Born about 10 May 1855 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Wife of Benjamin Franklin Richardson — married 7 Jul 1926 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kirkland Name Study.

Emma Lydia Kirkland was born on or about May 10, 1855,^[1] in Prince Edward Island. She was the youngest child of John Kirkland and Elizabeth Weeks. Emma's mother died when she was still quite young, in 1858. ^[2]

In 1861, Emma was living with her father, step-mother and four siblings in Wicklow, New Brunswick.^[3] In 1870, at the age of 17, Emma was living in Houlton, Maine working as a domestic servant in the household of her older brother, James.^[4]

About 1873,^[5] Emma married Isaac Newton Withrow. Isaac had been boarding with James's household in 1871. They lived in Waterville, Carleton County, New Brunswick, where they had 9 children. Sometime before 1901, the family moved to Moose Jaw, Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan).

On July 21, 1929, Emma, by that point a widow, married Benjamin Franklin Richardson.^[6] At the time of this marriage, she was a resident of Howard Brook, New Brunswick.

Sources

1. ↑ as per 1901 census. Age is inconsistent among sources, which puts her birth year anywhere from 1851 to 1860
2. ↑ Daniel F Johnson, New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Vol 17, No 1471 York, Fredericton, New Brunswick Reporter and Fredericton Advertiser, February 12 1858 - Death of Elizabeth Kirkland
3. ↑ 1861 census of Canada, NB, Carleton County, Wicklow, Pg 46 John Kirkland & family
4. ↑ 1870 US Census; Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_538; Page: 190B; Image: 386; Family History Library Film: 552037. – James F & Janette J Kirkland and 6 children, plus boarders (available on Ancestry)
5. ↑ Estimated, based on the birth of their first child in 1874
6. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS141 B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages, Carleton County, Brighton Parish, No 2068, Code B4/1927l, Microfilm F19689 – Marriage of Benjamin Franklin Richardson & Emma Lydia (Kirkland) Withrow, 1929

See also:

• "1881 Census of Canada" Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca: accessed 26 Sept 2015), New Brunswick, Carleton (31), Brighton (J), Page 71 Family 295 – entry for Isaac Withrow
• "1891 Census of Canada" Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca: accessed 26 Sept 2015), New Brunswick, Carleton (12), Sub-District B-2, Page 4-5 Family 19 - entry for Isaac Wilburn [Withrow]
• "1901 Census of Canada" Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca: accessed 27 sept 2015), The Territories, Assiniboia West (204), Moose Jaw West (T1-1), Pg 3 Family 15 – Entry for Isaac Withrow
• 1881, Residence, Emma Withrow, as wife in household of Isaac Withrow, "Canada Census, 1881 for Brighton Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada"

• 1896, Marriage daughter, Lizzie Withrow to Harry (Henry) Whitehouse, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages, 1789-1950"[1] (as Mery)

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