Hetty (Fawcett) Emms (1902 - 1998)

Born 21 Jan 1902 in Whitrigg, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Daughter of Jonathan Fawcett and Mary (Clark) Fawcett

Died 1998 at about age 95 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Hetty was born in January of 1902 to parents Jonathan and Mary. Mary died during or shortly after childbirth. Hetty was sent to live with her aunt Esther Fawcett. ^[1]

In 1911 Hetty was living with Esther in Torpenhow, not far from her father and brother. ^[2]

Hetty married Reginald Emms in Loughborough in 1927. ^[3]

In 1935 Hetty was the beneficiary of her aunt Esther's will. ^[4]

Hetty died in Derby in 1998. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F85-DYR : 1 October 2014), Hetty Fawcett, 1902; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wigton, Cumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X729-YP1 : 21 July 2019), Hetty Fawcett in household of Esther Fawcett, Torpenhow, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZY-K8GV : 8 October 2014), Hetty Fawcett and null, 1927; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1927, quarter 4, vol. 7A, p. 354, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ6-RBDZ : 4 September 2014), Hetty Emms, Nov 1998; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Derby, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ6-RBDZ : 4 September 2014), Hetty Emms, Nov 1998; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Derby, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Maternal and Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Scott-8236 and her second cousins once removed KE. Their most-recent common ancestors are their (2nd) great-grandparents, [Fawcett-886]] and Clark-36286. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins one removed, based on sharing 36 cM across 2 segments.