Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires
Honor Code SignatorySigned 30 Oct 2018 | 72,889 contributions | 773 thank-yous | 4,929 connections
Signed 30 Oct 2018 | 72,889 contributions | 773 thank-yous | 4,929 connections
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Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Jacques Gilchrist, [private brother (1960s - unknown)] and [private sister (1960s - unknown)]
Mother of
[private son (1970s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires has Scottish Ancestors.
Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires has Irish ancestors.
Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires has English ancestors.
Nelda's ethnicity estimate from Ancestry.com (as of August 2023):
- Scotland - 71%
- Ireland - 12%
- England & Northwestern Europe - 8%
- Germanic Europe - 4%
- Wales - 4%
- Sweden & Denmark - 1%
Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires was born in Alabama.
Armorita Nelda Gilchrist Spires is the oldest child of her parents, Jacques Horace Gilchrist and Armorita Nell Hildreth Gilchrist. Nelda was born at Brookley Air Force Base Hospital in the city of Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
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Nelda's earliest years were spent in the Whistler community of Mobile County, Alabama. Then her family moved to the Toulminville community of Mobile County, Alabama, where she attended Gorgas Elementary School from 1st through 6th grades. Her family moved to Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama, and she attended Daphne Junior High School. Nelda attended and graduated from Fairhope High School.
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Nelda earned her Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Judson College, Marion, Perry County, Alabama. She taught Biology for twenty-five years at Fairhope High School, Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama.
Nelda first married Perry Calvin Lough. in Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama They had one child. They divorced. Perry is now deceased.
Several years later Nelda married Marion Mobley Spires in Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama. They have been married for over thirty years. They have no children together, but Nelda is the loving step-mother of her husband's four children.
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Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires is a Georgian.
Nelda's hobbies are genealogy and reading. Her favorite genre of literature is mysteries, particularly those set in Great Britain. Nelda became interested in genealogy as a child, but began researching her family and extended family in earnest in about 1997. Her primary personal genealogy file, maintained with Family Tree Maker 2019, contains over 23,000 individuals. This file is synced with one of her trees on Nelda's tree on Ancestry.com. Nelda joined WikiTree in Nov 2018. Since then, she has worked diligently to create well-sourced profiles to honor both her direct ancestors and her extended family.
Digital Afterlife: When I die or if anything ever happens to me so that I am physically or mentally unable to manage any of the profiles for which I am profile manager, I appoint my nephew Jordan Gilchrist to assume profile managership of any and all of them. He has my permission to pass the profile managership of any of those profiles on to others as he sees fit. If he is unable or unwilling to assume those duties, then I entrust WikiTree leadership to do with my profiles as they see fit. Gilchrist-1197 01:49, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Sources
- Nelda Gilchrist Spires. Personal recollections, recorded 04 Nov 2018; updated 02 Jun 2020.
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Z-JN4T : 28 November 2018), Perry C Lough and Armarita Nelda Gilchrist, 23 Mar 1974; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,618.
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG14-8ML6 : 28 November 2018), Marion Mobley Spires and Armorita Nelda Gilchrist, 11 Oct 1985; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,874.
- Four Generation Chart, in Armorita Nelda Gilchrist baby book, ca. 1953; privately held by Armorita Nelda Gilchrist Spires, Ellijay, Georgia, 2019. [Baby’s Own Story, designed by Estelle McInnes Upson, (Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1947). The baby book includes a four-generation chart which was completed for parents, grandparents and great-grandparents in the handwriting of Armorita Nell Hildreth Gilchrist, mother of Armorita Nelda Gilchrist.]
DNA Confirmations
- Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Armorita Nelda Gilchrist Spires and her nephew JRG. Their most-recent common ancestors are Nelda's parents who are JRG's grandparents, Jacques Horace Gilchrist and Armorita Nell Hildreth. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family, based on sharing 1,488 centimorgans across 46 DNA segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Armorita Nelda Gilchrist Spires and her first cousin LL. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Morgan Bascom Hildreth and Lucile Raynor. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin, based on sharing 1,058 cM across 38 segments ; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Armorita Nelda Gilchrist Spires and her first cousin MH. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Morgan Bascom Hildreth and Lucile Raynor. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin, based on sharing 967 centimorgans across 34 DNA segments ; Confidence: Extremely High.
