Emily Davison Schurman

Brief Life History of Emily Davison

When Emily Davison Schurman was born on 28 June 1851, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America, her father, Solomon Desbrisay Schurman, was 32 and her mother, Maria Davison, was 31. She married Albert Yates Clarke on 10 June 1875, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1881. She died on 11 December 1903, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Yates Clarke
1851–1931
Emily Davison Schurman
1851–1903
Marriage: 10 June 1875
Beulah Clarke
1885–

Sources (6)

  • Emily O Clarke, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • Emily Schurman, "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888"
  • Emily D. Sherman Clarke, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

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World Events (8)

1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President

Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860

1863

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schürmann (see Schuermann ).

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

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