Emma was the daughter of George and Elizabeth York. I found seven, possibly eight, children for the couple—Elizabeth Jr. (c.1833), Sarah (c.1839), Henry (c.1840), Josiah (c.1842), William (c.1846), Harriet (c.1849) and Emma (12 Mar 1853).
I found Emma's parents and siblings on the 1850 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. Head of household was 21-year-old farmer John P. York, who may also have been their son. I can't make out 42-year-old George's occupation. Elizabeth, aged 44, was keeping house. There with them were Elizabeth Jr., aged 17, Sarah, aged 11, Henry, aged 10, Josiah, aged 8, William, aged 4, and Harriet, aged 1. Emma would join the group three years later in 1853.
Emma first appeared with her family on the 1860 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. George York, aged 51, was busy farming. Elizabeth, aged 53, was busy at home tending to the needs of their five children still at home—Henry, aged 19, Josiah, aged 17, William, aged 14, Harriet, aged 11, and Emma, aged 7.
(The Culver Citizen - 20 Feb 1935 p. 15) "STILL MORE SETTLERS (Continued) Up in the northern part of the township, ... the York family had moved in and taken up land. It was about the year 1865 that George York and his wife, who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Buchtel, came with their nine children to the Burr Oak neighborhood. They moved from Akron, Ohio, and settled on the Burr Oak Flats. Their homestead farm is now called the Pero farm. It has been said that George York was considered the best farmer around Burr Oak Flats. The names of the nine children of George and Elizabeteh York and those whom they married are as follows: Elizabeth married Philip Myers; Rebekah married Percy Moore; Sarah Ann married Dan Wise; Harriet became the wife of Frank Hawk; Emma was married to Valentine A. Lidecker, (her death occurring in 1872); Henry married Mary Giger; John's wife was Margaret Reddick; Josiah married Lucinda Myers; and William was married to Isabel White. William York, the last mentioned of the children, was born June 15, 1847, at Akron, Ohio. He became a student in Hiram College in Ohio. On April 26, 1868, not long after the family had come to Union Township, he was married to Isabel White of Twin Lakes. To them were born fourteen children, of whom three are still living: George S. York of Doniphan, Missouri; Rea A. York of Detroit, Michigan; and Eve E. York of Culver. William York taught school for several years and later in life did saw-milling at Poplar Grove, in the Sickman neighborhood and at Burr Oak. In the fall of 1906 he and his family moved to Doniphan, Missouri, where he died December 29, 1915. The York lands in the 'seventies were northwest of Burr Oak, near the Yellow River. At that time eighty acres were in the name of the George York Estate. Not a great deal of the past history of the family has been obtainable. The York records yielded very few dates."
By the 1870 Census, the family had relocated to Argos, Union Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. George York, aged 62, was still actively farming. Elizabeth, aged 64, was keeping house. Only daughter Emma, aged 17, was still living at home with her parents. Also living with the family was 15-year-old farm boy William Murphy.
Two years after that census, Emma married Valentine Lidecker Jr. on 5 Dec 1872 in Marshall County. Sadly, about nine months later, Emma died on 14 Aug 1873 at age 20. The timing suggests she likely died in childbirth.
I found Emma's parents and siblings on the 1850 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. Head of household was 21-year-old farmer John P. York, who may also have been their son. I can't make out 42-year-old George's occupation. Elizabeth, aged 44, was keeping house. There with them were Elizabeth Jr., aged 17, Sarah, aged 11, Henry, aged 10, Josiah, aged 8, William, aged 4, and Harriet, aged 1. Emma would join the group three years later in 1853.
Emma first appeared with her family on the 1860 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. George York, aged 51, was busy farming. Elizabeth, aged 53, was busy at home tending to the needs of their five children still at home—Henry, aged 19, Josiah, aged 17, William, aged 14, Harriet, aged 11, and Emma, aged 7.
