Emma Mycock ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Source: Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com Database: Carter & Damewood; Author: Judy Damewood; http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdamewood

Eileen Mycock sent a copy of an entry in a registration book in Stockport, Chester, England. Her parents' names are given as Richard Mycock and Sarah Mycock, formerly Starr. The birth took place at the family residence at 21 Carr Green in Stockport. In the 1860 US Census, Emma was living in the household of Martin and Eliza Hawley. Martin was an English immigrant and a saloon keeper. The 1920 US Census stated that Emma had been naturalized in 1869, This was the year of her marriage to an American husband; the law at the time granted citizenship to foreign-born women who married American citizens. In the 1920 US Census, Emma was living in Portland, Oregon in the household of her daughter Letitia and son-in-law Albert H. Rands, their unmarried daughters Nellie, Mae and Cora and their married daughter Pearl, her husband James E. Miller and their two young daughters, Edna and Nellie V.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• 1851 English Census: 30 March 1851, in Stockport, Cheshire, ENGLAND. 1851 English Census
Car Green, Stockport, Cheshire, England
Emma Mycock..Age 4 months, b. Cheshire, Stockport
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• She immigrated in 1853.
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• She immigrated in 1854.
⁶ The date of 1854 was given on her 1910 US Census.
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• She was naturalized in 1854. ⁵ If her date of immigration to the US of 20 Apr 1855 was correct, then obviously this date of naturalization of 1854 would have been premature.
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• She immigrated on 20 April 1855 to Philadelphia, PA.
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• She was naturalized in 1869. ⁷

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Guide Rock, NE on 19 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 373B, District 76, Dwelling 121, Family 123, Roll 0757
Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska
Emma Arnsburger..Wife..29..ENG..Keeping House

(Living with husband, 3 children, widowed father-in-law, and 1 cousin.)
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• She resided in Cody, WY in 1894.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Idaho Falls, ID on 26 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 20, Dwelling 365, Family 375
Idaho Falls, Bingham County, Idaho
Living in wagon
Married 31 years
Emma Arnsberger..Wife..Dec 1849..50..ENG..Naturalized 1854..4/4

(Living with husband and 3 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Dec 1850, then her age should have been 49 instead of 50.
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Rudy Precinct, Fremont County, ID on 20 May 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 123, Dwelling 234, Family 241, Roll 224
Rudy Precinct, Fremont County, Idaho
Farm owned, no mortgage
Emma Arnsberger..Mother..60..ENG..Widowed..married 40 years..4/?..Immig. 1854

(Living at the home of her son, Jacob.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 7 Dec 1850, then her age should have been 59 instead of 60.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Portland, OR on 9 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 6A, 6B, District 65, Family 141, Roll 1500
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Precinct 110
5307 - 46th Street SE; Home rented
Emma Arnsberger..Mother-in-Law..69..ENG..Widowed..Immig. 1853..Naturalized 1869

(Widowed and living at the home of her married daughter, Letitia, and her family.)
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• She was buried on 22 March 1922 in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery in Rigby, ID.

• Her obituary was published in the Idaho Daily Post on 22 March 1922 in Idaho Falls, ID.

Mrs. Albert Rands arrived here on Wednesday from Portland. She accompanied the body of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Arnsberger, who passed away there Sunday. Burial was made in Rigby Wednesday.

(Source: Idaho Daily Post, Idaho Falls, Mar 22, 1922)
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• Her obituary was published in the Rigby Star on 23 March 1922 in Rigby, ID.

⁸ Mrs. J. W. Arnsberger, Sr., of Butler Island, passed away in Portland, Ore., March 19th, and her body was brought to Rigby for burial Wednesday.

Emma Starrh Arnsberger was born in England in 1850 and came to the United States when a child. She was married in Nebraska City to James W. Arnsberger in 1869 and came to Idaho in 1900. She was taken to Portland in 1918 in hopes of bettering her health, where she died Sunday. Her husband passed away 12 years ago and is buried in the Rigby cemetery.

She is survived by two brothers, one sister, two daughters and two sons. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in this city, Wednesday, and burial was made in the Rigby cemetery.

(Source: Rigby Star, Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho, Mar 23, 1922)
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Emma married James Watson Arnsberger, son of Jacob Arnsberger and Elizabeth, on 2 November 1869 in Nebraska City, NE.^{1 2 3 4 5} (James Watson Arnsberger was born on 8 September 1843 in , Wayne County, OH,^{1 2 4 9 10 11} died on 19 April 1910 in , Fremont County, ID ^{11 12} and was buried after 19 April 1910 in Rigby Pioneer Cemetery, Rigby, ID ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Guide Rock, NE on 19 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 373B, District 76, Family 123, Roll 0757
Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska
James Arnsburger..Self..36..OH..Farmer
Emma Arnsburger..Wife..29..ENG..Keeping House
Letitia Arnsburger..Daughter..9..OH
Elizabeth Arnsburger..Daughter..6..NE
Jacob Arnsburger..Son..1..NE
Jacob Arnsburger..Father..61..PA..Farmer..widowed
William Shaeffer..Cousin..21..OH..Farmer
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Idaho Falls, ID on 26 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 19A, District 20, Family 375
Idaho Falls, Bingham County, Idaho
Living in wagon
Married 31 years
James W. Arnsberger..Head..Jan 1844..56..OH..Stock Grower
Emma Arnsberger..Wife..Dec 1849..50..ENG..Naturalized 1854..4/4
Jacob R. Arnsberger..Son..Mar 1879..21..NE
James W. Arnsberger..Son..May 1885..15..NE
Gilbert W. Arnsberger..Son..Jan 1899..1..UT

NOTE - Surprisingly Emma listed that she had only 4 children total. Since 3 sons were listed with her at the time, that would mean that either Letitia or Sarah may not have been a daughter of hers, providing that the info about only 4 children total was correct.
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  Marriage Notes:

The marriage license was acquired and the marriage performed on the same day. The ceremony was performed by Geo.(?) S. Alexander at his home in the presence of Jane Beans (Emma's married sister) and Abby G. Alexander.

Name: J. W. Arnsberger
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Nov 1869
Event Place: Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Event Place (Original): Otoe, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Emma Mycock
Spouse's Gender: Female
Reference ID: PB465
Source Reference: Volumes A-C

Citing this Record
"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5ZY-CXZ : 18 January 2020), J. W. Arnsberger, 2 Nov 1869; citing Marriage, Otoe, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,977,681.
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Moved from Nebraska to Cody, Wyoming in 1894. In 1900 moved to Butler Island, Idaho.
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