Brief Life History of Emerald Joy
When Emerald Joy Emery was born on 21 July 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, John Pierpont Emery, was 24 and her mother, Selma Josephine Hogeton, was 21. She died on 21 July 1917, at the age of 0, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Emerald Joy Emery, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Emerald Joy Emery, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
- Emerald Joy Emery, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Amalric, composed of the elements Amal (a dynastic name among the Goths) + rīk ‘realm, power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans, developing into the Middle English personal name Amery, Emery (from Old French Amauri, Emaurri). Compare Amery , Amory , and 2 below.
French: from the Old French personal name Aimery, ancient Germanic Haimeric, from haim ‘home’+ rīc ‘power(ful)’. This may occasionally also be a derivation of the English surname (see 1 above). Compare Lemery .
Americanized form of German Hemmerich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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