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Emma Lou Tilley 1935–2019 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1935

Birth Location: West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 20 Apr 2019

Death Location: Forest Hill, Summers County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: Henry Tilley

Mother: Elizabeth Bolling

Spouse(s): James Sr

Children(s):

The story of Emma Lou Tilley began in 1935 in West Virginia, USA. In 1950, Emma Lou Tilley resided in Greenbrier, Summers, West Virginia, USA. Emma Lou Tilley married James Howard Blume Sr, and had children including Blume, Cathy Elizabeth Shank, James H Blume Jr, Paul A Blume. Emma Lou Tilley passed away in 2019 in Forest Hill, Summers County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Emma Lou Tilley began in 1935 in West Virginia, USA.
  • In 1950, Emma Lou Tilley resided in Greenbrier, Summers, West Virginia, USA.
  • Emma Lou Tilley married James Howard Blume Sr, and had children including Blume, Cathy Elizabeth Shank, James H Blume Jr, Paul A Blume.
  • Emma Lou Tilley passed away in 2019 in Forest Hill, Summers County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Emma Tilley's Ancestors

Self
Emma Tilley
1935–2019
Birth Place: West Virginia, USA
Parents
Henry Ward Beecher Tilley
1892–1968
Rockcastle, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Elizabeth ("Lizzie" Ivona) Bolling
1903–1982
Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Nathan (Sherman) Bolling
1871–1954
Floyd, Virginia
Sarah ("Sallie" Lou Ella Frances Emma) Underwood
1880–1962
Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Bolling
1847–1931
Nancy Boyd
1853–1920
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathan Bowling
1824–1896
Mary Burnett
1825–1885

Emma Tilley's Timeline

3 Records

1935
17 Mar 1935
Birth of Emma Lou Tilley in West Virginia, USA
West Virginia, USA
1950
1950
Age 15
Emma Lou Tilley resided here in Greenbrier, Summers, West Virginia, USA
Greenbrier, Summers, West Virginia, USA
2019
20 Apr 2019
Age 84
Death of Emma Lou Tilley in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1935
    Event Place: West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Greenbrier, Summers, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Greenbrier, Summers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Apr 2019
    Event Place: Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Forest Hill, Summers County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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