Whilmer W. Sill
(1832-1904)
Mary E. Clever
(1836-1912)
Emma Sill
(1861-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Houstan Shirey
2. Jacob Franklin Beecher

Emma Sill 3 4

  • Born: 16 Apr 1861, Norristown, Montgomery, PA 1 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Charles Houstan Shirey on 22 Feb 1882 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Jacob Franklin Beecher on 30 Nov 1922 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 2
  • Died: 19 Mar 1923, Coatesville, Chester, PA at age 61 1 3
  • Buried: 22 Mar 1923, Upper Darby: Montrose Cemetery, Delaware, PA 3

   Other names for Emma were Emma Shirey 2 and Martha Emily Sill.1

   FamilySearch ID: LD36-NSQ.

  Burial Notes:

G Lot 656 Grave 1

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 4 The 1870 census recorded Wilmer Sill, baker, 30, living with wife Mary, 24; Clara, 11; Emma, 9; and Villina, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: paralysis of heart, uremia, cerebral hemorrhage, 19 Mar 1923, Coatesville, Chester, PA. 3

3. Residence: 31 Star Alley, Coatesville, PA on 19 Mar 1923 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. 3


Emma married Charles Houstan Shirey on 22 Feb 1882 in , , Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Charles Houstan Shirey was born on 21 Jan 1860 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 and died on 28 Jan 1902 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1.)


Emma next married Jacob Franklin Beecher, son of William Lightner Beecher and Alidia Kinard, on 30 Nov 1922 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA.2 (Jacob Franklin Beecher was born on 20 Aug 1854 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA,5 6 7 8 died on 12 Aug 1933 in Oxford, Chester, PA 8 and was buried on 15 Aug 1933 in Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 8.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.), Application of Jesse William Climenson, grandson of Charles Houstan Shirey.

2 Chester County Archives, Pennsylvania (https://www.chesco.org/193/Records-Guides-Indexes), http://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/1726 Marriage of Jacob Franklin Beecher and Emma Shirey, 1922.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 33204. Emma Beecher. Father W. W. Sill. Mother not known. Informant/spouse: J Frank Beecher.

4 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ54-B9W Wilmer Sill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 69, family 540.

5 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFSS-NRZ Jacob Franklin Beecher and Emma Shivery, 1922.

6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, York County, Lower Windsor Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1201 Page: 502.

7 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, West Caln Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1394 Page: 6.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 70359. J. Franklin Beecher. Father William Beecher. Mother Lydia Kinard.


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