Emma Elizabeth (Wright) Breed (1871 - 1954)

Born 1871 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Stephen Fitch Breed — married about Sep 1901 in La Grange, Cook County, Illinois, United States

Died 1954 at about age 83 in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

This profile describes Emma Elizabeth Wright who became the spouse of Stephen Fitch Breed (1875-1913). A census record of 1880 in Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, charts Lizzie Wright, age 6, in the household of Ella E. (Bell; 1853 - 1906) and Irvin W. Wright (1846 - 1914) ^[1].

Emma married Stephen Fitch Breed (1875-1913). They may have married in September 1901 at La Grange, Illinois [^[2] document image not available for inspection].

This family was recorded in the 1910 U.S. census of Brooklyn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania ^[3]. In this record, a niece, Alice F. Breed, is listed in the household, as well as Alfred Sears (boarder), and Irving Wright, Elizabeth's father.

Elizabeth Breed evidently visited Canada in 1927, arriving back in the U.S. via Vermont ^[4].

Elizabeth (Wright) Breed applied for U.S. Social Security in May 1944 ^[5].

Elizabeth (Wright) Breed died in 1954. Her grave is in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVX-DTN : 14 January 2022), Lizie Wright in household of Irving W. Wright, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N749-1LC : 25 January 2023), S. Fitch Breed and Emma E. Wright, 1901.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7J-TWW : accessed 9 April 2023), Elizabeth Breed in household of S Fitch Breed, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 5A, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1421; FHL microfilm 1,375,434.
4. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSC6-95S : 14 November 2019), Elizabeth Breed, 1927.
5. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Z-SMB9 : 11 February 2023), Elizabeth Wright Breed, .
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #95327857