Emilie Theresa Firth1

ID #207, (c 1879-1939)
     Emilie Theresa Firth was born circa 1879, in England.2,3,1 Father: John Firth (b 1854 Bradford, York, England) - Mother: Emilie Sniffen Lesher (b 1854 New York City).1 Emilie immigrated in 1883.4 She married Howard Rockwell Townsend, son of Edward Mitchell Townsend and Belinda Rockwell, on Saturday, 28 January 1905 in South Orange, NJ.5,6,7,8 Emilie Theresa Firth died in 1939.1

Census

1910411 Tillou Rd, South Orange, NJEmilie Theresa Firth and Howard Rockwell Townsend appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of South Orange, NJ, at 411 Tillou Rd, enumerated 1910, Enumerated with 2 servants and mother-in-law Emilie S Firth.7
1930East Main St, Oyster Bay, Long island, NYEmilie Theresa Firth and Howard Rockwell Townsend appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long island, NY, at East Main St, enumerated 1930, House value: $70,000. Enumerated with 3 servants. Howard is coded as 'social and welfare workers'. Howard Jr is coded as 'mechanical and technical engineers' and is listed as a banker in a banking house. Theresa & Audry are coded as 'Architects', designers', and draftsmen's apprentices'. Howard is listed as a commisioned merchant in wholesale hoisery.4

Family

Howard Rockwell Townsend b. 10 Aug 1871, d. 1939
Children

Sources of Information

  1. Rockwell Townsend, "Firth-Townsend Family", Genealogy Chart Family Tree, handwritten, c 2005 , Home of Linda Sargent Reinfeld , MA.
  2. Edward M Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  3. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910, Internet database, www.newenglandancestors.org, viewed on NewEnglandAncestors, NEHGS.
  4. Howard R Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  5. The American Historical Society Inc., Kingsbury-Townsend and Allied Families Genealogical and biographical, privately printed for Mrs. F J Kingsbury, 1929.
  6. Edward M Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc. calculates to c 1903 - but I think the earlier census is correct.
  7. Howard R Townsend household, 1910 USCensus, South Orange, Essex County, NJ, enumeration district 0221, page 7B, image 795, roll T624_884, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  8. New York Family Bible Records 1581-1917, online database, digitized by ancestry.com, . Original publication: Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917, Holy Bible of Daniel Townsend (1798-1960). Www.ancestry.com , updated Jan 2011, viewed Feb 2011.

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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.

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