(The Culver Citizen - 20 Feb 1935 p. 15) "STILL MORE SETTLERS (Continued) Up in the northern part of the township, ... the York family had moved in and taken up land. It was about the year 1865 that George York and his wife, who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Buchtel, came with their nine children to the Burr Oak neighborhood. They moved from Akron, Ohio, and settled on the Burr Oak Flats. Their homestead farm is now called the Pero farm. It has been said that George York was considered the best farmer around Burr Oak Flats. The names of the nine children of George and Elizabeteh York and those whom they married are as follows: Elizabeth married Philip Myers; Rebekah married Percy Moore; Sarah Ann married Dan Wise; Harriet became the wife of Frank Hawk; Emma was married to Valentine A. Lidecker, (her death occurring in 1872); Henry married Mary Giger; John's wife was Margaret Reddick; Josiah married Lucinda Myers; and William was married to Isabel White. William York, the last mentioned of the children, was born June 15, 1847, at Akron, Ohio. He became a student in Hiram College in Ohio. On April 26, 1868, not long after the family had come to Union Township, he was married to Isabel White of Twin Lakes. To them were born fourteen children, of whom three are still living: George S. York of Doniphan, Missouri; Rea A. York of Detroit, Michigan; and Eve E. York of Culver. William York taught school for several years and later in life did saw-milling at Poplar Grove, in the Sickman neighborhood and at Burr Oak. In the fall of 1906 he and his family moved to Doniphan, Missouri, where he died December 29, 1915. The York lands in the 'seventies were northwest of Burr Oak, near the Yellow River. At that time eighty acres were in the name of the George York Estate. Not a great deal of the past history of the family has been obtainable. The York records yielded very few dates."
By the 1870 Census, the family had relocated to Argos, Union Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. George York, aged 62, was still actively farming. Elizabeth, aged 64, was keeping house. Only daughter Emma, aged 17, was still living at home with her parents. Also living with the family was 15-year-old farm boy William Murphy.
Two years after that census, Emma married Valentine Lidecker Jr. on 5 Dec 1872 in Marshall County. Sadly, about nine months later, Emma died on 14 Aug 1873 at age 20. The timing suggests she likely died in childbirth.
Emma was the daughter of George and Elizabeth York. I found seven, possibly eight, children for the couple—Elizabeth Jr. (c.1833), Sarah (c.1839), Henry (c.1840), Josiah (c.1842), William (c.1846), Harriet (c.1849) and Emma (12 Mar 1853).
I found Emma's parents and siblings on the 1850 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. Head of household was 21-year-old farmer John P. York, who may also have been their son. I can't make out 42-year-old George's occupation. Elizabeth, aged 44, was keeping house. There with them were Elizabeth Jr., aged 17, Sarah, aged 11, Henry, aged 10, Josiah, aged 8, William, aged 4, and Harriet, aged 1. Emma would join the group three years later in 1853.
Emma first appeared with her family on the 1860 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. George York, aged 51, was busy farming. Elizabeth, aged 53, was busy at home tending to the needs of their five children still at home—Henry, aged 19, Josiah, aged 17, William, aged 14, Harriet, aged 11, and Emma, aged 7.
(The Culver Citizen - 20 Feb 1935 p. 15) "STILL MORE SETTLERS (Continued) Up in the northern part of the township, ... the York family had moved in and taken up land. It was about the year 1865 that George York and his wife, who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Buchtel, came with their nine children to the Burr Oak neighborhood. They moved from Akron, Ohio, and settled on the Burr Oak Flats. Their homestead farm is now called the Pero farm. It has been said that George York was considered the best farmer around Burr Oak Flats. The names of the nine children of George and Elizabeteh York and those whom they married are as follows: Elizabeth married Philip Myers; Rebekah married Percy Moore; Sarah Ann married Dan Wise; Harriet became the wife of Frank Hawk; Emma was married to Valentine A. Lidecker, (her death occurring in 1872); Henry married Mary Giger; John's wife was Margaret Reddick; Josiah married Lucinda Myers; and William was married to Isabel White. William York, the last mentioned of the children, was born June 15, 1847, at Akron, Ohio. He became a student in Hiram College in Ohio. On April 26, 1868, not long after the family had come to Union Township, he was married to Isabel White of Twin Lakes. To them were born fourteen children, of whom three are still living: George S. York of Doniphan, Missouri; Rea A. York of Detroit, Michigan; and Eve E. York of Culver. William York taught school for several years and later in life did saw-milling at Poplar Grove, in the Sickman neighborhood and at Burr Oak. In the fall of 1906 he and his family moved to Doniphan, Missouri, where he died December 29, 1915. The York lands in the 'seventies were northwest of Burr Oak, near the Yellow River. At that time eighty acres were in the name of the George York Estate. Not a great deal of the past history of the family has been obtainable. The York records yielded very few dates."
