Sunday, August 30, 2009

Henry Emery 1825-1881 Elizabeth Brewerton 1828-1906


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Henry Emery
Henry Emery 
Parents George Emery and Frances (Fanny) Rhodes
Born 5 Aug 1825 Doncaster, York, England
Christened 28 Dec 1825 Doncaster, York, England

Henry's birth and christening record 
(the birth is noted on the right side)


 John B Walker Company leaving Kanesville, Iowa Jun 1852
arrived in SLC 2 Oct 1852  
According to the record, he was 26y with wife and one child
Note:  They took with them Mary Moore and her son, William
On 29 June as they were crossing the Elkhorn River, Samuel Robinson was drowning but Henry jumped in with his clothes on and saved him.
By 7 July they had made it to Chimney Rock.
They made it to Devils Gate by 2 September.
On 18 September a brother Nichel came from the valley with a team
 and took Mary Moore and her boy to the valley. They camped on Big Mountain on
30 September and snow fell during the night.
They drove on to Little Mountain and had to put 7 to 9 yoke of cattle to each wagon to cross. They camped that night and entered the Salt Lake valley
on Saturday 2 October 1852. 

Occupation(s): Chimney Sweep (age 6) Common Laborer (1860) Clerk in Store (1870)

Polygamist: 2 wives
Married
1) Elizabeth Brewerton 18 May 1851 Mr. Carlisle's home, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Henry and Elizabeth's marriage record
Transcription: State of Iowa, Pottawattamie County
I hereby certify that I joined in marriage in said county, Mr. Henry Emery of Kanesville County of Pottawatamie and State Iowa, aged twenty-six years, and Miss Elizabeth Brewerton of Kanesville County of Pottawatamie and State of Iowa, aged twenty years, at Mr. Carlisles in said county this 18th day of May AD 1851
-  J.W. Cummings Minister of the Gospel

2) Louisa Ellen Parry 7 Oct 1875 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Harriet, Joseph, Wilford

Endowment House


Died 4 Jun 1881 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried:  Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah

Life Sketch from Book, Conquerors of the West:
Henry's mother died when he was six years old and, shortly after that, he became a chimney sweep to help support the family. When he was 12, he had two years of education. When he was 16, he was baptized into the Church, and at the age of 18, he was sent on a mission to North-Western England. In February 1848, Henry, his father, and stepmother sailed to America. After arriving in St. Louis, they spent the next four years working and preparing to cross the plains. During this time his stepmother left the family. Henry married and they left with his father to go west. Their first child, a son, was born shortly after their arrival in the Valley. They lived in Salt Lake for the rest of their lives. Henry remained a faithful member of the church. He served in the Nauvoo Legion during the Johnston's Army era...then it lists family members, marriages of children

Henry Emery headstone
Sources
Book: Conquerors of the West, Stalwart Mormon Pioneers Vol 1-2
Book: Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men
Pictures: Family Search, findagrave
Christening: IGI Film 0919338-339 Batch C106301 dated 1813-1838
Copy of Henry's Memorandum Book he started to write in 1848 is available in SL Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868
Marriage to Elizabeth: Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 Batch M02529-5 Film 227280 p 58
1850 US Census for Pottawattamie, Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 25, unemployed)
1860 Great Salt Lake Territory (age 35, his father is living with them)
1870 US Census for Utah (age 48)
1880 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 141 B (age 54 - living with Elizabeth)
AND 1880 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 143 A (age 45- living with Louisa)
Note:  The manifesto making polygamy illegal was ten years away, but men were still arrested for being polygamists and this would be why the information on his age is different
Death:  Utah Death and Burials 1888-1946 Batch B54933-7 Film 26553 p 254 #10141
Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records
Utah Death Register
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia
U.S. Wills and Probate Records
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5064611

This was home for Henry and Elizabeth (1st wife) Emery family.
Daughter lived next door and then bought this home.




