When Emma Nye was born on 28 September 1837, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Nye, was 30 and her mother, Charlotte Emline Osborne, was 20. She married George Thomas Wilson in 1857, in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Portland, Victoria, Australia in 1852 and lived in Marriott-Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 43, her occupation is listed as milliner & dress maker. She died on 1 July 1896, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
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Possible Related NamesJohn Nye, Senior My grandfather, John Nye, was born July 12, 1807 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. He was the son of John Nye and Ann Randall Hessiman. He married Charlotte Osborn in Parish of Waterinb …
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