Oliver
Eddy
King
Born in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of George King
and Maria (Wethered) King
Brother of
Olivia (King) Brundage, Sarah King, Caroline (King) Chappell, George Alfred King, Jane (King) Chappell and Hezekiah H. King
Husband of
Eliza Ann (Oxley) King
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Emma Jane (King) Read, Sarah Elizabeth (King) Reade, Martha Ellen (King) Allen, George Oxley King and Florence Eliza (King) Edgett
Died
at age 77
in Tidnish, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2020
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Biography
Oliver was born in 1827. He was the son of George King and Maria Wethered. Oliver was a Methodist in religion and a life long Liberal in politics. He passed away on Christmas day in 1904. [1]
Oliver was the father of Emma, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Harriet, George, Willard, Florence, and Charles.
Sources
- ↑ Obituary. Moncton Daily Transcript Newspaper, Monday. 9 January 1905, page 2.
- Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #242181825 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Memorial page for Oliver Eddy King (1827-1904), citing Tidnish Bridge Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Autbreeze (contributor 48058555).
Census
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DD-9P1 : 19 March 2021), Oliver King, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXQ-M2P : 2 March 2021), Oliver King, Amherst Shore, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Oliver King, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKL-HF2 : 23 February 2021), Oliver E King, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 2, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oliver by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oliver:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oliver by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oliver:
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~6.25%
Rick King
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A116989 [compare]
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~3.12%
Jean (Weathered) McFarland :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Pamela Gene Wethered :
23andMe
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~0.78%
S Guinan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A503909 [compare], yourDNAportal SAN994e43da, Ancestry member Whez59
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~0.39%
Sean Colby :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Dorothy (Mitchell) James :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072930 [compare]
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