Elizabeth Brewerton Emery
Enhanced and colorized
by Nathan McKay Smith Jr.
Elizabeth Brewerton

Parents George Brewerton and Ann Pilley
Born 13 Mar 1828 Harworth, Nottingham, England
Died 1 Dec 1906 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 
COD: Nephritis [kidneys], Heart disease
Informant: son, George Emery
Death Certificate


Buried 4 Dec 1906 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note from Family Search memories section:
"When Elizabeth died, the grandchildren walked 2 by 2 to the 16th ward to the funeral. A long line of children. 
Elizabeth's headstone
Sources
1841 UK Census for Everton, Nottingham, England (age 13)
1870 US Census for Utah (age 42)
Picture of Elizabeth: Family Tree
1880 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 141B (age 52)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 9A (widow)
Death: Deceased LDS member record
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5064597



CHILDREN



Henry (Harry) Brewerton Emery
Henry (Harry) Brewerton Emery 
Born 27 Oct 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation: In his earlier years:  mining, whacking bulls, and fought Indians. Fruit Grower (1907) For most of his life: Actor and Manager
LDS Mission to Europe 1877
Married Mary C (Katie) Putman 7 Jun 1885 Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Marriage License
Note:  Mary evidently went by different names.  She is Mrs. Mary C Putnam on the marriage certificate, she's listed as Catherine in the 1870 Census for Illinois


while living in the Timothy Stubbs household with her mother and possibly an aunt.  In 1880 Census page 189A, she is Katie Putnam and lists her occupation as an actress and is living with her mother.  In 1910 she's going by Katie P Emery.  Not sure if her parents ever married since her mother is Mary Mc Williams in 1870 and Mary Putnam in 1880.  I did find one bit of evidence Katie was involved with theater - a copyrighted play she wrote called "The Jokers".
 
Katie's headstone, though I'm not sure if someone just put a stone in the area she was buried or if this is what was le
ft for her back in the day.  I also wondered why her married name wasn't used.  However, this is the pic on findagrave for her.

On her death certificate, it claims her father was Harry Putnam 
(not Samuel Porter) and she was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Illinois, not Michigan.  If you read the comment at the bottom of the blog, someone has filled in a few blanks.  

More about Henry: He received his early education at the private schools in Salt Lake City, finishing with one term at the Deseret University. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 18 November 1860 at the age of eight. 

He entered the theatrical field in 1874 as a member of the old Salt Lake City Theater Stock Company. He played many seasons in places like Denver, Colorado, Helena, Montana, and San Francisco, California. He served a mission to Europe in 1877 at the age of 25.
He joined the Katie Putnam company in the season of 1883-1884 and became her manager in 1886.

They even made a trip to Australia to do theater. He joined with a man by the name of D. L. Martin and they formed the Martin & Emery Company. Theater consumed the two and they never had any children. By 1910 they were living in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan. He last visited Salt Lake City the year before his death as an advance manager for an opera company.

Notes from Family Search Memories section: "Harry Emery was an actor. His wife was Katie. He lived in the East. He would give tickets [to his nieces/nephews) to a show. He acted in SL theaters and lived in the East"

The house they once owned at 1297 Colfax Avenue, Benton Harbor, Michigan is up for sale. Estimated price:  $421,649

Grand Victorian home in need of restoration. New roof has been added to this historic gem. Beautiful property! 

Impressive open stairway, 3 fireplaces, stained glass windows, and lead cane windows. The stylish rounded Turret wall is 3 stories high. High ceiling, rich character & so much more! There is a septic tank- unknown at this time if it is operational. The house has been primed on the outside and the windows have been boarded up. There is a security system. DO NOT ENTER IT. City requires updates be made. The house does need some leveling and structural support however, it
is in good condition and is quite solid for its age. There is no heat or running water at this time. There is electricity. The second floor has been demo'd and is ready for build out.
ONLY CASH OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED. 
Proof of funds will be required with all offers. 
ONLY SERIOUS VIEWINGS OF THE PROPERTY PLEASE. 
Square footage & room sizes are estimated only. Buyer to verify all figures & facts. 
Sold AS IS. 
Some updates have been made. No sign on the property.

This house is gorgeous and grand and is rich in character and history. It was once owned by Mary Catherine (Katie) Putnam Emery, a silent film actress (b 1854 d 1924).

one of three fireplaces




Henry's death certificate
Died 13 Jul 1913 Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage 
The informant on certificate: Katie Fasett
Note:  His mother's maiden name is spelled Bremerton instead of Brewerton 

Death notice in SL paper


Buried: 18 July 1913 Morton Hill Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan

Sources
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1860 US Census Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory (age 8)
1870 US Census for Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Territory (age 17)
1900 US Census Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (age 46, Katie P Fawcett, his goddaughter, and his mother-in-law are living with them)
1907 US City Directory, Michigan
1910 US Census for Benton Harbor Ward 1, Berrien, Michigan page 4 (age 56)
Note:  Katie P Fawcett is still there.
Marriage:  Illinois, Cook County Marriages 1871-1920 Film 1030147
His life sketch: Family Search, added by Margebecraft in 2018
Katie is in the North American Family Histories D.A.R. Lineage books Vol 84 page 75-76
Death Certificate
Death notice in Salt Lake Paper
Michigan Deaths and Burials 1800-1995 Batch B02571-0 Film 1954721
News Palladium Newspaper in Benton Harbor, Michigan had several articles where Harry and Katie were mentioned: 26 March 1942 
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82633537/henry-brewerton-emery
Property pictures:  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1297-Colfax-Ave-Benton-Harbor-MI-49022/2114007502_zpid/
Elizabeth Ann Emery
Elizabeth Ann Emery 
Born 1 Mar 1854 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Theodore McKean 11 May 1875 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Joseph, Theodorus, Jean, John, Vida, Elizabeth, Edith, Salome, Naomi, Mabel, Dorothea, David, Bertha
Died 21 Jun 1934 West Bountiful, Davis, Utah
COD: Influenza, heart disease 
Buried 24 Jun 1934 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
1870 US Census for Utah (age 16)
Elizabeth's headstone
1880 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 133B (age 30)
1900 US Census for Davis, Utah page 12A (widowed mother of 13 with 12 living)
1910 US Census for West Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 3 (age 56, widowed, 2 children still living with her)
1920 US Census for Davis County, Utah sheet 3 (age 60, she and her two daughters, Mable and Jean, are living with her sister Mary (Mitchell's) family)
Marriage: LDS temple records
Picture:  Family Search
Utah Death Certificate
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51958145

George Rhodes Emery
George Rhodes Emery
Born 21 Jun 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation (1880) Packer of Merchandise (1922) Merchant in Hides and Wool
LDS Mission: British Wales Mission 1878-1880
Polygamist:  2 wives
From Family Search Memories section: "George Emery was married to 2 wives. Aunt Rosie and Aunt Mary. Took good care of both wives - supported well. Lived around the walk from each other. He spent one night at Rosie's and one night at Mary's."
Served as a Bishop in Salt Lake City, 1899
Civic Responsibilities: delegate to the Utah Constitutional Convention 4 March 1895 (there is a picture on Family Search - he is on fourth row, fifth in from the right)

Married 1) Rosilpha Wilding 19 Oct 1874 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Rosilpha in the Endowment House in 1874 and 
Mary King Pierpont in 1887


Children with Rosilpha: Edith, George, Elizabeth, Walter, Florence, Rosilpha, Bertha, Lillian, Alma, Dora, Clarence, Rachel



2) Mary King Pierpont 21 Feb 1887 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children with Mary: John, Ellis, Robert, Ruth, Melvin, Vera, Willard
Mary King Pierpont

3) Selma Amalia Swenson 14 June 1899 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: Strangely, she died 8 April 1899 of appendicitis - two weeks after she died , she was posthumously married/sealed to George - I have no idea why.
4) Fredrika Sophia Bruun 16 February 1906 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: Stranger still, she died in 1905 and was posthumously married/sealed to George - I have no idea why.
Died 25 Jul 1922 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Diabetes - he was in a diabetic coma at time of death


Buried 28 Jul 1922 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
George's headstone

Sources
Utah, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia pages 644-5
Early Mormon Missionaries
Utah Missionary Department, Missionary Registers 
Utah LDS Membership
Personal Picture:  Family Search
1860 US Census Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory (age 5) 
1870 US Census for Utah Territory (age 15)
1880 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 141B (age 26)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 8A (with Rosilpha)
1900 US Census for East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah page 19B (with Mary - he's going under the bogus name John P Emery in this Census because of the manifesto against Polygamy)
1910 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah (age 54 - with Rosilpha)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah (age 64 - with Rosilpha)
Utah Death Certificate
Deceased LDS member record
Marriage to Rosilpha and Mary: LDS Temple records
Picture of headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72999605
John Alma Emery
Born 12 Jul 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 31 Dec 1865 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (of cholera, 9 years old)
Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Memorial:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82637416