Free-Space Pages
- The Hildreth Family, a family history of the ancestors and descendants of Reverend Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth, compiled by James Wilson Newman Sr. and William Alton Newman Sr.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Nelda's formal name
- full middle name (N.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (8)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
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 Nelda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelda:
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100.00%
100.00%
Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZR8924533 [compare], Ancestry member NSpires7704
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~25.00%
Jordan Gilchrist
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jgilchrist1337
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Hope Moody :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Tim Cassidy :
23andMe, GEDmatch M954046 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A833507 [compare], Ancestry member tccassidysr
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T973553 [compare], FTDNA kit #B122238
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~0.78%
David Selman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DS_Bass
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Judy Snellgrove :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZD2207547 [compare]
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~0.78%
Susan Musgrave :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Harold Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T118514 [compare]
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~0.39%
J. Gilchrist :
23andMe, GEDmatch A654730 [compare], yourDNAportal JUD7b4b1e7f
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A654730 [compare], yourDNAportal JUD7b4b1e7f, Ancestry member JNAlex61
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~0.39%
Kendra Gilchrist :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Michael (Gilchrist Rutan) Heningham :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member heningham
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T610034 [compare], yourDNAportal MIC16fec1b6, FTDNA kit #B3153
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Nelda:
- 500,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Nelda Spires, and thank you from all of us! Oct 12, 2023.
- Nelda Spires is a Wonderful WikiTreer. Oct 3, 2023.
- Nelda Spires is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 11, 2023.
- Nelda Spires is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 25, 2022.
- 400,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Nelda Spires, and thank you from all of us! Mar 17, 2022.
- Nelda Spires is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 21, 2021.
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Categories: Gilchrist-1197 | Whistler, Alabama | Toulminville, Alabama | Spanish Fort, Alabama | Fairhope, Alabama | Daphne, Alabama | Gilmer County, Georgia | Fairhope High School, Fairhope, Alabama | Judson College | Secondary School Teachers | McBeth-165 Chocolate Needed
Anyway, I wanted to check with you about her lineage. I think the profiles currently attached are wrong, starting with the parents attached to the profile attached as her father (Hywel-54), who should be - according to what is in the Visitations & the Bartrum charts - Llywelyn ap Hywel Hên ap Cadwgon ap Trahaearn.
The profiles attached make her lineage to be Llywelyn ap Hywel Felyn ap Gruffudd ap Rhys ap Gruffudd.
I was looking for profiles for Hywel Hên, his father Cadwgan ap Trahaearn, and his father Trahaearn (to see what sources they might have), but I haven't found any WikiTree profiles for them. Do you know of anything existing ones?
Thanks again! Liz
Just a note to say how much it is appreciated that you signed up to participate in the Biobuilder Challenge for November 2022, you have done some great work. You might like to add the following to your last contribution Category: United States, Stillbirth there are a number of links available on the remember the children project page - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Remember_the_Children thank you for adding this precious profile.
If you want to track your work see the link on the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Biography_Builders Bob is in the process of updating this. If you have any suggestions for a challenge then please let Bob or Anne know.
Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers or click reply to this message and I will try to answer your questions.
All the best, Janet ~ A member of the Appreciation Team and a bio builder
"What a Wonderful WikiTreer you are".
edited by Melanie Paul
Thanks for having a Big Heart and adopting Orphan Profiles. You will want to read this After adopting orphans FAQ to understand what to do next and it explains the special attention those profiles need.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
David
Don't worry, I am adopting them because I am related to them AND because these profiles needed lots of TLC. I am sourcing them and writing biographies.
Have a great weekend!
Nelda
Side note: I just noticed you match distantly to me and my father on AncestryDNA. Username KevinMIreland
edited by Kevin Ireland
P.S. Re your side note. I just checked out the info at Ancestry.com. Interesting that we do not share a common ancestor, but match genetically "distantly." If you ever find that common ancestor, let me know.
edited by Nelda (Gilchrist) Spires
Thank you for your time and energy in creating 1000 or more contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
PS: My wife was a U of South Alabama grad!
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Thanks!
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sidney-26 is my Other Common on your mother's side. My moms related too.
Your a Royal vault to have that happen. Because those profiles are surety Baron related to immigration Profiles. and that that is a Long line of the same surname running for so long is impressive, as I have ever seen on wikitree!
Welcome to the Double cousin Club. You can delete this at will : }
Pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, thus coordinating with others is essential.
The projects seem to fit: North Carolina Project and Maryland Project for Beasley ancestors. Click the link to read how to join.
Please refer to the new recommended sources for Pre-1700s.Cite Reliable sources
Or use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find a project..
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