Emma (DeWolfe) Van Tassell (abt. 1858)

Born about Apr 1858 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Wife of William Smith Braithwaite — married 9 Sep 1875 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Biography

Emma (DeWolfe) Van Tassell is a part of US Black heritage.

Emma was born about 1858.

Emma's parents were James and Lydia DeWolfe.

Emma was the mother of notable poet and anthologist William Stanley Braithwaite.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3L-N47 : 19 March 2020), Emma Dewolf in entry for Frances Ramsey, 1870.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9P-CBF : 24 January 2020), Emma E. Dewolfe in entry for William S. Brathwaite, 1875.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97L-RDL : accessed 8 September 2020), Emma Vantassell in household of Henry Vantassell, Newport city Ward 4, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 222, sheet 9B, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,505.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFMJ-X9G : accessed 9 November 2020), Emma Vantassle, Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 210, sheet 1B, line 60, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 732; FHL microfilm 1,820,732.