Isaac Archer Emery
Isaac Archer Emery
Born 4 Dec 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation (1880) Teamster (1900) Mine Laborer, Sheriff
Married 1) Aurelia Vilate Nebeker 15 Mar 1883 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  Note:  she died 7 months later  of edema (called dropsy back then) where the kidneys can't pump the water out of the system due to heart failure
2) Miriam Ajax 26 Jun 1901 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Isaac's headstone
Children:  Fannie, Frankie, Emma
Died 15 Apr 1920 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 18 Apr 1920 Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Personal Picture:  Family Search
1870 US Census for Utah (age 11)
1880 US Census for Utah (age 21, still with parents)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake Utah page 9A (widowed, living with mother)
1910 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah (age 51)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah sheet 4 (age 61)
Occupation: 1880 US Census p141B
Marriage to Miriam: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M73740-5 Film 429058 bk K p 455 #10508
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75893024
Fanny Jane Emery
Born 12 Mar 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 27 Mar 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery
Note: Plot: D-2-5-4E in a casket that rests on top of her grandmother's (Ann Pilley Brewerton's)
Sources
Gravesite:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76028180

David Seaton Emery
David Seaton Emery
Born 21 Feb 1861 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah


LDS Mission Southern States 1885-87

Occupation(s): (1880) Packer, Grocery and Meat Company (1893)

David leased Eclipse Grocery and Meat Company (far left side of picture)
and adjacent buildings; Located at 48 East 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah
On Family Search, there is a letter "Notes on the Emery Family
It mentions, "Aunt Edith and her husband ran a grocery and butcher shop..."
I think this is likely the one they are talking about.
 

Married Mary Port 19 Oct 1882
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah


Children: Mary, Mabel, David, George, Edith
Baby Clara in the middle, Alice in front


Died 6 Mar 1899 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note from Family Search in the memories section: when he passed away, Mary's brothers finished paying for the house so Mary and her children could stay there. Mary, his oldest daughter, bought the house next door and lived there until she died. She also bought her parents' house. Both were sold in 1960. By 1976 there was a gas station and car wash built there. Also, David suffered from rheumatic fever, back trouble, and heart trouble.

Death Notice
Note from Family Search: "Grandma
[Mary Port] Emery lived with her son David and his wife, Mary. My mother remembers her wearing a little black cap and [she] always carried a little button hook for shoes in her pocket.


Funeral Notice


Buried 9 Mar 1899 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

David Seaton Emery headstone

Sources
Personal Picture:  Family Search
1870 US Census for Utah (age 10)
1880 US Census p141B (age 18)
Note: middle name is spelled Seatin on the record
Marriage: LDS Temple records
Obituary
Funeral Notice
Picture of the Eclipse Grocery and meat Store can be found at the following link: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cn7r8t
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5064595


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Mary Emery Mitchell

*Mary Emery To see her as a wife/mother:  https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2009/03/edward-hunter-mitchell-1859-1924-mary.html
Born 5 May 1862 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Edward Hunter Mitchell 7 Jul 1881 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Alfreda, David, Bernice, Ida, Elizabeth, Mary, Lucille, Leonora, Ella, Henrietta, George, Hubert, Frank, Edward
Died 16 Aug 1943 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
Buried Bountiful Cemetery, Davis, Utah
Sources
1870 US Census for Utah (age 8)
1880 US Census p141B Family History Library Film 1255337
Mary Emery Mitchell's headstone
1900 US Census for Davis County, Davis, Utah page 11A (age 38)
1910 US Census for West Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 2 9age 48)
1920 US Census for Davis County, Utah page 2 (age 58)
1930 US Census for West Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 4B (age 67)
1940 US Census for West Bountiful, Utah (age 78, Widow)
Marriage: LDS Temple records
Death: Utah Death Certificate

Charles Frank Emery
Charles Frank Emery
Born 5 Jan 1864 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation:  Sheriff of Salt Lake County about 16 years
LDS Mission to Southern States 1890-92
Married Elizabeth Annie Simpson 5 Mar 1890 Logan, Cache, Utah
Children: Frank, Henry, Vilate, Vida, Elvie, Jessie, Helen, David, Elizabeth, Thaddeus
Died 23 Mar 1932 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Charles and Elizabeth's headstone
Buried 27 Mar 1932 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
1870 US Census for Utah (age 6)
1880 US Census For SLC, Utah p141B (age 16)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 9B
Charles Frank Emery death certificate

1910 US Census for Salt Lake City Utah Page 1 (age 46, he and his family are living with his brother William)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 55)
1930 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah sheet 18A (age 66)
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75893660
Personal Picture:  Family Search

