News:Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.
Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
Bessie married Herman Parke Klinkner about 5 Aug 1947 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, U.S.A.. Herman (son of Charles Alexander Klinkner and Katherine Virginia Parke) was born on 22 Jan 1881 in Oakland, Alameda, California U.S.A.; died on 31 Oct 1959 in Lincoln County, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried in River View Cemetery, Multnomah Co OR. [Group Sheet]