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Essie Irene Briggs 1899–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 July 1899

Birth Location: Alabama

Death Date: 23 Nov 1944

Death Location: Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama

Father: Joseph Briggs

Mother: Dora Worthington

Spouse(s): Robert Sorrells

Children(s): Virginia Sorrells\Thomas

Essie Irene Briggs was born in 1899 in Alabama, the child of Joseph Tomie Thomas Marion Briggs And Dora Emma Worthington. Essie Irene Briggs married Robert Reese Sorrells, and had children including Virginia Sorrells Thomas. Essie Irene Briggs passed away in 1944 in Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama.

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Biography

  • Essie Irene Briggs was born in 1899 in Alabama, the child of Joseph Tomie Thomas Marion Briggs And Dora Emma Worthington.
  • Essie Irene Briggs married Robert Reese Sorrells, and had children including Virginia Sorrells Thomas.
  • Essie Irene Briggs passed away in 1944 in Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Essie Briggs's Ancestors

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Essie Briggs
1899–1944
Birth Place: Alabama
Parents
Joseph "Tomie" Thomas Marion Briggs
1866–1946
Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States of America
Dora (Emma) Worthington
1873–1943
Leon, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA
Grandparents
John (Thomas) BRIGGS
1841–1919
Pike, Alabama, United States
Rebecca (Elizabeth) Dickey
1836–1906
Alabama
G.W. Worthington
1843–1917
Georgia, USA
Susan Worthington
1845–1919
Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Caleba Duck
1815–1895
Thomas Books
1812–1879
Orpha Mayo
1820–1908
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Duck
1780–1851
Sarah Cullifer
1787–1857
Charles 1785
1782–1828
Elizabeth Ferrill
1787–1855
Joseph Mayo
1797–1871

Essie Briggs's Descendants

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Essie (Irene) Briggs (2 July 1899–23 Nov 1944) m. Robert (Reese) Sorrells (Apr 25 1898–May 15 1963)
  1. 1. Virginia Sorrells\Thomas 1925–1976 m. Fate (Arthur) Thomas 1924–1993

Essie Briggs's Timeline

3 Records

1899
2 July 1899
Birth of Essie Irene Briggs in Alabama
Alabama
1919
16 Nov 1919
Age 20
Essie Irene Briggs was married in Luverne, Crenshaw, Alabama
Luverne, Crenshaw, Alabama
1944
23 Nov 1944
Age 45
Death of Essie Irene Briggs in Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama
Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 July 1899
    Event Place: Alabama

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1919
    Event Place: Luverne, Crenshaw, Alabama

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1944
    Event Place: Brantley, Crenshaw, Alabama

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