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<\/a><\/p>\nThe 54 clusters are difficult to see because Esther has 612 matches. I set Esther’s autoclustering limits between 30 and 600 cM and was a little surprised at how many matches Esther had at that level.<\/p>\n
Esther’s Family Tree<\/h2>\n
There are a few holes in Esther’s family tree:<\/p>\n
The Peter Upshall born 1800 above is also a guess.\u00a0 I’m not as familiar with the Shave and Kirby sides as my wife is not related on that side. The Clusters should identify some of them.<\/p>\n Here is a spreadsheet that I will need to fill in.<\/p>\n My wife is at the top of the list with the largest match in Cluster 1. In a way that is not good because my wife will be related to two of Aunt Esther’s grandparents: Henry Upshall and Catherine Dicks. Perhaps that is why the Cluster 1 is so large. I will try another AutoCluster for Esher between 40 cM and 250 cM. That should be clearer. Also Marie’s niece Tina is the top match for Cluster 6. Tina will also share Upshall and Dicks matches. However, lowering the upper match limit to 250 cM will not solve all the problems. Even though Marie and Tina share both Upshall and Dicks, it is possible that many in the clusters will only have either Upshall or Dicks DNA. Or they will have more Upshall than Dicks or the other way around.<\/p>\n At AncestryDNA, Esther has some Shared Ancestor HInts. Here is one:<\/p>\n Pat is a 2nd cousin once removed. Esther and Pat share the common ancestors of Shave and Burton. I was looking for easy answers but got thrown for a loop because Pat is in Cluster 1. She is in Cluster 1 with Marie who is not related on the Shave side. Interesting.<\/p>\n Here is some more of Pat’s paternal side lineage:<\/p>\n This tells me that perhaps Pat is in Cluster 1 because of her Upshall match and not her Shave\/Burton match. That could mean that Margaret Upshall is a sister to Esther’s grandfather. If that is the case, then Esther and Pat may be 2nd cousins once removed on the Upshall side also. It’s a possibility.<\/p>\n Here Esther and M.B. are shown as 3rd cousins. AncestryDNA thinks they share enough DNA to be 2nd cousins, so something is going on. Not only that, M.B. is also in Cluster 1. Martha is the administrator for M.B. Look at Martha’s tree for M.B.<\/p>\n There is Upshall again. I have been in touch with Martha and we both agree that Peter is a pretty good potential ancestor. He was born to Sarah Upshall who was a single mother in Haselbury Bryan, Dorset, England.\u00a0 So far, I’m thinking that there is more than meets the eye to these SAHs.<\/p>\n While I am thinking about the Upshalls in other SAHs, I’ll look at another AutoCluster for Esther. Things are still a bit muddy. I changed the lower limit to 40 and the upper limit to 250cM and got almost 300 fewer matches for Esther. However the picture is still muddy:<\/p>\n Esther is down to 33 clusters, but the grey dots between clusters represents crossover in ancestral lines. M.B. who was previously in Cluster 1 is now in Cluster 19. Changing the thresholds changes the delicate balance of the clusters and the relationship between the clusters apparently.<\/p>\n It seems like Newfoundland genetic genealogy is already complicated enough. There are intermarriages of lines and missing lines. I have just put in for a third AutoCluster for Esther at the default thresholds of 50-250cM. I am hoping that those thresholds will simplify things.<\/p>\n You can’t say I’m not trying.<\/p>\n This looks more manageable with 20 clusters and 220 matches. I’m ready to rock this AutoCluster.<\/p>\n My notes for many in this Cluster indicate the Dicks family. D.M. in Cluster 1 has a good match and Dicks on her maternal side:<\/p>\n I was able to build out D.M like this: However, I have been proposing that Elizabeth Collier could be Elizabeth Crann. That is something to keep in mind. It looks like D.M. matches Esther on Kirby, Dicks, Dicks wife Elizabeth, Shave and Burton. That is quite a bit.<\/p>\n My notes for this Cluster say Kirby and Emberley. AutoCluster sorts the clusters by size of match and this cluster has the second largest match.<\/p>\n I’d like to make a guess that Cluster 8 could be an Upshall Cluster. There are a lot of high matches but not a lot of answers there:<\/p>\n I’ll make it a working theory. The first person on the list is Jane. I couldn’t see any connection to Esther in her tree. The second person James said that his grandmother was Laura Upshall.<\/p>\n I found a Laura Upshall from England and a Laura from Newfoundland born in Harbour Buffet. So I chose the Laura from Harbour Buffet and built out a fast tree at Ancestry:<\/p>\n Assuming this tree is right, Esther and James are 2nd cousins twice removed with the common ancestors of Peter Upshall and Margaret Burton. While I’m at it, I’ll add Margaret Burton to Esther’s tree. The good thing about Laura’s tree is that I don’t see any Dicks in it. This could rule out Cluster 8 from being a Dicks Cluster. Here is what I have so far:<\/p>\n I still don’t see any Shave Clusters.<\/p>\n Next down on the list of Esther’s matches on Cluster 8 is someone I call Hat. Here is what I think is his tree:<\/p>\n I think the person taking the test is the son of Ella Grace Upshall, but I’m not sure. Again, I don’t see Dicks in there which is good. One other thing is that these trees also have Shave. So that is a possibility.