Emma Jane Florence (Williams) Whitmarsh (1865 - 1954)

Born 27 Aug 1865 in Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Henry Winchester Whitmarsh — married 15 Nov 1893 (to 28 May 1934) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 27 Oct 1954 at age 89 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Emma (Williams) Whitmarsh was born in Kent, England.

Emma, the second daughter and third of eight children of David and Charlotte Ann (Allen) Williams was born on 27 August 1860 and baptized on 19 November 1865 at Folkestone, England.^[1]

Marriage

Emma married Henry Winchester Whitmarsh, the son of Charles Hartwell and Adeline Hildreth (Robinson) Whitmarsh on 14 November 1893 at Los Angeles, California.^[2]Henry worked for a dry goods company. There were no children from this union.

Death and Burial

Emma Jane Florence (Williams) Whitmarsh died on 27 October 1954 in her 94th year at Los Angeles.^[3]She is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.^[4]

Research Note

• Find-A-Grave notified regarding corrections to birth date, middle names and age at death on 3 May 2022.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSB1-13P : 18 September 2020), Emma Jane Florence Williams, 1865.
2. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DX-DPH : 9 March 2021), Henry W Whitmarsh and Emma J S Williams, 14 Nov 1893; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,577.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7883378:5180?ssrc=pt&tid=7209553&pid=24444987142
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96008489/emma-js-whitmarsh : accessed 03 May 2022), memorial page for Emma J.S. Williams Whitmarsh (1860–1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96008489, citing Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by dml (contributor 47161306).

See Also

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB6M-MQQ : 12 July 2021), Emma J F Williams in entry for David Williams, 1871.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PJ-3BD : 23 January 2022), Emma Whitmarsh in entry for Henry Whitmarsh, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV21-S9M : accessed 3 May 2022), Emma J Whitmarsh in household of Henry W Whitmarsh, Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 196, sheet 8A, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,374,095.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7J-WFC : 31 January 2021), Emma J S Whitmarsh in entry for Henry W Whitmarsh, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDC-W2J : accessed 3 May 2022), Emma J S Whitmarsh in household of Henery W Whitmarsh, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1556, sheet 10B, line 96, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 175; FHL microfilm 2,339,910.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written with inline sourcing and photo added following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 3 May 2022.