Emily (Jameson) McGrew

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Emily was born June 9, 1895 in Hanover, Jo Daviess County Illinois, the second of two daughters to William Alexander Jameson and Elizabeth Vera Matchett. Soon after her birth she lost her father to complications from an emergency appendectomy. Emily and her sister, Jennie Marie grew up in the town of Hanover, Jo Daviess County Illinois where their father had owned a farm that continued to be farmed by her paternal Uncle, Samuel Craig Jameson. Emily was an excellent scholar and graduated at or near the top of her class from Monmouth College in Illinois where she met her future husband, Glen McGrew.

Glen taught school in the year after his graduation from Monmouth. Both Presbyterian, Glen and Emily were both people of deep faith.Glen originally considered going into the ministry, but Emily persuaded him that such was not his gift, and eventually he took a law degree instead, with support from Emily's uncle, Judge David Matchett of Chicago. They lived several years in the Chicago area and then moved to Elmhurst, Illinois and subsequently to Rensselaer, Indiana before eventually settling in New Castle, Indiana where Glen purchased an abstracting business. Once settled in New Castle, they converted to the Society of Friends and were for the remainder of their lives active in New Castle Friends Meeting, where Emily led a Sunday School class up until a few years before her death.

Emily was a particularly gentle, caring and gracious human being who lastingly influenced the people whose lives she touched. In the 1960's she and Glen were early proponents of civil rights, and for many years participated in an interracial faith group in New Castle. An avid reader, over a period of many years she also served as a literacy tutor in the New Castle seventh grade building. By the early 1970's she had become a small, frail woman, and in about 1974 Glen had begun to have mini-strokes that affected his balance. One day as she was helping him on with his coat, Glen lost his balance and fell back into her, knocking her over and breaking her hip. The subsequent surgery was successful, but in the recovery Emily suffered a major stroke and was never able to walk unassisted again. She eventually passed away Feb. 16, 1978 two years after Glen's own passing due to a massive stroke in 1976. ^[1]

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1. ↑ Entered by Allen McGrew, Sept. 28, 2014 from personal memories

1910 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Hanover, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: T624_294; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1374307. Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.

Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_315; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 393; Image: 328

Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.

Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 423; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0225; Image: 536.0; FHL microfilm: 2340158

Year: 1940; Census Place: New Castle, Henry, Indiana; Roll: T627_1052; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 33-18

Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Allen McGrew, Sept. 28, 2014 from personal memories

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Name

Emily Elizabeth Margaret /Jameson/

Emily /McGrew/^[2]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Emily Elizabeth Margaret /Jameson/.

Birth

09 JUN 1895

Hanover, Illinois, USA^[3][4][5]

09 JUN 1895

Hanover, Illinois

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 09 JUN 1895

Death

16 FEB 1978

New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA

FEB 1978

New Castle, Indiana, USA^[6]

FEB 1978

New Castle, IN^[7]

FEB 1978

New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States of America^[8]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 16 FEB 1978Array

Event

SSN issued

Indiana^[9]

Marriage

FAM

@I11@

@I12@

@I6@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I38@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I41@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

09 JAN 1890^[10]

Sources

• Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Source: S3 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; Repository: #R1 NOTESocial Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration

1. ↑ Entered by Allen McGrew, Sept. 28, 2014 from personal memories
2. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Emily McGrew
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jameson A Mcgrew
4. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Vera Matchette
5. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Emily McGrew
6. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jameson A Mcgrew
7. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Vera Matchette
8. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Emily McGrew
9. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Emily McGrew
10. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Vera Matchette

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Allen McGrew for creating WikiTree profile Jameson-450 through the import of McGrew_2010-01-09_2013-03-22.ged on Mar 22, 2013.

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