Emily Smith (abt. 1862 - bef. 1884)

Born about 1862 in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died before 15 Mar 1884 before about age 22 in Bronx, New York, United States

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Biography

Emie She died in New York in 1884 just before Richards marriage. Emie used the stage name Weathersby. The family used Weathersby on various legal documents.

Sources

• First hand Family Knowledge.
• Article in The Metropolitan 15 Jan 1898. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ecpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gzoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1946%2C5465300
• Photo in a collection of cigarette cards. [[1]]

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192375570/emie-weathersby

• Obituary New York Times

Notes

• Not to be confused with Richard Weatherbys daughter also called Emie who appeared on stage with the D'Oyle Carte in 1904.

Emie has 8 siblings

The 3 confirmed so far are

Born 1855 Jennie Smith aka Jennie Weathersby (Stage Name)

Born 1857 Eliza (Smith) Goodwin aka Eliza Weathersby (Stage Name)

Born 1860 Richard Smith aka Richard Weathersby (Stage Name)

There is also on family records

Harriet

I have removed Helen as I believe her to be Richards Daughter.

Bessie

William

John

A Lillian is mentioned in an obituary as having attended Eliza's funeral with her mother in New York but is not shown on family records. Is Lillian Helen or Nell?

We do have some information on Bessie. Bessie married a George Hayes (This is probably the George Hayes from the D'Oyle Carte opera. They had 3 children that are known. George C Hayes, Willie Hayes and Jack Hayes.

Jack Hayes married an Alice. They had a child George Richard Hayes who married Evelyn Hancock. They had 2 children John and Christine.

Records are hard to pin down during this period due to the nomadic nature of theatricals.

Note

• Emie died of typhoid in 1908 which Emie?

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