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Emma C (White) James (1892 - 1953)

Emma C [uncertain] "Ema" [uncertain] James formerly White
Born in Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 17 Nov 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 60 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Emma White was born on October 19, 1892 in Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan. Her parents were Christen White and Etta Lunde. Aunt of Actress Betty Marion White who was her niece. She married Hugh James on November 17, 1920 She died on January 06, 1953 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States

Birth

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917

Event Type: Birth
Name: Emma J White
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1893
Birthplace: Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, United States
Birthplace (Original): Negaunee
Father's Name: Christ White
Father's Sex: Male
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Name: Etta K White
Mother's Sex: Female
Mother's Birthplace: Canada[1]

Michigan Births, 1867-1902

Name: Emma J. White
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1892
Birthplace: Negaunee City, Marquette, Michigan
Father's Name: Christ White
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Name: Etta K. White
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Record Number: 28[2]

Occupation

  • School Teacher (per 1920 census)
  • Public School Teacher (per 1930 census)
  • Public High School Teacher (per 1940 census)
  • Housewife (per Illinois, Cook County Deaths)

Marriage

Name: Hugh H. James
Event Place: Cook, Illinois, United States
Residence Place: Cook, Illinois, United States
Age: 29y
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Spouse's Name: Erma C. White
Spouse's Age: 28
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
License Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Nov 1920
Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1920
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse's Age: 28y
Additional Relatives: X
Record Number: 240[3]

Census

1900 United States Census

Event Type: Census
Name: Ema J C White
Sex: Female
Age: 8
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Green Bay city Ward 2, north side, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original): ED 11 Green Bay city Ward 2, north side, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Date: Oct 1892
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Birthplace: Canada Eng
Christen H White Father M 34 Denmark
Etta R White Mother F 36 Canada Eng
Geather Hall Brother M 1 Michigan
Kate Gorman F 26 Michigan[4]

1910 United States Census

Event Type: Census
Name: Ema White
Sex: Female
Age: 17
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Chicago Ward 35, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): Chicago Ward 35, , Illinois
Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Hans White Father M 45 Denmark
Etta White Mother F 47 Canada
Dempster Pratt M 60 New York
Irene Pratt F 45 United States[5]

1920 United States Census

Event Type: Census
Name: Emaj C White
Sex: Female
Age: 27
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): Chicago 33rd Ward, ED 2128, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Household Identifier: 310
Christopher H White Father M 53 Denmark
Ettie K White Mother F 56 Canada
Horace L White Brother M 20 Michigan[6]

1930 United States Census

Event Type: Census
Name: Ema James
Sex: Female
Age: 37
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Denmark
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Christopher White Father M 65 Denmark
Etta H White Mother F 67 Canada
Hugh James Husband M 38 Michigan[7]

1940 United States Census

Event Type: Census
Name: Ema James
Sex: Female
Age: 45
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): Illinois, Cook, Oak Park Township, Oak Park
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Birthplace: Michigan
Hugh James Husband M 47 Michigan
Christopher White M 74 Denmark[8]

Death

JAMES Ema James of 214 N. Taylor avenue. Oak Park. Jan. 6, 1953, wife of Hugh. Resting at funeral home, 318 N. Central avenue, Austin, until 6 p. m. Thursday. Service and Interment In Aurora, Ontario, Canada. EUclld 6-5840. [9]

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998

Name: Emy James
Sex: Female
Age: 60
Address: 214 No Taylor
Burial Place: Aurora, , Canada
Death Date: 06 Jan 1953
Death Place: Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1892
Birthplace: , , Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Father's Name: Christopher White
Mother's Name: Eddie
Informant's Name: Edna Koester
Entry Number: 21
Funeral Home: C Kampp And Son[10]

Research Notes

  • Name on gravestone Ema C. White James
  • Name on birth record Emma J. White
  • Name is found spelled as Ema and Emma
  • Middle name (unknown) the initial letter “J” and “C” noted on sources

Sources

  1. ↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK5-PTBF : 19 July 2021), Emma J White, 19 Oct 1893; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
  2. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQNH-B8Z : 20 February 2021), Emma J. White, 19 Oct 1892; citing item 1 p 307 rn 1243, Negaunee City, Marquette, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,378.
  3. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N782-7L9 : 10 March 2018), Hugh H. James and Erma C. White, 17 Nov 1920.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMV1-ZDL : accessed 3 January 2022), Ema J C White in household of Christen H White, Green Bay city Ward 2, north side, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 5A, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,778.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8L-7YH : accessed 3 January 2022), Ema White in household of Hans White, Chicago Ward 35, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1520, sheet 14B, family 308, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 283; FHL microfilm 1,374,296.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ75-YP2 : 1 February 2021), Emaj C White in entry for Christopher H White, 1920.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTL-339 : accessed 3 January 2022), Ema James in household of Hugh James, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2262, sheet 9B, line 92, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 504; FHL microfilm 2,340,239.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW44-YKP : 8 January 2021), Ema James in household of Hugh James, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-359, sheet 10B, line 57, family 316, 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 784.
  9. ↑ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois 08 Jan 1953, Thu • Page 61
  10. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MH-LXD4 : 17 March 2018), Emy James, 06 Jan 1953; citing Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218613603/ema-c-james : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for Ema C. White James (19 Oct 1892–6 Jan 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #218613603, citing Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by R. Wieser (contributor 49239884) .
  • 1900 US Census on Ancestry. Year: 1900; Census Place: Green Bay Ward 2, Brown, Wisconsin; Roll: 1778; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1241778.
  • "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK8L-7YH : accessed 22 Jul 2014), Ema White in household of Hans White, Chicago Ward 35, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1520, sheet 14B, family 308, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374296.
  • 1920 US Census on Ancestry. Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_353; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 2128; Image: 692.
  • "Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHM5-48H : accessed 22 Jul 2014), Emma J. White, 19 Oct 1892; citing Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 1007533.




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