Response to Randy Seavers Saturday Night Gen Fun Matrilineal Line

1) List your matrilineal line - your mother, her mother, etc. back to the first identifiable mother. Note: this line is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you!

2) Tell us if you have had your mitochondrial DNA tested, and if so, which Haplogroup you are in.

3) Post your responses on your own blog post, in Comments to this blog post, or in a Note or status line on Facebook.


My matrilineal line starting with me:
1. Gwynn Socolich (me)
2. Living Sankey (my mother)b. Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
3. Alice Dahlberg 16 Feb 1910 - 28 Apr 2004 ( born in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois and Died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The next two persons are the subject of my biographical piece "Dutch Origins":
4. Katherine DeYoung (DeJong in Dutch)(b 16 May 1889 Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin; death 9 October 1972 Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin)
5. Susan Kramer (dutch name is Sytske) Geboorteakte Het Bildt,(Frisland, Netherlands) 1863 Aangiftedatum 9 september 1863, akte nr. 178, geboren 9 september 1863. (b. 9 September 1863 in Sint Jacobiparoche (Parish), Het Bildt, Frisland Netherlands) cause of death: typhoid fever; 1 September 1889 in Racine, Racine county and is buried in Mound Cemetery in Racine.
6. Maartje Dijkstra (listed on birth certificate of Systke Kramer)

My father's mother's line:
1. Gwynn Socolich (me)
2. Living Malcolm born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
3. Beatrice Wilma Ward born 12 July 1903 probably in Brandon, Knox County, Ohio died on 12 Nov 1973 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio.
4. Anabel Graham born 13 November 1872 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio and died in 2 December 1952 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
5. Rebecca Behanna born 12 January 1844 in Monogahela, Washington County, Ohio and died 30 March 1901 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
6. Susan Applegate

I have not had my matrilineal DNA tested. I have birth and death certificates for my mother, Alice Dahlberg, (Wisconsin delayed birth certificate for Katherine, and Susan (aka Sytske) DeJong or DeYoung.

DeWitt Clinton Graham and Rebecca Behanna

I have DeWitt Clinton Graham's Civil War pension file from the National Archives. Please contact me if you are interested in this family.

Graham in Ohio on Family Serch Beta part 3

I was thrilled to find my Graham Ohio ancestors on http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/.
I was able to locate the following:
Death certificate Scans for:


Clinton M Graham of Knox County, Clinton, Ohio death date 1943. Parents were Rebecca Behanna and Dewitt [Clinton] Graham.

Anabelle Graham Ward of Richland County, Shelby, Ohio. Died Feburary 16, 1952. Her parents were DeWitt Clinton Graham and Rebecca Behanna. Informant was Charles Dye and Funeral director too. (Charles was a mortician and Anabelle's son in law, Lucille his wife was my grandmother Bea Malcolm's sister.)

Francis Evelynn Graham (nee Graff) of Knox County, Mount Vernon, Ohio. Death date was July 24, 1926. She was DeWitt Clinton Graham's second wife. Her parents were Catherine Smith and Hesikiah Graff. Witness was Rev. Frank L. Graff.

David Graham of Franklin County, Marion Township, Ohio. He died on April 19, 1931. His parents were Clinton D. Graham [DeWitt Clinton Graham] and Rebecca Behanna.


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