Emma Caroline Cogswell

Brief Life History of Emma Caroline

When Emma Caroline Cogswell was born on 4 March 1872, in Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Elihu Cogswell III, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Jane Robinson, was 38. She lived in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Northampton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881. She died in 1947, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodstock 23, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Elihu Cogswell III
1831–1885
Margaret Jane Robinson
1834–1898
William F Cogswell
1855–1922
Donald Cogswell
1879–
Isabel Drusilla Cogswell
1856–1932
George Allen Cogswell
1857–1916
Howard T Cogswell
1861–1950
Amos Whitefield Cogswell
1861–1919
Eunice Maria Cogswell
1862–1935
Emma Caroline Cogswell
1872–1947
James Finley Cogswell
1872–1908
Susan Aurilla Cogswell
1873–1955
Charles Herbert COGSWELL
1876–1933

Sources (11)

  • Emma C. Coggswell in household of Elihu Coggswell, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Emma Caroline Cogswell, "Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920"
  • Emma C Cogswell, "Canada Census, 1871"

World Events (3)

1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire

On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.

1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge

July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.

1937 · Miramichi Strike

August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Great and Little Coxwell in Oxfordshire, named with an Old English personal name Cocc + Old English wella ‘spring, stream’.

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

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