Born in Norton, Norton, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Addison D. Lester Youngs
and Adrene Minerva (Blood) Youngs
Wife of
William Albert Sheffield
— married
1 Jun 1910 (to 19 Nov 1966) in Fairview, Major, Oklahoma, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Orville Eugene Sheffield, Ray William Sheffield, Artie Merel Sheffield and Wayne Albert Sheffield
Died
at age 84
in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
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| Created 22 Dec 2011
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Biography
Addison Youngs Family Photograph ca. 1912
Dora J. Youngs
Dora J. Youngs, daughter of Addison D. Lester Youngs and Addie Minerva Blood, was born on the 27th August 1888 in Norton, Kansas.[2]
Dora married William Albert (Burt) "Willie" Sheffield on the on the 1st Jun 1910 in Fairview, Major, Oklahoma.[3]
Children of Dora and Burt:
- Orville Eugene Sheffield 1911-1999
- Ray William Sheffield 1914-1966
- Arthur Merel "Artie, Art" Sheffield 1919-2001
- Wayne Albert Sheffield 1925-2015
Dora passed away on the 27th November 1972 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho.[2]
Obituary
- November 30, 1972
- MERIDIAN--Services for Dora J. Sheffield, 84, Meridian Route 3, who died Monday at a Nampa nursing home, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Robison Chapel of the Chimes, Meridian, by Elder Ray Benight, Nampa Church of God, Seventh Day. Interment will be at Meridian Cemetery.
Mrs. Sheffield was born Aug. 27, 1888 in Norton, Kan. She moved to Farnum, Neb. in 1916 and married William A. Sheffield June 1, 1910 in Fairview. They moved to Meridian in 1927 and he died in 1966. She was a member of the Nampa Church of God, Seventh Day.
Survivors are three sons, Wayne Sheffield of Meridian, Art Sheffield of Galt, Calif., and Orville Sheffield of Junction City Ore.; a brother, Arthur Young of Denver; 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. A son preceded her in death.
Pallbearers will be Darrel Stikes, Herman Everett, Mark Burnham, Ralph Palmer, Fleet Cory and Ed. Miller.[5]
US Census Collection
Early Nebraska Land Maps (ca 1900)
Sources
- ↑ Youngs Family Portrait - courtesy Lonny & Diana Thuelmer Sheffield
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40990715/dora-j-sheffield : accessed 16 November 2021), memorial page for Dora J Youngs Sheffield (27 Aug 1888–27 Nov 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40990715, citing Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, USA ; Maintained by SilverRose (contributor 47591107)
- ↑ Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
- ↑ Wedding Invitation (ca. 1910) - courtesy Lonny & Diana Thuelmer Sheffield
- ↑ Obituary -Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Thursday, November 30, 1972
Acknowledgements
Special Thanks to: Naomi Koehn and Alice Soller
- WikiTree profile created through the import of Thomas Sheffield Descendants.ged on Dec 21, 2011 by Michael Sheffield
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora 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 Dora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora 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 Dora:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Virginia Wells 
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Daniel Sheffield :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bejeta
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~3.12%
Harold Blood :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member SHBLOOD35
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Kevin Neville :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A906947 [compare], Ancestry member nukedkevin
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