By the 1870 Census, the family had relocated to Argos, Union Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. George York, aged 62, was still actively farming. Elizabeth, aged 64, was keeping house. Only daughter Emma, aged 17, was still living at home with her parents. Also living with the family was 15-year-old farm boy William Murphy.
Two years after that census, Emma married Valentine Lidecker Jr. on 5 Dec 1872 in Marshall County. Sadly, about nine months later, Emma died on 14 Aug 1873 at age 20. The timing suggests she likely died in childbirth.
I found Emma's parents and siblings on the 1850 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. Head of household was 21-year-old farmer John P. York, who may also have been their son. I can't make out 42-year-old George's occupation. Elizabeth, aged 44, was keeping house. There with them were Elizabeth Jr., aged 17, Sarah, aged 11, Henry, aged 10, Josiah, aged 8, William, aged 4, and Harriet, aged 1. Emma would join the group three years later in 1853.
Emma first appeared with her family on the 1860 Census, living in Lake, Stark Co., Ohio. George York, aged 51, was busy farming. Elizabeth, aged 53, was busy at home tending to the needs of their five children still at home—Henry, aged 19, Josiah, aged 17, William, aged 14, Harriet, aged 11, and Emma, aged 7.
(The Culver Citizen - 20 Feb 1935 p. 15) "STILL MORE SETTLERS (Continued) Up in the northern part of the township, ... the York family had moved in and taken up land. It was about the year 1865 that George York and his wife, who before her marriage had been Elizabeth Buchtel, came with their nine children to the Burr Oak neighborhood. They moved from Akron, Ohio, and settled on the Burr Oak Flats. Their homestead farm is now called the Pero farm. It has been said that George York was considered the best farmer around Burr Oak Flats. The names of the nine children of George and Elizabeteh York and those whom they married are as follows: Elizabeth married Philip Myers; Rebekah married Percy Moore; Sarah Ann married Dan Wise; Harriet became the wife of Frank Hawk; Emma was married to Valentine A. Lidecker, (her death occurring in 1872); Henry married Mary Giger; John's wife was Margaret Reddick; Josiah married Lucinda Myers; and William was married to Isabel White. William York, the last mentioned of the children, was born June 15, 1847, at Akron, Ohio. He became a student in Hiram College in Ohio. On April 26, 1868, not long after the family had come to Union Township, he was married to Isabel White of Twin Lakes. To them were born fourteen children, of whom three are still living: George S. York of Doniphan, Missouri; Rea A. York of Detroit, Michigan; and Eve E. York of Culver. William York taught school for several years and later in life did saw-milling at Poplar Grove, in the Sickman neighborhood and at Burr Oak. In the fall of 1906 he and his family moved to Doniphan, Missouri, where he died December 29, 1915. The York lands in the 'seventies were northwest of Burr Oak, near the Yellow River. At that time eighty acres were in the name of the George York Estate. Not a great deal of the past history of the family has been obtainable. The York records yielded very few dates."
By the 1870 Census, the family had relocated to Argos, Union Township, Marshall Co., Indiana. George York, aged 62, was still actively farming. Elizabeth, aged 64, was keeping house. Only daughter Emma, aged 17, was still living at home with her parents. Also living with the family was 15-year-old farm boy William Murphy.
Two years after that census, Emma married Valentine Lidecker Jr. on 5 Dec 1872 in Marshall County. Sadly, about nine months later, Emma died on 14 Aug 1873 at age 20. The timing suggests she likely died in childbirth.
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