Emma (Yearsley) Wright was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.
On 14 November 1842 she was born in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania to
David Dutton Yearsley and Mary Ann Hoopes.[1]
From 1839 to 1846, Emma Smith Yearsley lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois[1]
On 5 Jun 1850 Emma Smith Yearsley departed for Salt Lake City, She traveled with the Benjamin Hawkins Company[2]
On 26 March 1884 she died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.[1]
Was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, located in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.[3][4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-5154 : 23 February 2018), Emma Smith Yearsley, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 March 2021), memorial page for Emma Smith Yearsley Wright (14 Nov 1842–26 Mar 1884), Find a Grave Memorial no. 46477189, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005)
"Utah, Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-T66H : 27 November 2019), Emma S Wright, Utah Territory, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing , Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma: