Emma Matilda (Holden) Reppel (1886 - 1941)

Born Apr 1886 in Chorlton Fold, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Died 12 Jul 1941 at age 55 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

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Biography

Emma Matilda Holden was born in Apr 1886 in Chorlton Fold, Lancashire, England ^[1] as the fourth child of Joseph Holden and Emma Matilda Kerrison. ^[2] She had eight siblings, namely: John Clark, Elizabeth, Abraham, Joseph O Jr, Bertha L, Lillian Whittaker, Albert Augusta, and Clarence Adams. She died on Jul 12, 1941 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age at Death: 55).

Emma Matilda Holden was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Greenwood Cemetery). ^[3]

Race: (White) She lived in Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA in 1900 (Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans, Louisiana, USA in 1910 (Age: 23; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana, USA in 1920 (Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA in 1930 (Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Sister-in-law).

Walter Peter Reppel and Emma Matilda Holden probably had no children (based upon her obituary).

Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Sunday, July 13, 1941, p. 6

EMMA HOLDEN

Reppel – Of 730 Market street, on Saturday, July 12, 1941, at 8 o’clock p.m. EMMA HOLDEN, beloved wife of the late Walter P. Reppel, sister of Mrs. N. A. Crawford, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Bertha Cavanaugh, Mrs. Michael Durnin, Abraham Holden of Galveston, Tex., Joseph Holden of Pensacola, Fla., Albert and Clarence Holden of New Orleans; a native of England and a resident of this city for 41 years.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from Leitz-Eagan funeral home, 2512 Magazine street, between Second and Third streets, Due notice of time will be given.

Interment in Greenwood cemetery.^[4]

Research Notes

Her birth date is not consistence. Grave has 1886, England Birth index has Apr 1886, Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index has 17 Apr 1892. Then census records has 1887 (1910 census), 1888 (1920/1930 census), 1892 (1940 census). Bishop-4082 18:29, 4 January 2017 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XPF-BWD : 1 October 2014), Emma Matilda Holden, 1886; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Chorlton, Lancashire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Emma Matilda Reppel. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=12514879&indiv=try. Name: Emma Matilda Reppel [Emma Matilda Holden] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 17 Apr 1892 Birth Place: United Kingdom Father: Joseph Holden Mother: Emma M Kerrison Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jun 1940: Name listed as EMMA MATILDA REPPEL
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLH-KFZ4 : 11 July 2016), Emma Matilda Holden Reppel, 1941; Burial, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 89963896, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ Published Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Sunday, July 13, 1941, p. 6

• New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949, Name: Emma Holden Rappel, Death Date: Jul 1941
• Louisiana Death Certificate (attached)
• Obituary, Times-Picayune, 13 Jul 1941 p. 6 (attached)
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPZ-5CT : accessed 4 January 2017), Emma Reppel, Ward 1, New Orleans, New Orleans City, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-4, sheet 3A, line 19, family 39, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1416.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32F4-C6Z : accessed 4 January 2017), Emma Rappel in household of Nathan A Crawford, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 39A, line 31, family 457, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 24; FHL microfilm 2,339,759.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV7W-9MZ : accessed 4 January 2017), Mima Reppel in household of Walter Reppel, New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 4, sheet 7B, line 69, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 618; FHL microfilm 1,820,618.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY8-QLF : accessed 4 January 2017), Emma Holden in household of Joseph Holden, New Orleans Ward 2, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 8B, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 519; FHL microfilm 1,374,532.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M956-89Y : accessed 4 January 2017), Emma M Holden in household of Joseph Holden, Adams town, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 6B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,631.