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Josephine Frances Emerson 1914–2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Sep 1914

Birth Location: Sunderland, Durham, England

Death Date: Aug 2005

Death Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Joseph Emerson

Mother: Gertrude Bolam

Spouse(s): William Watterson

Children(s):

In 1914, Josephine Frances Emerson entered the world in Sunderland, Durham, England, born to Joseph Emerson And Gertrude Irene Bolam. Josephine Frances Emerson married William Cregeen Watterson. Josephine Frances Emerson passed away in 2005 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1914, Josephine Frances Emerson entered the world in Sunderland, Durham, England, born to Joseph Emerson And Gertrude Irene Bolam.
  • Josephine Frances Emerson married William Cregeen Watterson.
  • Josephine Frances Emerson passed away in 2005 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Josephine Emerson's Ancestors

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Josephine Emerson
1914–2005
Birth Place: Sunderland, Durham, England
Parents
Joseph Emerson
1879–1961
Weardale, Durham
Gertrude (Irene) Bolam
1888–1975
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Thomas Emerson
1855–1902
Wellhope, Weardale, Durham
Tamar Peart
1853–1882
Lane Head, Stanhope, Durham, England
William (Swan) Bolam
1865–1895
Newcastle On Tyne
Frances Bolam
1865–1946
Newcastle, Northumberland
Great-Grandparents
William Bolam
1836–1893
Mary Simpson
1845–1890
John Furness
1827–1880
Mary Furness
1841–1930
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Swan
1803–1878
William Furness
1797–1871
Ann Furness
1802–1869

Josephine Emerson's Timeline

2 Records

1914
3 Sep 1914
Birth of Josephine Frances Emerson in Sunderland, Durham, England
Sunderland, Durham, England
2005
Aug 2005
Age 91
Death of Josephine Frances Emerson in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1914
    Event Place: Sunderland, Durham, England
    Record Source: England & Wales Births 1837-2006 - Findmypast, Volume: 10A; Page: 1287; Line Number: 49; Record set: England & Wales Births 1837-2006; Subcategory: Civil Births; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 2005
    Event Place: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

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