Residence Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Head.
1900
Winchester Ward 3, Winchester City, Virginia, USA. [3]
Note: in 1900 census, mother of 6 children, 5 of them living.[4] Perhaps father and one child died at the same time? Research newspapers again, Staunton, Winchester....
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Research Notes: Virginia Project
Question Emma was widowed on the 1900 Census; did she remarry in 1901 to Josiah Palmer and is that why her son Julius lists her as Grace Palmer?
Name: Emma Manley
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1863
Marriage License Place Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States
Josiah/Joseph Palmer was remarried in August of 1904 in Winchester, Virginia and at the time of his second marriage he is listed as widowed.[7]
Albert On records pertaining to her son Albert (if he indeed married Sadie Campbell); she is listed as Emma Murry [also spelled Murray] and then as Emma Martin.
Albert Manley in the Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Julius On two records pertaining to her son Julius; his marriage record and his social security records his mother is listed as Grace Palmer. It is believed that her full name was Emma Grace Palmer; although it should be noted that Emma could have been a nickname for Emily or Emeline.
Julius John Manley in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Name: Julius John Manley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 41
Birth Date: abt 1897
Marriage Registration Place: Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68S4-6VLB : Fri Oct 13 20:27:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Josiah Palmer and S. D. Skelton, 30 Jan 1901.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Source: S-219653366 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900
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