Emma Lydia (Phillips) Bailey (1859 - 1927)

Born 18 Sep 1859 in Ontario, Canada

Wife of Benjamin Lewis Bailey — married 14 Apr 1874 (to before 17 Jun 1893) in Isabella County, Michigan, United States

Wife of William Richard (Hodges) Orser — married 17 Jun 1893 (to 26 Sep 1900) in Clare, Clare, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1927 at age 68 in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States

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Biography

1900 Census lists Emma Hodges as married and living with Arthur Bailey, son, age 19 and Ola M Bailey, daughter, age 17 as well as a boarder, Mr. LaFramboise.

1910 Census lists Emma Bailey as divorced and living with Roy C Bailey, son, age 23, Richard E Hodges, son, age 16 and a boarder, Thomas LaFramboise.

1920 Census lists Emma Bailey, age 58, as widowed and living with Emma Bailey, daughter, age 35, divorced and a boarder, John Onstott, age 59.

Emma had been married to Benjamin Lewis Bailey prior to her marriage to William Richard Hodges. I did not locate a divorce certificate for the Bailey / Phillips marriage, nor did I locate any documents to indicate that she remarried Mr. Bailey after her divorce from William Richard Hodges. However, after the divorce from W.R. Hodges, she reverted to using the last name of Bailey. On census records after the divorce she was listed as married, divorced and widowed but she was listed as married on her death certificate and using the Bailey surname.

Sources

• Marriage Book, Isabella County, Michigan, 1893: Marriage record Emma: "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3NG-994 : 18 February 2021), Abraham Hodges in entry for Richard Hodges and Elizabeth Phillips, 17 Jun 1893; citing Marriage, Clare, Clare, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207817.

• Divorce Decree, Isabella County, Michigan 1900: Divorce from Emma: 26 Sep 1900, Clare, Isabella County, Michigan {https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9092/images/41327_335099-00158?pId=6563396}

• Find A Grave, for Emma Lydia Phillips Bailey. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72692861/emma-l.-bailey

• US Census, City of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1900: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/77907447/person/270119581574/media/316f624c-a15b-4ab3-950e-07fae80eaf27?_phsrc=EFe3&usePUBJs=true

• US Census, City of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1910: Census Place: MT Pleasant Ward 3, Isabella, Michigan; Roll: T624_652; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1374665 {https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4330150-01025?pId=12185151}

• US Census, Isabella County, Michigan, 1920: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/77907447/person/270119581574/media/5b20f635-a505-4a45-8174-d2be759a7617?_phsrc=EFe3&usePUBJs=true

• Death Certificate: {https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/IO_1cb53a52-c2d7-4bfe-8785-f4ad198a3b77/}