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George W Emerson

Male 1851 - 1911  (59 years)


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  • Name George W Emerson 
    Birth 4 Jul 1851  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 21 Jun 1855  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 4, born Monroe Co, living with parents 
    Census 23 Jul 1860  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 10, born NY, living with parents 
    Census 6 Jun 1865  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 14, born Monroe Co, living with parents 
    Census 4 Aug 1870  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 19, born NY, farmer, living with parents 
    Census 1 Jun 1875  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 25, born Monroe Co, farmer, sister and parents next doore 
    Census 21 Jun 1880  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 29, born NY, farmer, he & family living with parents 
    Census 16 Feb 1892  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 40, born US, farmer 
    Census 2 Jun 1900  Bergen, Genesee, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born Jul 1851 in NY, marr 28 yrs, landlord, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Bergen, Genesee, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 58, born NY, widowed, travelling man for seed co, parents born UNK/UNK, living with son's family 
    Death 10 May 1911  Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Creekside Cemetery, Churchville, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4787  Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2016 

    Father Joseph Mark “Mark” Emerson,   b. 8 Oct 1815, Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1880, Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Emily A Warren,   b. 8 Dec 1820, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1883, Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1841 
    Family ID F1384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Orpha Mosier,   b. 27 Oct 1855, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1904, Bergen, Genesee, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1872 
    Children 
    +1. William Mosier Emerson,   b. 3 Nov 1873, Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1944, Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Cora Bell Emerson,   b. Sep 1876, Riga, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1936 (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F1386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2016 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 11 May 1911 (newspapers.com)
      GEORGE W. EMERSON
      DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS OF NATIVE OF TOWN OF RIGA
      Bergen - May 10 - George W. Emerson, who had been a sufferer from cancer of the bowels since November, 1909, died this at 4:45 in the Batavia Hospital, to which he went the 28th of last January. His age was 59 years. Mr. Emerson was the son of Mark and Emily Warren Emerson, and he was born on a farm in the town of Riga a mile east of this village July 4, 1851. His life was passed in the town of Riga and Bergen. December 18, 1872 he married Orpha Mosier, of the town of Byron, who died December 18, 1904. He was a past grand of Wardville Lodge, I.O.O.F., of Bergen, and a member of Batavia Encampment. Mr. Emerson made friends easily and kept them. He leaves a son, William M. Emerson, and a daughter, Mrs. S.E. Walker, both of this village.