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Emma “Emily” <I>Moorhouse</I> Leasy Munson

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Emma “Emily” Moorhouse Leasy Munson

Birth
Repton, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England
Death
1908 (aged 85–86)
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
Burial
Goodnoe Hills, Klickitat County, Washington, USA Add to Map
Plot
no plot number or dates on Emily's marker
Memorial ID
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Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910...source for
Name Emma Moorhouse Gender Female Baptism Date 30 Nov 1823 Baptism Place Repton, Repton, Derbyshire, England
Father Joseph Moorhouse Mother Frances Neville Moorhouse
FHL Film Number 1042136
Household Members
Name Age
Name Joseph Moorhouse
Name Frances Moorhouse
Name Emma Moorhouse

Emily (NMI) Moorhouse married Henry William Leasy on 26 Dec 1843 in Columbiana, Ohio. Their six children...Francis Caroline, William Henry, John Thomas, Christopher Columbus, Joseph J., James E. all are Leasys.

Emily and Henry divorced (first recorded divorce) after much arguments where they stopped in Rondeville/Mount Glenn... outskirts of what is now La Grande, Oregon and set up camp with five other families in the winter of 1860. Later Emily remarried. Henry remarried later.

Emily Moorhouse Leasy remarried to Clarence Munson abt 1862. Their children Castella Munson and Isaac Aaron Munson.

Emily and Clarence Munson were homesteading and were sheepherders in Goldendale, WA before Emily passed away sometime in 1908. After Emily's passing Clarence gave up their ideas of ranch life and went to live with his grandaughter Emma Marks Chamberlain.

There Is a mountain in La Grande named after Emily it's called Mt. Emily. It overlooks the valley. There is a pioneer monument at the foot of Mt. Emily depicting the five families settling there then called Mount Glenn.No dates

PICTURES OF EMILY AND HER FAMILY ARE FROM MY DAD'S MARKS/LEASY/MOORHOUSE/MUNSON/BURRIGHT/WILMOTH FAMIY PICTURE COLLECTION. HE ALSO NAMED ALOT OF THE PICTURES CAN'T SEE
THE BOTTOM OF THESE PICTURES HIS INFO WAS CUT OFF.
PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO HIM FOR SAVING THEM. HIS NAME IS IVAN RAMOND MARKS.
THEN BY LUCK AND CHANCE I SAVED THEM FROM THE GARBAGE CAN.
MY HUSBAND WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME BUT HE IS DECEASED NOW.
TY, JEP
7/6/2021
Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910...source for
Name Emma Moorhouse Gender Female Baptism Date 30 Nov 1823 Baptism Place Repton, Repton, Derbyshire, England
Father Joseph Moorhouse Mother Frances Neville Moorhouse
FHL Film Number 1042136
Household Members
Name Age
Name Joseph Moorhouse
Name Frances Moorhouse
Name Emma Moorhouse

Emily (NMI) Moorhouse married Henry William Leasy on 26 Dec 1843 in Columbiana, Ohio. Their six children...Francis Caroline, William Henry, John Thomas, Christopher Columbus, Joseph J., James E. all are Leasys.

Emily and Henry divorced (first recorded divorce) after much arguments where they stopped in Rondeville/Mount Glenn... outskirts of what is now La Grande, Oregon and set up camp with five other families in the winter of 1860. Later Emily remarried. Henry remarried later.

Emily Moorhouse Leasy remarried to Clarence Munson abt 1862. Their children Castella Munson and Isaac Aaron Munson.

Emily and Clarence Munson were homesteading and were sheepherders in Goldendale, WA before Emily passed away sometime in 1908. After Emily's passing Clarence gave up their ideas of ranch life and went to live with his grandaughter Emma Marks Chamberlain.

There Is a mountain in La Grande named after Emily it's called Mt. Emily. It overlooks the valley. There is a pioneer monument at the foot of Mt. Emily depicting the five families settling there then called Mount Glenn.No dates

PICTURES OF EMILY AND HER FAMILY ARE FROM MY DAD'S MARKS/LEASY/MOORHOUSE/MUNSON/BURRIGHT/WILMOTH FAMIY PICTURE COLLECTION. HE ALSO NAMED ALOT OF THE PICTURES CAN'T SEE
THE BOTTOM OF THESE PICTURES HIS INFO WAS CUT OFF.
PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO HIM FOR SAVING THEM. HIS NAME IS IVAN RAMOND MARKS.
THEN BY LUCK AND CHANCE I SAVED THEM FROM THE GARBAGE CAN.
MY HUSBAND WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME BUT HE IS DECEASED NOW.
TY, JEP
7/6/2021

Inscription

Information of Emily's burial is from Ms. Doris Brack, Klickitat County Assessor
Goldendale, WA, located "Mrs. Munson" on map of Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Ms.Brack said that all there is is an old metal marker and what is on paper plot in assessor's office. Directions:
Enter gate on East side; go straight ahead to West fence. Near grave marker of Nellie Sanstrum in 2nd row back from West fence. It says "Mrs. Munson".
By jep



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  • Maintained by: JEP
  • Originally Created by: Cris Moorehouse
  • Added: Nov 25, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5994902/emma-leasy_munson: accessed ), memorial page for Emma “Emily” Moorhouse Leasy Munson (Sep 1822–1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5994902, citing Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Goodnoe Hills, Klickitat County, Washington, USA; Maintained by JEP (contributor 46914578).