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Euphemia Russell was born in 1862 in Cherokee Sound, Abaco to Richardson Russell and Margaret Jane Albury. (Her birth record states that her parents were not married.)
She married twice: first, to John "Johnny" Roberts of Green Turtle Cay, about 1877 -1878, the father of her children; and second, in 1914, to Samuel Horace Sawyer of Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.
Samuel Sawyer and Euphemia Roberts, both widowed, were married at Green Turtle Cay, 14 May 1914, by Andrew Somerville Mitchell O'Brien. Both Samuel and Euphemia were 51 years of age. They listed their fathers as Robert Sawyer and Richard Russell, respectively.
"Phemie" Russell-Roberts-Sawyer died at Green Turtle Cay, Abaco 14 May 1922. She was an accomplished seamstress and soloist - as related by a great granddaughter.
Russells appeared in the Woodes Rogers’ Census (1731) - in Harbour Island - and in the Book “C” Census (circa 1740). - Phil Roberts-9334
"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLSM-PGZ : 16 December 2019), Euphemia Russell, 1862.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BHP-7WL?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-N3L%3A216279901 : 20 May 2014), Births 1880-1881 > image 207 of 315; Registrar General, Nassau. Daughter Sarah Lillian.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRS5-96KC?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-BZ3%3A216282101 : 20 May 2014), Births 1908-1909 > image 422 of 465; Registrar General, Nassau. Daughter Spero Elizabeth.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8P-S6S2 : 9 August 2017), Euphemia Russell Roberts in entry for MM9.1.1/QK8P-S6SV:, 1892. Son Harry.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-Y96K : 26 November 2020), John Roberts in entry for Roberts, 1898.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-4M2X : 22 February 2021), Samuel Sawyer and Euphemia Roberts, 1914. Marriage Record.
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-XK1T : 22 February 2021), Euphemia Sawyer, 1922. Death Record.
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