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Emma N. Young1,2,3,4,5

#3534, b. circa 1848, d. 1 January 1932
Adoptive fatherCyrus H. Young4 b. c 1826
Adoptive motherNancy Howser4 b. c 1831
Birthc 1848Edinburgh?, Scotland6,1,2,3,7,8,4 
Marriages 1865Elisha Samuel Brown 
Divorcebt 1870 - 1880Elisha Samuel Brown1 
Death1 Jan 1932Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana4 
Immigrationc 18492,3
Census1870Spencer County, Kentucky6
Census1880Shelby County, Kentucky1
Residence1893Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia9
Census1900Fulton County, Georgia2
Census1910Jefferson County, Alabama3
Census1920Etowah County, Alabama7
Census1930Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana8

Family

 Elisha Samuel Brown b. c 2 Aug 1840, d. 13 Nov 1922
Children 1.Jolly R. Brown+1 b. c Jul 1866, d. 30 Nov 1913
 2.Guy Y. Brown+1 b. c Oct 1869, d. 21 Mar 1946
 3.Hugh P. Brown1 b. Jul 1871
 4.Elmer P. Brown1 b. Jun 1873
ChartsAncestors of Louise Brown
Notes
The 1900 census has 1866 as her year of immigration, but the 1910 census has 1849. The latter year is thought to be correct based on family tradition.2,3
Emma's death certificate lists her parents as Cyrus H. Young and Nancy Howser. However, Cyrus and Nancy were both both in the US and Emma's birthplace was Scotland (or, accoridng to fmaily tradition, she may have been born on the voyage to America). Further, the family tradition has it that Emma's birth mother, Lucinda Young, died soon after immigrating in 1850 and that Emma was adopted by a Luteran Minister living in Louisville. While there is no evidence that Cyrus Young was a minister, the other facts fit reasonably well and it seems likely that Cyrus and Nancy were Emma's adoptive parents.
Family tradition has it that Emma was Emma Nettie Young, daughter of Lucinda Young. Lucinda immigrated with her infant daughter in 1850, arriving at Philadelphia from Liverpool aboard the Hibernia on May 14 (passenger list available at Ancestry.com). It is said that Lucinda died soon after arriving and that Emma was adopted by a Lutheran Minister in Louisville, Kentucky.
It's not clear what Emma's middle initial was. The 1870 census seems to have "S.". The 1880 and 1900 censuses show "N.". The 1910 census has "L."

Citations

  1. [S1603] 1880 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Emma N Brown, Shelby County, Kentucky, SD4 ED187, p 24D, Dwelling/Family number xx/xx.
  2. [S1773] 1900 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Emma N. Brown, Cooks? District, Fulton County, Georgia, SD5 ED27, p 4A, Dwelling/Family number xx/xx.
  3. [S1790] 1910 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Emma L. Brown, Parson's? Precinct, Jefferson County, AL, SD9 ED35, p 13B, Dwelling/Family number xx/xx.
  4. [S3438] "Louisiana death records/certificates, ca. 1850-1875, 1894-1954; indexes, 1900-1954", Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org, Accessed: 2013), database and images, Entry: Emma N Brown, death date: 01 Jan 1932, Honduras Section, Terrebonne, Louisiana.
  5. [S3438] "Louisiana death records/certificates, ca. 1850-1875, 1894-1954; indexes, 1900-1954", Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org, Accessed: 2013), database and images, Entry: Guy Y Brown, death date: 21 Mar 1946, death place: Grand Cailleu, , Terrebonne, Louisiana.
  6. [S1604] 1870 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for E. S. Brown (Elisha S. Brown), Nations Precinct, Spencer County, Kentucky, p 1 (148), Dwelling/Family number xx/xx.
  7. [S1795] 1920 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Guy Y Brown, Gilberts Beat, Etowah County, AL, SD7 Ed97, p 3B, Dwelling/Family number xx/xx.
  8. [S7097] 1930 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Guy Brown, Ward 4, Terrebonne PArish, Louisiana, SD10 ED55-8, sh 13A (152), Dwelling/Family number 261/271.
  9. [S7081] "Atlanta City Directory for 1893", H. G. Saunders, pub. images online, Ancestry.com, Emma N. Brown, (wid E S) r 169 Hunter p 454.