Margaret (Windland) Parker
Honor Code SignatorySigned 5 Oct 2017 | 201 contributions | 5 thank-yous | 3,967 connections
Signed 5 Oct 2017 | 201 contributions | 5 thank-yous | 3,967 connections
tested
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hartsel Foster Windland
and Garnet (Lott) Windland
[sibling(s) unknown]
Mother of
[private son (1970s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Apr 2017
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Biography
I was born February 18, 1942 in Carthage Township, Athens County, Ohio, the youngest of eight children born to Hartsel Foster and Dorcas Garnet Lott Windland. I attended 8 years of school at the Lottridge Elementary School in Carthage Township, and 4 years of high school at Coolville in Troy Township, graduating in 1960. Following graduation, I accepted employment with Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, Ohio, where I was employed until May 1962. I married Harry Leland Parker on March 10, 1962 at the Alfred Methodist Church in Alfred, Meigs County, Ohio. We welcomed 7 children to our family. Leland died on December 11, 2004 and is buried in the Meigs Memory Gardens Cemetery, near Chester, Ohio. In January 1975, I joined the Meigs County Historical Society and spent almost 41 years as a volunteer at the Meigs County Museum; 40 years as a board trustee and 31 years as president of the society, retiring from all in December 2015. I was a founding member of the Meigs County Genealogical Society (1980) and have served as Treasurer for most of these years. I was a part-time employee of the Meigs County Ohio State University Extension Service from 1989 until I retired in January 2010. I have always been interested in genealogy and began collecting family information as a teenager. When some of our children were old enough to take Genealogy in 4-H, we traveled to locations in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland in search of records and other proof of lineage. With accessible records now on the internet, I have been able to tie up some of the lineage we had not been able to establish. I have done genealogical research for others since the late 1970's (mostly Meigs County, Ohio), and I also continue to add to mine and my late husband's family research.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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100.00%
100.00%
Margaret (Windland) Parker:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Kenneth Windland
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Brian Reese :
23andMe, GEDmatch FL7922879 [compare], yourDNAportal BRIb81d8024
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A381482 [compare], Ancestry member blade1069
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #931822
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Melissa Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T434914 [compare], Ancestry member MDR_WV
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