Emma Malissa Wolford

Brief Life History of Emma Malissa

When Emma Malissa Wolford was born on 5 June 1862, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Perry Oliver Wolford, was 17 and her mother, Sarah McNees, was 21. She married Martin Carothers on 30 July 1880, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 17 July 1938, in Cherry Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Carothers
1859–1892
Emma Malissa Wolford
1862–1938
Marriage: 30 July 1880
Edward Lawrence Carothers
1880–1972
James Russell Carothers
1883–1960
Ruth Carothers
1886–

Sources (13)

  • Amy M Carothers, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Anne or Amy Carothers, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Amy Melissa Carothers, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Wolford in Warwickshire or Wolford Farm in Dunkeswell (Devon). The Warwickshire placename derives from Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + weard ‘watch, protection’. The Devon placename derives from Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + ford ‘ford’.

variant of Woollard .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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