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Emma Leona (Sullivan) Thurman (abt. 1894 - 1970)

Emma Leona Thurman formerly Sullivan
Born about in Mississippi, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1919 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 76 in Whistler, Mobile, Alabama, USAmap
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Global Cemeteries Project
Emma (Sullivan) Thurman is buried in Peacock Cemetery.

Biography

Emma Leona Sullivan was born born about 1894 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Louis S Sullivan and Emmazine Grubbs. She had four siblings, namely: Albert Ross, Hullon Duncan, Magnolia, and Alice Dee. She died on Feb 22, 1970 in Whistler, Mobile, Alabama, USA (Age at Death: 76).[1]

Emma Leona Sullivan was reported to be buried in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Peacock Cemetery).[2]

Race: (White) She lived in Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). [3] She lived in Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). [4] She lived in Beat 5, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).[5]

Elijah Dennis "Lije" Thurman and Emma Leona Sullivan had the following children:

  1. James D Thurman was born on Sep 20, 1919 in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on May 28, 2005 in Ocean Springs, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (Ocean Springs Hospital; Age at Death: 85).
  2. Ollie Ree Thurman was born in 1920 in Mississippi, USA. She died in 2002 in Mobile County, Alabama, USA (Age at Death: 82).

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974

Name: Emma S Thurman [Emma S Sullivan]
Birth Date: abt 1894
Death Date: 22 Feb 1970
Death Place: Whistler, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 76
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: Louis L Sullivan
Mother Name: Emmazine Grubbs
Spouse Name: Eligah D Thurman
FHL Film Number: 2033354[6]

Sources

  1. "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN7L-16P : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma S Thurman, 22 Feb 1970; citing reference 4752, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,354.
  2. See Findagrave - Emma Leona Sullivan Thurman
  3. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-Z5Z : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma Sullivan in household of Louis Sullivan, Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 19A, family 298, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.
  4. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-MDN : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma Sullivan in household of Louis Sullivan, Beat 4, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 126, sheet 21B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,771.
  5. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1H-DRX : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma L Thurman in entry for Elijah D Thurman, 1930.
  6. "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN7L-16P : accessed 18 March 2016), Emma S Thurman, 22 Feb 1970; citing reference 4752, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,354.




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