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Emma Louise Melanson

Female 1885 - 1981  (95 years)


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  1. 1.  Emma Louise Melanson was born 14 Sep 1885, Joggins Mines, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 7 Feb 1981, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried , Northwood Ridge Cemetery, Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; with her niece, Barbara, in Bertha's house for several years after Bertha had passed away
    • Residence: Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; with her sister, Bertha, in her later years
    • Baptised: 23 Nov 1885, Joggins Mines, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Census: 1891, subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Census: 1901, Sub-district Weymouth Bridge, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: Oct 1906, Weymouth, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: Feb 1917, Weymouth, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Residence: 1935, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    • Residence: Dec 1935, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
    • Residence: 1940, 372 1st New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

    Notes:

    Baptised:
    Her godparents were William Melonson and Mrs Dosethee Belliveau. Baptism entry contains a note that she married to Chas. A Curtis on Feb 15, 1917 by Rev PN Dion at Weymouth, NS; Witnesses: J Dixon Rice and Mary V Melanson.

    Census:
    She is found on this census with her parents and two younger sisters.

    Census:
    She is found with her parents and two sisters.

    Residence:
    Steve Bryant determined which house they lived in from info given in the 1940 USA Census. He had visited them in that house quite a few times with his parents when he was a child. He said the house was horseshoe shaped, had a barn right behind it and a had a tower. This address fits the description and is also near Bow Road, which is where the census taker went next. Emma was still living in this house in 1970 and for a number of years afterwards. Someone in the town government knows the house and its current owners and has said that is the only house it could be. It is known as the Tower House in Northwood.

    Emma married Charles Albert Curtis 15 Feb 1917, Weymouth, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles (son of John Curtis and Eleonre ...) was born 6 Dec 1875, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 15 Oct 1941, Northwood Ridge Cemetery, Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; was buried , Northwood Ridge Cemetery, Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet]



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