Born in Clerkenwell District, London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of James John Gillett
and Rebecca (Pegler) Gillett
Sister of
Rebecca Elizabeth Gillett, James William Gillett, Agnes Mathilda (Gillett) Rayner, Harriet Esther (Gillett) Bulbeck, Amelia Kate (Gillett) Peace, William Albert Henry Gillett [half], Herbert Ernest Gillett [half] and Edwin Gillett [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 69
in Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Emma was born in the September quarter of 1863, the daughter of James Gillett and Rebecca Pegler.[1]
At the 1871 census she was living in Clerkenwell with her parents and six siblings.[2]
She married William Thomas Wright in Islington in the last quarter of 1886.[3]
At the 1891 census they were living in Islington and had two daughters.[4] By the 1901 census they had moved to Walthamstow and had three more children.[5] The children were all still at home at the 1911 census.[6]
Emma Maria died in 1932 and was buried at the Walthamstow Cemetary.[7]
Sources
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1863 S Quarter in CLERKENWELL Volume 01B Page 598
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBD2-3RS : 11 December 2017), Emma M Gillett in entry for James J Gillett, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DDW-SX6 : 13 December 2014), Emma Maria Gillett, 1886; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1886, quarter 4, vol. 1B, p. 528, Islington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q71P-XZM : 10 December 2017), Emma M Wright in household of William J Wright, Islington, London, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NN-S9D : 8 April 2016), Emma M Wright in household of William T Wright, Walthamstow, Essex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Walthamstow subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWFJ-KMZ : 2 August 2017), Emma Maria Wright in household of William Thomas Wright, Walthamstow, Walthamstow, Essex, England; 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.
- ↑ findagrave
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