Brief Life History of Emma Dimmis
When Emma Dimmis Estabrook was born on 17 December 1851, in Oakland, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Sylvester Hale Easterbrook, was 29 and her mother, Lucy Lamb, was 25. She married Edwin Albert Kenworthy in 1875, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Johnson City, Broome, New York, United States in 1930 and Union, Broome, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 4 January 1944, in Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Emma Kenworthy in household of Edwin Kenworthy, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma D. Easterbrook - Published information: birth-name: Emma D. Easterbrook
- Sylvester H Estabrook Military Rec - in part
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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.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Easterbrook in Bow (Devon). The placename derives from Middle English est ‘east’ + brok ‘brook, stream’ (Old English ēast + brōc).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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