Emma Fryer

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Fryer was born on 22 January 1875, in Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, John William Fryer, was 30 and her mother, Frances Emeline Sutton, was 27. She married Leroy Nelson Boynton on 19 January 1898, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Whittier Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 3 October 1968, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leroy Nelson Boynton
1876–1952
Emma Fryer
1875–1968
Marriage: 19 January 1898
Helen Louise Boynton
1898–1965
Harold Adna Boynton
1901–1979
Mary Dorothy Boynton
1904–2003
Alice Margaret Boynton
1908–1987
Elizabeth Ella Boynton
1912–2006

Sources (29)

  • Emma Baynton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Emma Boynton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Emma Pryer, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

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.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Freer 1.

Americanized form of German Freier or Freyer .

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

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