<\/p>\n One way to tell might be by comparing Esther to her half Niece Joan, my mother-in-law. Joan is related on Esther’s Upshall side but not her Shave side. The Jane that I couldn’t connect to Esther from Cluster 8 is in Joan’s Cluster 41. I had that listed as an Upshall Cluster for Joan. James is also in Joan’s Cluster 41. Finally Hat is in Joan’s Cluster 41, so that is three for three.<\/p>\n Christina has a short tree, but her mother’s Reid name looks like a possible Newfoundland name. I assume that Christina’s mother Eileen is the one that took the test. I see from the 1940 Census that Eileen’s father was born in Newfoundland, so I guessed right:<\/p>\n Will Flint, Michigan lead back to Upshall?<\/p>\n The answer is no.<\/p>\n I wouldn’t be surprised if Sarah Ann Dicks was born in Harbour Buffet as I couldn’t find records for her birth and Harbour Buffett records are poor. I have that William Reid was born in Harbour Buffett in 1811.<\/p>\n Here is a tree for Lorna in Cluster 8:<\/p>\n I don’t see Upshall here. But Margaret Burton may have married Peter Upshall and she may be the daughter of Charles Burton. She did name what appears to be her second son Charles. It would have been customary to name the wife’s second son after her father. I know, a lot of if’s.<\/p>\n Christina’s tree looks hopeful.<\/p>\n Here is Madge and family in 1935 St. John’s West:<\/p>\n I can’t tell if Hattie is the same as Ethie. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get much further than Christina’s tree.<\/p>\n Now that I’ve reduced the possibility of Cluster 8 being Shave, it is more likely an Upshall Cluster. I’ll build a theoretical tree for Upshall with theoretical but possible common ancestors Peter Upshall and Margaret Burton:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I put this out there to see if it makes sense genealogically and with the DNA evidence.<\/p>\n Here is my spreadsheet so far:<\/p>\n Subject to change.<\/p>\n Here is Barbara’s paternal side of her tree:<\/p>\n Peter and Alice Upshall married in 1916:<\/p>\n Here is a marriage for Henry Upshall to an Elizabeth Smith:<\/p>\n Henry was said to be living at Little Harbour at the time of the marriage.<\/p>\n Madonna shows her maternal grandparents at Ancestry:<\/p>\n I recognized the Collett name and built out Madonna’s tree with some help from other Ancestry Trees:<\/p>\n It’s not my greatest tree as I didn’t build out Susan Collett. I see a record showing a Peter Collett marrying a Susanna Hann in 1905:<\/p>\n That gives me a new line for my horizontal Upshall Tree:<\/p>\n B.A. appears to have an Upshall on his tree. I say appears because there are many trees posted by B.A.’s administrator. I picked the tree that most looked like B.A.’s initials and it had an Upshall in the line:<\/p>\n In 1921 Solomon was living among many Upshalls in Little Harbour:<\/p>\n I wasn’t able to build out past Henry Upshall. I did note one Ancestry Tree had this: I suppose that is possible.<\/p>\n Phyllis is missing her paternal side, but her maternal side has some familiar names:<\/p>\n A lot of these names are beginning to sound familiar after a while.<\/p>\n Building out Phyllis’ tree:<\/p>\n Dicks is a common ancestor, but there are other possibilities. With these clusters, I am looking for trends. The clusters are saying to me, in a particular cluster the DNA says that you are more related within this group than outside of this group. So in a sense, the clusters may be clearer than what the genealogy is showing.<\/p>\n This tree is better, in a way, than Phyllis’. Tha maternal side is England and Toronto. That leaves the paternal side:<\/p>\n I built out this tree and found some common ancestors:<\/p>\n This person goes by ‘it’ for short at Ancestry. It is 2nd cousin once removed to Esther. I prefer it’s tree because it is less ambiguous. It’s one Shave\/Burton line is the one that is in Harbour Buffett where Esther’s ancestors lived. Where was Shave on Phyllis’ tree? Shave may have been on her paternal side that Phyllis didn’t show<\/p>\n I could use another tree to confirm, even though I am pretty sure of Shave\/Burton already. Richard has a small, but high-grade tree:<\/p>\n The reason I like his tree is that maternal side and paternal side are shown. Also it narrows down to a name I know instead of expanding out to many ambiguous matches. I sort of cut off Lucy Shave. Sorry, Lucy. Richard’s Tree shows two lines of connections:<\/p>\n However, the closer Shave\/Burton connection puts Richard also at 2nd cousin once removed to Esther. Cluster 10 represents Esther’s fourth grandparent Line of Shave:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is Esther’s Cluster 10 Shave\/Burton Tree:<\/p>\n Cluster 4 is next on the GeneticAffairs Report. Daisy is Esther’s first match with 177 cM. Her tree says that she shares the Dicks ancestral name with Esther.<\/p>\n Daisy has a good tree:<\/p>\n Daisy has Joyce and Dicks at her 2nd great-grandparent level above. Here are two more generations on Daisy’s Tree:<\/p>\n This shows Christopher Dicks and his wife twice. Daisy descends from Rachel and Robert Dicks. I’m sure there is a Crann connection also, but this should be overshadowed by the Dicks connections.<\/p>\n That means that Esther and Daisy are 4th cousins once removed twice on the Dicks Line.