
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rydermshelton
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~0.78%
Gina Williamson :
23andMe, GEDmatch TW5111498 [compare], yourDNAportal GIN87c7bc41
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KD8768040 [compare], yourDNAportal GIN87c7bc41, Ancestry member imajinx10
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FS7079315 [compare], yourDNAportal GIN87c7bc41
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~0.78%
John Williamson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AT4407756 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH6b316784, Ancestry member hanover_42
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