Sarah Louisa Emery Timpson
Sarah Louisa Emery 
Born 1 Oct 1865 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation: Matron of West High School 25 years
Married (Polygamist) John H Timpson 5 Oct 1888 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Edith, Sarah, Naomi, Elizabeth, George, Annie, Hyrum, John
Died 25 Sep 1942 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Emaciation due to colon cancer
Buried Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
Sources
1870 US Census for Utah (age 4)
1880 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah page 141B (age 14)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah page 10B (Claims she was widow, John is not showing)
1910 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah page 20
(age 44, John is back)
Sarah L E Timpson death certificate























For the 1920 and 1930 Census, Sarah Timpson is living a double life.  She was the second wife of John, but polygamy was outlawed in 1890 and they were only married a few years before it became illegal.  All of their children were born after the manifesto the LDS church released making polygamy a thing of the past.  The two censuses, therefore, claim she is married to "George".  In the censuses, John is with his first wife, Jenette.  It was obvious that despite the manifesto, John and Sarah had six children and he maintained her household and their children.  
Sarah's headstone


Marriage: LDS Temple Records
Death: Deceased LDS member record
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42237149

Frances Annie Emery Roskelley 
Frances Annie Emery
Born 14 Jun 1867 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married James Roskelley 18 Sep 1890 Logan, Cache, Utah
Children: Francis, Edith, Elizabeth, Vida, Mary, Henry, Katie, Dorris, Tabitha, James, Aurelia, Druzilla, Sarah
Died 13 Jul 1941 Smithfield, Cache, Utah
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hypertension
Buried 17 Jul 1941 Smithfield, Cache, Utah
Sources
Frances A E Roskelley's headstone
1870 US Census for Utah (age 3)
1880 US Census p141B (age 13)
1900 US Census for Smithfield, Cache, Utah page 10A
1910 US Census
for Smithfield, Cache, Utah page 10 (age 42)
Frances' death certificate
1920 US Census for Smithfield, Cache, Utah Sheet 3 (age 52, widow)
1930 US Census for Smithfield, Cache, Utah Sheet 1A (age 62, widow, daughter Druzilla and two grandchildren living with her)
1940 US Census for Smithfield, Cache, Utah (age 72, widow, her son Dorris and his wife Laray and children are living with her)
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M73408-4 Film 430305
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=180908

William Lorenzo Emery
William Lorenzo Emery
Born 2 Jan 1869 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Occupation: (1900) Railroad timekeeper
Note:  it sounds like he was in charge of recording time for his fellow employees, not timing for trains
(1910-30) Electrical Engineer for Utah Power & Light
(1940) Meter Reader for Utah Power & Light






Married Sarah Lurena Nebeker 2 Jun 1901 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

William and Sarah's marriage license 
His brother, Frank, may have been the Deputy Clerk at the time
His father married them - he was a Bishop 


A Bit About William: (my notes/corrections/observations will be in blue)
According to the account written by Richard Emery, son of George and his second wife, Mary Pierpoint: 

"William Emery...resided for his entire lifetime in the home where he was born (1481 Stratford Avenue is the address on his death certificate and looks nothing like the family home - which was located at 43 N 7W according to the picture of the family house above and is located next to a current overpass). Since this was his last address, perhaps he was living with a child at the time of his death? 

1481 Stratford Avenue as it is today  - the old house must have been torn down. Note the house number on the front of the porch.

and was employed by the Utah Power and Light Company. He was a fine man having fulfilled a mission for the Latter-Day Church I can find no information about when or where he served an LDS Mission

. ... however, he, after gaining a college education, left the church in favor of atheism. Up to practically the time of his death, he believed there was no God. He was fanatical to a degree in his beliefs and attempted at times to induce other family members to join him in his belief. [Perhaps the last word should read disbelief]. ADDITIONAL NOTE FROM FAMILY SEARCH: "Well educated, he said, "Everyone should have a talent." He was an accomplished musician - piano player. He told the children that if they didn't develop a talent, they would, in the next life, be a donkey or animal.  The more talented, you would be a bird.

He was said to have stated that no force could raise him from the grave once he was buried; and it is interesting to note that at one time, during heavy rain and flooding in SLC, some of the SL City cemetery was flooded [ when I researched about the flooding, I found the following site:  https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/geosights/geosights-salt-lake-city-cemetery-salt-lake-county/]and graves were washed out, one of these being his grave and his casket was washed down into the streets of SLC. [Nothing was mentioned in the article about the graves being washed out into the streets, but there was a picture of the place where the flood did go through. Headstones looked buckled and the ground was in upheaval.] Apparently, through the will of God, about a year before the time of his death, he must have received a revelation because he resumed his belief in God and Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saint religion."

