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Emma Josephine COOK

BIRTH: JUN 1839, Canada
DEATH: 15 JUL 1908, Wabasha Co., MN

MARRIAGE: 1858

MARRIAGE: 26 MAR 1869, Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN

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Notes

[NI0157] Updated February 12, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Town 108 R 11 - Plainview (Plainview Post Office): Page 40; June 18, 1860.

Emma J. [Cook] Sylvester is married to Franklin Sylvester, head of household. She is 20 years old and born in Canada - West. Their children in the household are Jenny M. and Arthur. Franklin's sister Abby F. [Sylvester] Yetter and family live in the adjacent household, and his brother George W. Sylvester and family lives three households away.

(2) 1870 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp. (Plainview Post Office): page 10; dwelling 71; family 69; July 22, 1870.

Emma (Cook) Haessig (listed under "Hessig") is married to Jacob Haessig, head of household. She was born in Canada, is 31 years old and is keeping house. Her children from her previous marriage to Franklin Sylvester are listed as: Jennie, Arthur and Belle. She also has a daughter Helen Haessig who was born December 1869.

(3) LDS FamilySearch 1880 United States Census database for Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN. Family History Library Film 1254636, NA Film Number T9-0636, Page 571D.

Emma (Cook) Haessig is listed as 40 years old and born in Canada. There is no information on her parents' birthplace. She is keeping house and is married to Jacob Haessig. The children listed in the household are: Hellen, Lafayette and Ida. There is another individual identified only as "Franklin" who resides there and works on the farm.

The surname is spelled "Hessig" in this record.

(4) 1900 United States Census for Minnesota, Wabasha Co., Plainview Twp.: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 154; Sheet 3A; June 7, 1900.

Emma J. [Cook] Haessig (spelled "Haesig") is married to Jacob Haessig, head of household. Their 26-year-old single daughter Ida, born July 1873 in Minnesota, is also a resident.

- Birth month: June 1839; age 60.
- Marital Status: Married for 31 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 7 children, 6 of whom are presently living.
- Birthplace: Canada - French, with her father from Ireland and her mother from Massachusetts.

(5) Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (via Ancestry.com

Name: EMMA JOSEPHINE HAESSIG
Death Date: 07/15/1908
Death Place: WABASHA
State File Number: 013798

(6) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 2.