Emma Sue (Holiday) Bissett (1931 - 2015)

Born 12 Aug 1931 in Evergreen, San Jacinto, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elmer Kenneth Bissett — married 7 Jun 1958 in Brazoria County, Texas, USA

Died 24 May 2015 at age 83 in Texas, United States

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Biography

Emma was born in 1931. She was the daughter of Elmer Holiday and Emma McCants.

At the time of the 1940 Census, Elmer and Emma Holiday can be found living in the household of her father, Robert McCants, on a farm on Lee Settlement Road in San Jacinto County, Texas. Those in the household included Robert Henry McCants (64 yrs), widowed White male Head of Household, occupation, Laborer in the Farming industry, where he had not worked the week before, Robert Henry McCants Jr (28 yrs), single White male, occupation, Laborer in the Farming industry, where he had worked 36 hours the week prior to the Census and worked 40 weeks in 1939, Elmer Holiday (44 yrs), married White male, occupation, Laborer in the Farming industry, where he had worked 36 hours the week prior to the Census and worked 40 weeks in 1939, Emma Holiday (43 yrs), married White female, Christine Holiday (17 yrs), single White female and Emma Sue Holiday (8 yrs), White female. ^[1]

The family of Elmer and Emma Holiday can be found living on a farm on Rte 1 Mail Route in San Jacinto County, Texas at the time of the 1950 Census. Those in the household included Elmer A Holiday (54 yrs), married White male Head of Household, occupation, Farmer in the Farm industry, where he worked 60 hours the previous week, Emma Holiday (53 yrs), married White female, occupation, Housekeeper and Emma S Holiday (18 yrs), single White female, occupation, Part-time Housekeeper and Part-time College at the State University. ^[2]

She passed away in 2015.

Sources

1. ↑ *1940 U.S. Federal Population Census of San Jacinto County, Texas, residence on Lee Settlement Road, Dwelling #95, Sheet 5-A, Lines 26-31 recorded 4/9/1940
2. ↑ *1950 U.S. Federal Population Census of San Jacinto County, Texas, USA, Dwelling #23, Sheet 4, Lines 6-8 recorded 4/4/1950

• Collection Texas Birth Records, Roll number 1931_0004 records the birth of Emma Sue Holiday, female, on 8/12/1931 in San Jacinto County, Texas, born to E A Holiday and Emma McCants
• Collection Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Document Number 10064200 records the marriage of Elmer Kenneth Bessett and Emma Sue Holliday on 6/7/1958 in Brazoria County, Texas, USA
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157398516/emma-sue-bissett: accessed 14 July 2023), memorial page for Emma Sue Holiday Bissett (12 Aug 1931–24 May 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157398516, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen, San Jacinto County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Judy Ellisor Hunter-Schreiner (contributor 47322402).