Almira (Wheeler) Emerson (1817 - 1903)

Born 12 Oct 1817 in Danville, Vermont

Ancestors

Died 29 Nov 1903 at age 86 in Grove Lake, Pope, Minnesota, United States

Biography

Almira was born in 1817. She was the daughter of John Wheeler and Catherine Chapman. She married Moses Emerson. She passed away in 1903. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WNWT-SKMM : 19 September 2019), Almira Emersen, 29 Nov 1903; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DX-CTP : 12 April 2016), Elmira Emerson in household of Moses Emerson, Dunn, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 746, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Minnesota State Census, 1865 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPS3-D8M : 10 February 2018), Almira Emerson in household of M W Emerson, Spencer Brook, Isanti, Minnesota, United States; citing volume 5, line 42, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,715.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDH7-3P5 : 6 June 2019), Elmira Emmerson in entry for Moses Emmerson, 1870.
• "Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNJ-RWH : 30 July 2017), A Emmerson in household of M W Emmerson, Spencer Brook, Isanti, Minnesota; citing p. 126, line 18, volume Isanti, Jackson, Kanabec and Kandiyohi County, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565723.
• "Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQX7-PLT : 4 August 2017), Almira Emerson in household of Moses W Emerson, Wyanett, Isanti, Minnesota; citing p. 10, volume Isanti, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,743.
• Personal research by Beryl Ring including personal knowledge, family records, correspondence and interviews.

Notes

Moved to Wisconsin about 1840. They located near Stoughton, an area known for wagon building. The area was known as "Wheeler Prairie" after John Wheeler who also settled here. Cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson.[mcintyre.FTW]