William's death certificate

Died 18 Jun 1945 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Probably uremia , arteriosclerosis, and ? sclerosis

William and Sarah's headstone

Buried 23 Jun 1945 Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Plot J-1-17- 3 of 5, grave 1
Sources
1870 US Census for Utah (age 1)
1910 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah Page 1 (age 41, his brother Charles' family is living with them)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 5 (age 51)
1930 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 18B (age 60)
1940 US Census for Salt Lake City, Utah (age 71)
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M73740-5 Film 429058 bk K p 405 #10408
Western States Marriage Index
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Death: Utah Death Certificate
ancestry.com
Samuel Frederick Emery
Samuel Frederick Emery
Born 24 Aug 1870 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Occupation:  (1900) Mine laborer (later life) Worked as a custodian at West High School according to death certificate
Samuel's death certificate
Married 1) 'Mamie' Mary Sophia Young  22 Apr 1901 St George, Washington, Utah
Note:  Mary had a child, Pearl, with her first husband, Oliver Laub.  The 1920 Census Mary claims she was widowed, but Samuel Frederick's marriage record to second wife, Eva, claims he is divorced
Children: Elizabeth, Mae, Emma, Edith
2) Eva Wilding (widow of Charles Pettit) 12 May 1921 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Samuel and Eva's headstone
Died 21 Oct 1941 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Heart disease and hypertension (high blood pressure)
Buried 24 Oct 1941 Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Plot: X-3-85-1W
Sources
1880 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah (age 8)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah (living with mother)
1910 US Census for Newhouse, Beaver, Utah Page 18 (age 38 - with 'Mary')
1930 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 13B (age 59 - with Eva)
1940 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 69, with Eva)
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Marriage to Mamie: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74695-3 Film 484821 p 254b
Marriage to Eva:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74530-7 Film 429108 cn 37328
Death: Deceased LDS member record
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Burial: Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75898112

Ada Alfreda Emery Stowe
Ada Alfreda Emery Stowe
Ada Alfreda Emery
Born 20 Nov 1871 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married John Henry Stowe 23 May 1891 Logan, Cache, Utah
Children: Thomas, Sidney, John, Arthur, Katie, Annie, Elmer
Died 4 Nov 1940 West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage, hypertension (high blood pressure)
Buried 7 Nov 1940 Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
1880 US Census p141B (age 8)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 8B
Ada's death certificate
1910 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 3 (age 38)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 7 (age 48)
1930 US Census for Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah (age 58, widowed)
1940 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah (age 67, widowed)
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Ada's headstone
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74311-7 Film 429055 p 149 cn 2028
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Burial: Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75608

Edith Love Emery Rich
Edith Love Emery
Born 16 Sep 1873 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Edwin Ebenezer Rich Jr 4 Dec 1895 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note from Family Search Memories Section under David Seaton Emery: "Edith and her husband ran a grocery store - butcher shop. Mother used to do housework for her. She always treated my mother well. Never let her go home without feeding her. One time, she gave her two white pinafores for Christmas. Mother thought they were the most wonderful things she ever had.
(Artist) Edwin Ebenezer Rich Jr.


Children: Edwin, Howard, Mary, David, Maurice, Chloris, Frank, George, Eleanor, Edith


Painting by Edith's husband
Edwin Ebenezer Rich Jr 


Edith's death certificate

Died 9 Feb 1940 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Apoplexy, hypertension
Buried 13 Feb 1940 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Plot: X-3-194-2E


Edith and Edwin's headstone

Sources
1880 US Census p141B (age 6)
1900 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Page 10 B
1910 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Page 6 (age 36)
1920 US Census for Salt Lake, Utah (age 46)
1930 US Census for Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Sheet 25A Line
11 (age 56)
Personal Picture:  Family Search
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74311-7 Film 429056 P411 cn 5428
Death: Utah Death Certificate
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82638284

Martha Emery
Born 15 Mar 1875 Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 22 Mar 1875 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75893201



SECOND WIFE

Louisa Ellen Parry
Louisa Ellen Parry 
Parents John Parry and Harriet
Born 21 Sep 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married 1) Henry Emery 7 Oct 1875 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
2) Stephen Henry Winter 22 Nov 1888 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 17 June 1935 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 20 June 1935 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
1860 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 3, with parents)
1870 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 13, with parents)
1880 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 28, with Henry)
1900 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 38, widow of Stephen)
1910 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 32 - widow)
Note:  incorrect age

