Rebecca Emaline (DeRossett) Gray (1866)

Born Oct 1866 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Washington Brockus — married 16 Aug 1883 (to before 1887) in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

Wife of Nathan Owen Gray — married 19 Feb 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Emaline was born about 1867. She is the daughter of William DeRossett and Elizabeth Hickman.

New information and research confirms that the Emaline b. abt 1867 in the 1870 census is the same as Rebecca E. Derossett aka Beckie E. Derrossett age 13 servant In 1880 Tharp household.

Married 1st: 16 August 1883 in Springfield, Greene Co, MO to G. W. Brockus with consent of her mother, Elizabeth Derossett.

NOTE: 1900 census states she has been married 18 years (est 1882) and is the mother of three children; three living. 1910 Census image shows she has been married 26 years (est 1884); mother of three children; three living. Marriage licesnse shows date of marriage as 1887. The earlier marriage dates would have probably required her mother's consent.

Mrs. Rebecca Gray, 71, a resident of the Rosedale district of Kansas City, Kansas forty years, died yesterday at her home, 2147 Esterly avenue. She is survived by two sons, A. C> Gray, 1221 East Tenth street, and Kirk Gray, 3600 Monroe avenue, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Funkhouser, 435 Esterly avenue. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday at the Gates chapel; burial in Maple Hill cemetery. [The KC Times_MO_1937 01 20 p 6]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46V-4YD : 29 May 2021), Emaline Derossett in entry for Elizabeth Derossett, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X3-56M : 14 January 2022), Rebecca Derossett in household of Thos. M. Tharp, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm

• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XS1-HTDQ : 21 April 2022), R E Derossett in entry for G W Brockus, 16 Aug 1883; citing Marriage, Greene, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424400

• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6699-MN9R : 25 February 2022), Rebecca Derossett in entry for Nathan O Gray, 19 Feb 1887; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513831.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMB3-SXY : accessed 23 January 2023), Rebecka E Gray in household of Nathan O Gray, Rosedale city Ward 1-4, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 7A, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,505.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZG-9VK : accessed 23 January 2023), Rebecca E Gray in household of Nathan O Gray, Rosedale Ward 1, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 199, sheet 7B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 460; FHL microfilm 1,374,473.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXY-D5M : 1 February 2021), Rebecca Gray in entry for Nathaniel Gray, 1920.