Obituary : Susan Jane (Haley) Haldeman (1844-1899)

Evangelical Messanger
September 13, 1899
page 587

HALDEMAN - Susan Jane Haldeman, nee Haley, was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, March 7, 1844, and died at her home in Morrow Co., O., August 30, 1899, aged 55 y., 5 m. and 23 d.  She was converted to God in early life, and united with the Evangelical Association, remaining a faithful Christian to the day of her death.  Nov. 27, 1862, she was married to Alfred Haldeman. To them were born 5 sons and 2 daughters.  She was a loving wife and mother, and a good neighbor, and will be sadly missed.  Her husband, 5 sons, 6 grandchildren, 4 sisters and 4 brothers are left to mourn her sudden death.   W.S. Mills

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Susan Jane (Haley) Haldeman (1844-1899) was the daughter of George J. and Rachel (Gary) Haley.  She was the sister of my ancestor, George Washington Haley.

The names of her children were : Vera B., George Allen, Maude, Christian E., Vernon J., Frank J. and Harvey Levi.  I have not traced their descendants, if you have any information I would love to hear from you.

Grandma June Gilliland Baptized

Elletsville Farm

February 9, 1911, page 1

Ellettsville Baptist Church News

On Saturday Night the pastor baptized eight converts in the baptistry at the Baptist Church at Ellettsville.  The candidates were Mr. W.E. Gilliland, Mrs. Maude Gilliland, Miss June Gilliland, Miss Agnes McNeely, Miss Helen Bauer, Miss Eva Buchana, Mrs. Mary Manors, and Master Albert Gillaspy.

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Found this notice while searching newspapers at NewspaperArchive.com for mention of my relatives.

The Miss June Gilliland was my maternal great-grandmother.  The W.E. Gilliland was her uncle, William Everett Gilliland and the Maude Gilliland was William's wife, Maude Nell (Arthur) Gilliland.  June was 12 years old at the time, William was 25.

William Everett Gillilland was the son of Robert Farrell and Mary Ellen (Swafford) Gilliland.  Mary was the grandmother of June Gilliland, and raised her after her mother's death.

This tidbit of my ancestor's life was interesting to find, and is also evidence that June was using the Gilliland name, rather than her birth name of Davis.  June was a Baptist later in life in Elwood, Indiana as well.

DNA : Mom's Ancestry Composition

Mom had her DNA tested with 23andMe as well, and here are the results of her test, using their Ancestry Composition section.

Here is the "Conservative" estimate of her genetic make-up: 97.5% European, 2.4% unassigned, 0.1% East Asian & Native American, 0.1% Sub-Saharan African.

This differed somewhat from my results by showing the 0.1% East Asian & Native American.  No known paper trail or family legend of that faint amount in our history.  If I were to guess, I would say it comes from her mother's side.

Here is the "Standard" estimate of her genetic make-up : 99.4% European, 0.4% Unassigned, 0.1% East Asian & Native American, 0.1% Sub-Saharan African.

This break-down has her at 70.2% non-specific Northern European; the 2.9% Scandinavian is interesting and represents ancestors I haven't found yet.

Here is the "Speculative" estimate of her genetic make-up: 99.7% European, 0.2% East Asian & Native American, 0.1% Sub-Saharan African and less than 0.1% Unassigned.

The 50.4% British & Irish makes sense considering the number of lines I've found that trace back to England, notice the Scandinavian percentage jumps to 11.5%.  There is a little bit of French & German there, too at 7.7%.

It would be interesting to see if I could get my mom's brother to test as well, to see how his results compared.