Emma Briggs

  General Notes:

1841 Census HO107/1311/24 Whitkirk : Catharine Briggs 40, Charles 15, Agn es 13, Emma 11, Benjamin 9

1851 Census HO 107/2316 Whitkirk : Catharine Briggs, widow, 50, laundres s, born in Colton?, Emma 22, dressmaker, born in Halton, Emma Pickersgil l, niece, 8 born in Halton

1861 Census RG9/3358/90/3, North Side, Halton : William 25, Emma 32, Catha rine 4, Charles 6 months

1871 Census RG10/4516 : Town Street, Templenewsam, William 38 coal mine r, Emma 42 dressmaker, Charles 9, Emily 6 and Joseph 2 - all born in Halt on (living a few houses away from an Atack family)

1881 Census RG11/4493 Templenewsam : living 1 Grove Terrace, with Willia m, Charles (son), Emily (daughter), Cathrine Briggs (mother), John Willi am Gregg (lodger?)

1891 Census RG 12/3667 Halton: William aged 57 Life Assurance, born Aberfo rd. Emma aged 62 born Halton

1901 Census RG13/4198/15/22 Templenewsam: Chapel Street, William, aged 6 7, born in Aberford, Assurance Agent with Emma 72 born in Templenewsam

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism: Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 29 Dec 1828.

• Occupation: Dress Maker.

Emma married William Wilson, son of George Wilson and Sarah Ann Garnett, on 13 Apr 1856 in St Marys, Whitkirk, Yorkshire England. (William Wilson was born in 1836 in Aberford, Yorkshire England.)