Jane ordered an Ancestry DNA test for her father, this will prove to be very useful as it puts us a generation closer Getting an earlier generation to test is exceptionally useful because it is normal for the shared DNA to get “watered” down through generations. Though this is not Read more
Below is data regarding a gentleman called Bill who shares DNA with Jane, her father and Ian, though Ian shares more DNA with Bill than Jane or her father, Joseph Now the gentleman above, Bill, the amount of DNA he shares with Ian is frustrating, it is 101 cM, though Read more
The gentleman called Bill shares 101 cM (centiMorgans) with Ian on Ancestry. How can this be? Bill has a maternal great grandmother called Catherine Walton. Could this be the Kate Walton on Joseph Leigh Hunter’s wedding record? Catherine Walton appears to have been married to Matthew Lee 1838-1892, not a Read more
Above is the Ancestry records and timeline we gathered for Matthew Lee, 1837 – 1892. Why did we start to look at this person and family, well it was down to our genetic connection to Bill. One of his grandmothers was Catherine Walton, the wife of this Matthew Leigh. We Read more
As part of trying to solve the family mystery, Jane and Ian had a dabble with facial recognition software that can be found at familysearch.org At this point Jane and Ian now have an idea about who Joseph Leigh Hunter might have really been, just now about how to prove Read more
Thanks again to Jane and her father Joseph for sharing this photograph. The photo is of Jane’s and Ian’s fathers, when they were wee laddies.
Jane and Ian had noticed the following similarities at this point between Matthew Lee ( son of Catherine Walton and Matthew Lee ) and Joseph Leigh Hunter The question became, is it possible Matthew Lee and Joseph Leigh Hunter were the same person? At this point, no way of proving Read more
Miss S. Leigh (daughter) Sarah Lee 1873 – 1933 Mr. J. Leigh (son) John Lee 1863 – 1918 Mrs Cotton, London (daughter) Mary Lee 1861 – 1946 Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilliland, (son-in-law and daughter) Ada Isabel Lee 1879 – 1950 Mr. Ellison (son-in-law) Son of Annie Lee 1865 – Read more
Proof that Matthew Lee / Joseph Leigh Hunter was in Nelsonville, Ohio, this also supports the evidence that he applied for naturalization. It is interesting that Jane and Ian’s paternal grandfather kept this photograph and others ‘secret’, Jane’s father, Joseph inherited the photographs when his mother Jessie passed away.
The Declaration of Intention below says that Matthew Lee from England first arrived in the United States in August 1891. He has signed the document on 8th May, 1893, that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America. Above is Matthew Lee’s Declaration of Read more