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Curtis Alexander Galttana Research Report 2
Knoch
Objective
Limitations
For Continuity I will use the name Mary Gotney
in the report. The name Galttana is spelled many different ways in each record.
Galttana is pronounced Gaultney. DNA matches on AncestryDNA for Linda H. were
used. For privacy real match names are not used.
Results Summary
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Found a genetic network with the
couple of Herman and Mary Knoch.
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Discovered this genetic network
with Herman and Mary was through Mary and the Most Recent Common Ancestor
(MRCA) was Lear Gotney.
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Researched the family of Herman
and Mary Gotney Knoch.
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Created a Draw.io chart showing
DNA matches for descendants of Lear Gotney/Gaultney.
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Added the names and dates of
Herman and Mary’s children to Legacy program.
·
Created a timeline to track
movement and locations of each person.
Background Information
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Previous research showed
AncestryDNA test taker Linda H. has a genetic network with the MRCA as Joseph
and Mary Higginbotham. [1]
·
Mary Gotney married Herman Knoch
on 10 Sep 1840 in Ross Co., OH [2]
·
Herman and Mary are listed in the
1850 census living in Huntington Twsp., Ross Co., OH. [3]
·
Also living with the Knoch family
are Lear Gotney age 55, Elvina Gotney age 15, Alfred Gotney age 18.
·
No Gotney’s are living with the
Knoch family in 1860[4]
or any census after.
Findings/Body of the Report
Sorting AncestryDNA matches I was able to find
another genetic network and the Most Recent Common Ancestor of this network was
Lear Gotney. Lear Gotney was in the 1850 census in the household of her
daughter and son-in-law Herman Knoch and Maria/Mary Goltoia/Gotney. Lear is age
55, Elvina Gotney age 15, Alfred Gotney age 18 and Mary is age 27. The
1850 census is the first census that lists all the names of the household but
it does not list relationships. It is assumed that Lear Gotney is the mother of
Mary, Elvina, and Alfred.
1850 Census Huntington Twp, Ross OH
Voak, (Knoch) Herman 25 OH
Voak, Mary age 27 (1823)
Voak, Eliza age 9
Voak, John age 6
Voak, Eveline age 2
Voak, Margaret age 7/12
Gotney, Elvina age 15 (1835) OH
Gotney, Alfred age 18 (1832) OH
Gotney, Lear age 55 (1795) VA
Linda has twelve DNA matches through five of Herman and Mary Gotney Knoch’s children.
Linda has four DNA matches through Elvina
Gotney who married Joseph Houseman/Housman. Elvina Gotney is a supposed sister
to Mary Gotney Knoch. Alfred Gotney married in 1856 but died within one year
and there is no evidence of children.
Looking at shared matches with one specific match, “Mary 7” I find multiple DNA matches with the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) as Curtis Alexander Galttana. I also find multiple DNA matches to the MRCA Joseph and Mary Higginbotham. I wrote about finding Joseph and Mary in a previous report. “Mary 7” and Linda both also match lines going back to Mary Knoch and Mary’s assumed sibling Elvina Gaultney Housman.
Conclusion
The only conclusion I can make from this is
that Curtis Alexander Galttana is the brother of Mary Goltoia/Gaultney, Elvina
Gaultney and Alfred Gotney and their mother is Lear Gotney. More research is
needed on this family unit. It was previously found that Linda H. had a genetic
network that lead back to Joseph and Mary Higginbotham and they had a daughter
named Nancy Elizabeth Higginbotham who married Alexander Gaultney in 1814. Is
Lear Gotney and Nancy Elizabeth Higginbotham Gaultney the same person? More
research is needed to make this determination.
Future
Research Suggestions
·
Research Lear Gotney.
·
Research Mary Gotney.
·
Research Elvina Gotney
·
Research Alfred Gotney, check his
widow to look for remarriage and any children.
[1] Tina Telesca, "Research Report 1 MRCA Higginbotham", 1 Jan 2023; Personal files.
[3] 1850 U.S. Census, Ross County, Ohio, population schedule, Huntington township, p. 326 (stamped), p. 651 and 652 (penned), dwelling 331, family 334, Harman Voak [Knoch] household; digital image 29 and 30 of 40, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4204504_00665?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=NTy1279&_phstart=successSource&pId=14485019: accessed 25 Apr 2022). citing NARA microfilm publication M432 roll 725.
[4] 1860 U.S. Census, Ross County, Ohio, population schedule, Huntington Township, p. 136 (penned), dwelling 266, family 259, Herman Knoch household, digital image 38, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4284220_00327?pId=42005132: accessed 13 May 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 roll 1031.
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