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Emma Roe Smith

Female 1882 - 1956  (73 years)


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  • Name Emma Roe Smith  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 4 Nov 1882  Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Apr 1956  Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Sherilyne "Sam" Palmer emailed, in April 2013, that she married W. "Will" C. BIGGERSTAFF, and that both are buried at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth.

      Name Emma Roe Biggerstaff
      Event Type Death
      Event Date 17 Apr 1956
      Event Place Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
      Gender Female
      Marital Status Married
      Birth Date 04 Nov 1882
      Birthplace:
      Father's Name S H Smith
      Mother's [sic] Name W C Biggerstaff [W. C. Biggerstaff Jr was actually the informant]
      Certificate Number 22027
      GS Film number 2114669
      Digital Folder Number 005145271
      Image Number 01296

      Citing this Record:
      "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7DJ-LF7 : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Emma Roe Biggerstaff, 17 Apr 1956; citing certificate number 22027, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114669.
    Person ID I44019  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2013 

    Father Samuel Henry Smith,   b. 18 Dec 1840, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1923, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth McLemore,   b. 26 Dec 1846, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1919, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1861  Logan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Descendant Sherilyne "Sam" Palmer noted that a family letter puts their date of marriage as Jan 16, 1861, as opposed to a website source indicating Jan 15, 1862.
    Family ID F13088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Cale Biggerstaff,   b. 8 Feb 1882, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1970, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ruby Naomi Biggerstaff,   b. 1 Apr 1914, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Neva Kathrine Biggerstaff,   b. 29 May 1916, Diamond Hill, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 2012, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     3. Robert "Bob" Lert Biggerstaff,   b. 6 Jan 1921, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2018, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
    Family ID F5518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Nov 1882 - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Apr 1956 - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K47N-BZY : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Emma Biggerstaff in household of William C Biggerstaff, Ward 18, Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, United S (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1696] Ancestry.com - Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database online].

    4. [S1620] Ancestry.com - Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database online], Instead shown as 15 Jan 1862, Logan County, KY (Reliability: 3).