Emma was born in 1857. She is the daughter of Wesley Mason and Mary Youmans. Emma passed away when she was twenty two years old according to a biography of her father.[1] However, this doesn't really add up with her birth in 1857 and presence in 1885 census with her family.
Sources
↑ Nelson, William. The New Jersey coast in three centuries: history of the New Jersey coast with genealogical and historic-biographical appendix New York and Chicago, The Lewis publishing company. 1902. Volume 3. Page 109
"New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQZ-CR7 : 11 February 2018), Emma J. Mason, 08 Aug 1857; citing MIDDLETOWN,MONMOUTH,NEW JERSEY, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN82-6Z6 : 29 August 2017), Emma Jane Mason in household of Westley Mason, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 108, sheet 104A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,791.
"New Jersey State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6YZH-BN2 : 11 March 2018), Emma J Mason in household of Wesley Mason, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey; citing p. 19, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 888,629.
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