George W Emerson

1851 - 1911  (59 years)

• Name	George W Emerson
  Birth	4 Jul 1851	Riga, Monroe, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	21 Jun 1855	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 4, born Monroe Co, living with parents
  Census	23 Jul 1860	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 10, born NY, living with parents
  Census	6 Jun 1865	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 14, born Monroe Co, living with parents
  Census	4 Aug 1870	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 19, born NY, farmer, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1875	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 25, born Monroe Co, farmer, sister and parents next doore
  Census	21 Jun 1880	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 29, born NY, farmer, he & family living with parents
  Census	16 Feb 1892	Riga, Monroe, NY ; age 40, born US, farmer
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Bergen, Genesee, NY ; age 48, born Jul 1851 in NY, marr 28 yrs, landlord, parents born NY/NY
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Bergen, Genesee, NY ; age 58, born NY, widowed, travelling man for seed co, parents born UNK/UNK, living with son's family
  Death	10 May 1911	Riga, Monroe, NY
  Burial		Creekside Cemetery, Churchville, NY
  Person ID	I4787	Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Joseph Mark “Mark” Emerson,   b. 8 Oct 1815, Riga, Monroe, NY d. 8 Aug 1880, Riga, Monroe, NY (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Emily A Warren,   b. 8 Dec 1820, Monroe Co, NY d. 15 Sep 1883, Riga, Monroe, NY (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Oct 1841
  Family ID	F1384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Orpha Mosier,   b. 27 Oct 1855, Monroe Co, NY d. 18 Dec 1904, Bergen, Genesee, NY (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1872
  Children	+ 1. William Mosier Emerson,   b. 3 Nov 1873, Riga, Monroe, NY d. 1 Aug 1944, Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY (Age 70 years) 2. Cora Bell Emerson,   b. Sep 1876, Riga, Monroe, NY d. 1936 (Age ~ 59 years)
  Family ID	F1386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 11 May 1911 (newspapers.com) GEORGE W. EMERSON DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS OF NATIVE OF TOWN OF RIGA Bergen - May 10 - George W. Emerson, who had been a sufferer from cancer of the bowels since November, 1909, died this at 4:45 in the Batavia Hospital, to which he went the 28th of last January. His age was 59 years. Mr. Emerson was the son of Mark and Emily Warren Emerson, and he was born on a farm in the town of Riga a mile east of this village July 4, 1851. His life was passed in the town of Riga and Bergen. December 18, 1872 he married Orpha Mosier, of the town of Byron, who died December 18, 1904. He was a past grand of Wardville Lodge, I.O.O.F., of Bergen, and a member of Batavia Encampment. Mr. Emerson made friends easily and kept them. He leaves a son, William M. Emerson, and a daughter, Mrs. S.E. Walker, both of this village.