CHILDREN with second wife

Harriet's headstone
Harriet Otilla Emery
Born 11 August 1876 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Not Married
No Children
Died 27 Sep 1880 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Utah Deaths and Burials
SL County death records
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75893128
Family Search

Joseph Parry Emery
Joseph Parry Emery
Born 22 Sep 1878 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
LDS Mission to Southern States
Occupation:  Shipping Clerk (1910) Policeman (1920-1940)
Married Effie Lulu Roberts 28 Feb 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Joseph, Hattie, Elise, Archie, Afton, Edwin
Died 26 May 1940 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
COD: Prostate Cancer
Buried 29 May 1940 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
1880 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1900 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1910 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Joseph and Effie's headstone
1920 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1930 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1940 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Early LDS Missionary record

Joseph Parry Emery death certificate
WW1 Draft Registration
Obituary
Family Search
ancestry.com

Wilford Woodruff Emery
Wilford Woodruff Emery
Born 16 Oct 1880 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
LDS Mission to Samoa 1902-1905
Occupation: Printer
Married Hannahbel Newman 26 Oct 1905 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Grace, Wilford, Lucile, Mervin, Wesley
Died 10 Sep 1954 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Wilford and Hannahbel headstone
COD: Prostate cancer and uremia (kidneys fail to remove waste from the bloodstream)
Buried 13 Sep 1954 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Utah Birth Certificate
WW1 Draft Registration
1900 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 20, single)
1910 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 29, married)
1920 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 39)
1930 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 49)
1940 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 59)
Early Mormon Missionaries record
Utah Death Certificate
Family Search


Wilford's death certificate

9 comments:

  1. Samuel porter Putnam is her father although the death certificate does say harry the same name as her husband. Samuel porter Putnam wasn't much of a father to her. The informant on the death certificate is who you should look at. My great grandmother said her mother's father was john fisher...it through us off for thirty years. His name was Samuel fisher, and he died when his daughter was about two. Like I said Katie's father wasn't around...Katie was a member of the daughters of American revolution, and put Samuel porter Putnam as her father.

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  2. Thank you for the insight into Katie. I was happy just to find the little I did about her. I would love to know more, if you feel like sharing. My email is michelleterickson@gmail.com

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  3. MR. (SAMUEL PORTER) PUTNAM West Chicago, Cook County

    He is listed as Mr. 35 US (should be 28 or 29 NY) and a musician, his wife listed as Mrs. is Mary McWilliams 20 ENG. What appears to be her mother, Mrs. McWilliams 48 ENG and J. Jefferson 20 ENG are with them. These listings of “Mr.” and ‘Mrs.’ are really of little help. But Rand Putnam dug up a marriage record that he married Mary McWilliams on August 1, 1849 here in Cook County. He was first married to Sarah Cowdin on November 10, 1842 back in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He and another wife Minerva Brock who he will marry November 3, 1855 in Tazewell County, and they will be in Mason County in 1870. This, the other one in Chicago, Samuel Porter is a son of Samuel Putnam (1752) and Hannah Kimball from Worcester County Massachusetts and then out to Chautauqua County New York where this Sam was born November 9, 1821. The family then moved back to Massachusetts.

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  4. She was cremated and buried in Benton Harbor...Morton Hill Cemetery!

    She died in the Knights Flanders Home in Chicago.

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  5. Oh...you are welcome! According to the death certificate she was buried in the cemetery above, but according to the several obituaries...Including local to Benton Harbor she was buried there. You have to remember she was cremated most likely half the ashes were in Chicago, and the other half in Benton Harbor.

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  6. Katie was my second cousin 3 x removed, I just discovered.

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  7. She owned a beautiful old home in Benton Harbor. Do you know if she and her husband built it and what brought her here to live?Any information is appreciated. The address is 1297 Colfax Ave. St. Benton Harbor, MI.

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    1. Hi Daisy, I'm assuming you are talking about Katie. It sounds like you know more than I do about Katie. All I have is what is listed. I will look at the address though and possibly post a picture of it.

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  8. How long were Katie and her husband married? She owned a beautiful old home in Benton Harbor which still stands. Did she build it? I would love to learn more about her life and home here. Would be able to direct me?

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