<\/p>\n Julie shows her two parents on her Ancestry Tree. My first attempt to build out Julie’s tree was a disaster. I think that Julie attached her DNAresults to her mother’s side. I was able to fix this by going into Julie’s tree and going down one lever from her mother. This worked better and I came up with a Newfoundland Tree for Julie’s paternal side:<\/p>\n None of the names sound familiar, but at least I’m in Newfoundland instead of Ireland. I built out Julie’s tree a bit but didn’t find a connection to Esther.<\/p>\n I was able to build out Julie’s tree a little more:<\/p>\n The tree has William Henry Dicks from England. That means that the match could go back to England or that a descendant of Christopher Dicks moved back to England and then back to Newfoundland.<\/p>\n I’m ready for a new cluster.<\/p>\n I’ll start with bam because he has Newfoundland ancestors in his tree. Here is my build-out based on some Ancestry suggestions:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are a few interesting things about this tree. First, it is possible\u00a0 that this Charles Burton could be an Uncle or father of Esther’s ancestor Margaret Burton born 1825. Also The Frances Dicks could be the Frances Dicks I have as daughter of Christopher Dicks. I have this tree, roughly based on DNA testing:<\/p>\n However, I see that the first George in the tree must be wrong. He should be in a later generation. Also there is a discrepancy on the birth date of Frances Dicks. I have her here are born 1811, but 1805 may make sense also.<\/p>\n That still leaves the question as to whether this is a Burton or Dicks Cluster (or something else!). I think I may be able to figure out the answer to that question, but not today.<\/p>\n This could be the last Cluster for now. The top match with a tree is G,K. Here is a clue from AncestryDNA:<\/p>\n G.K. and Esther both have a Joseph Dicks in their tree. I had added in Joseph on Esther’s maternal line. She had a Jane Dicks there that I couldn’t place. The Dicks on Esther’s paternal side were easier to place.<\/p>\n I think that the Joseph Dicks in G.K’s tree and the one in Esther’s tree could be the same person. In G.K.’s tree Joseph is born in 1818 in Oderin and has son Michael in 1869 with Mary Murphy. She could have been a second wife. In Esther’s tree, Joseph is born in 1810 in Famish Gut and has Jane Ann Dicks with Mary Griffith in 1841. If I’m right, that would make Esther and G.K. half third cousins. I had that Esther’s Joseph descended from Christopher Dicks. However, the tree that I made for G.K. has Joseph’s parents as John Dicks and Mary Corbett. That may make more sense.<\/p>\n One point is that the tree I make for G.K. has Joseph Bulley Dicks born in 1818:<\/p>\n However, G.K. has Joseph born in 1849.<\/p>\n I notice that Jerome follows G.K with a later birth date for Joseph Dicks:<\/p>\n It appears that Jerome is 2nd cousin to G.K and they both descend from different daughters of Michael Dicks.<\/p>\n Beth in Cluster 20 also has a Joseph Dicks tree but with the earlier Joseph Dicks birth date:<\/p>\n This is a start:<\/p>\n I’m sure that the more I work on this, the more it will come together:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nEsther’s Shared Ancestor Hints (SAHs)<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nA Kirby\/Emberley SAH<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThis Just In: Another AutoCluster for Esther<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWhich AutoCluster Version Should I Use?<\/h2>\n
Take 3 with Esther’s AutoCluster<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 1: Dicks?<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 14 – Kirby\/Emberley<\/h2>\n
Cluster 8 – Upshall?<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nLaura Upshall’s Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAnother Cluster 8 Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 8: Shave Or Upshall?<\/h3>\n
A Tree for Eileen from Esther’s Cluster 8<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nChristina From Cluster 8 and Her Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nA Possible Upshall Tree<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSummary at Mid-Point<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAn Upshall in Cluster 11<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMadonna’s Cluster 11 Tree<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nB,A. On Cluster 11<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSolomon Upshall 1921<\/h4>\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 10 and Phyllis’ Tree<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAnother Cluster 10 Tree: Not All Trees Are Created Equal<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nRichard’s Cluster 10 Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nA Shave\/Burton Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 4<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMatch #2 on Cluster 4 – Julie<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 12 – Bridget and bam<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nCluster 20<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMy Theory on Joseph Dicks<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nJerome’s Cluster 20 Joseph Dicks Tree<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nBeth in Cluster 20<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEsther’s Cluster Summary<\/h2>\n
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