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Emma Josephine Lawson 1889–1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Aug 1889

Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 30 Apr 1980

Death Location: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA

Father: James Lawson

Mother: Susan Howell

Spouse(s): Henry Whitfield

Children(s): Ernest Whitfield, Henry Whitfield, Jewell Whitfield, James Sr.

Emma Josephine Lawson was born in 1889 in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA, the child of James Hiram Lawson And Susan Ann Howell. Emma Josephine Lawson married Henry James Whitfield, and had children including Ernest Lee Whitfield, Henry Glenn Whitfield, James Hoyt Whitfield Sr, Jewell Mae Whitfield. Emma Josephine Lawson passed away in 1980 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Emma Josephine Lawson was born in 1889 in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA, the child of James Hiram Lawson And Susan Ann Howell.
  • Emma Josephine Lawson married Henry James Whitfield, and had children including Ernest Lee Whitfield, Henry Glenn Whitfield, James Hoyt Whitfield Sr, Jewell Mae Whitfield.
  • Emma Josephine Lawson passed away in 1980 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Lawson
1866–1933
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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Susan Howell
1866–1938
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Henry Whitfield
1892–1960
Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

Ernest Whitfield
1920–1979
Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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Henry Whitfield
1912–1964
Birth Location: Ball Ground, Cherokee, Georgia, USA
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Jewell Whitfield
1915–1996
Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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James Sr.
1927–2020
Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
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Emma Lawson's Ancestors

Self
Emma Lawson
1889–1980
Birth Place: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Parents
James Hiram Lawson
1866–1933
Georgia, USA
Susan (Ann) Howell
1866–1938
Grandparents
Nevel (Riley) Lawson
1828–1890
Union, Union, South Carolina, USA
Rebecca Smith
1832–1913
Union, Union, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Smith
1787–1854
Amanda Duke
1787–1878
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Leonard Smith
1747–1829
Nancy Littlefield
1754–1820

Emma Lawson's Descendants

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Emma (Josephine) Lawson (28 Aug 1889–30 Apr 1980) m. Henry (James) Whitfield (17 May 1892–19 May 1960)
  1. 1. Ernest (Lee) Whitfield 1920–1979 m. Mollie (Louise) Stewart 1920–2008
    1. 1. Geraldine (Juanita) Gamble 1941–2010
    2. 2. Glenn (Edward) Whitfield 1948–2020
  2. 2. Henry (Glenn) Whitfield 1912–1964 m. Edna Yarbrough 1905–1964
  3. 3. Jewell (Mae) Whitfield 1915–1996 m. Samuel (Ransom) Ellenburg 1902–1975
    1. 1. Charles (Edward) Ellenburg 1934–2002
  4. 4. James (Hoyt Whitfield) Sr. 1927–2020 m. Hazel (Ruth) Womack 1930–2007
    1. 1. James (Hoyt Whitfield) Jr. 1951–1991
    2. 2. Brenda Whitfield 1947–2020
    3. 3. Evelyn Whitfield 1946–2001

Emma Lawson's Timeline

2 Records

1889
28 Aug 1889
Birth of Emma Josephine Lawson in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
1980
30 Apr 1980
Age 91
Death of Emma Josephine Lawson in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1889
    Event Place: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1980
    Event Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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