Emily was born in 1855[1] in Yokefleet, Yorkshire, England, where she lived with her parents, Robert Blanshard and Mary Ann Richardson, in 1861.[2] In 1871 Emily lived with her aunt, Elizabeth Blanshard, in Yokefleet.[3]
In 1876 Emily married Morris Featherstone in Laxton, Yorkshire.[4][5] In 1881 the family lived in Eastrington, Yorkshire. Morris farmed 140 acres, employing two men and one domestic servant.[6]
↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. Emily Blanshard. Vol 9d p 77. Mar quarter 1855. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Richardson
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7T3-9NV : 24 October 2019), Emily Blanshard in household of John Geroge Blanshard, Yokefleet, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Laxton. 19 Jun 1876. Morris Featherstone (full age; bachelor; farmer; of Eastrington; father Robert Featherstone, farmer) married Emily Blanchard (full age; spinster; of Yokefleet; father Robert Fotherby Blanchard, farmer). Both signed. Witnesses John Pepper and Ann Featherstone. findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 5 Nov 2019
↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. Morris Featherstone and Emily Blanshard. Vol 9d p 148. Jun quarter 1876. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-SNN4 : 11 December 2017), Morris Featherstone, Eastrington, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 11, Piece/Folio 4737/161, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,326.
↑ GRO civil registration death index entry. Emily Featherstone. Vol 9d p 65. Sep quarter 1884. Registration district Howden. Age 30. FreeBMD.org.uk
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