Emma Frances Robb

Brief Life History of Emma Frances

When Emma Frances Robb was born on 11 October 1861, in Adams, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Robb, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Ann Miller, was 22. She married George Clinton Wheeler on 17 February 1884, in Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 7 April 1927, in Macon, Macon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Burton Cemetery, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Clinton Wheeler
1860–1902
Emma Frances Robb
1861–1927
Marriage: 17 February 1884
Iva Florence Wheeler
1885–1959
Bertha Ellen Wheeler
1886–1974
Ora Grace Wheeler
1890–1961
Earl Thomas Wheeler
1896–1971
Mary Wheeler
1902–1903

Sources (10)

  • Emma Wheeler, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Emma F Robb, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Find A Grave

World Events (8)

1863

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

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Robb(e), a pet form of Robert . See also Robbie .

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

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