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Daniel Main
(1812-1894)
Malinda Horine
(1814-1859)
George Shafer
(1787-1857)
Elizabeth Remsburg
(1792-1868)
Frederick Tobias Main
(1836-1916)
Mary Ann Shafer
(1838-1910)
Emma Elizabeth Main
(1856-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Edward Biser

Emma Elizabeth Main 2 3 4

  • Born: 12 October 1856, Middletown, MD 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): George Edward Biser about 1878 in Frederick, MD 1 2
  • Died: 21 January 1920, Middletown, MD at age 63 5
  • Buried: After 21 January 1920, Middletown, MD 5
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 3, Frederick County, MD on 29 July 1870. 4

1870 US Census
Page 30, Dwelling 189, Family 198
District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Emma E. Main..13..MD
(Living with parents, paternal grandfather and his 2nd wife.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Petersville, MD on 3 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 396D, District 85, Dwelling 32, Family 33, Roll 0510
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
Emma Biser..Daughter-in-Law..23..MD..Does House Work
(Living with husband and son at home of husband's parents.)
.

• She was buried after 21 January 1920 in the Middletown Lutheran Cemetery in Middletown, MD.


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Emma married George Edward Biser, son of Harry Harrison Biser and Elizabeth A. Clagett, about 1878 in Frederick, MD.1 2 (George Edward Biser was born on 21 September 1849 in Middletown, MD,1 2 3 5 died on 2 October 1910 in Middletown, MD 3 5 and was buried after 2 October 1910 in Middletown, MD 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Petersville, MD on 3 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 396D, District 85, Dwelling 32, Family 33, Roll 0510
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
George E. Biser..Son..30..MD..Work On Farm
Emma Biser..DauL..23..MD..Does House Work
Henry L. Biser..GSon..1..MD

NOTE - Emma Main and George Biser, along with their son, Henry, were living with George's parents.
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Sources


1 Dianne Shafer, "John Michael Shafer Family Tree," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2868409 : accessed 23 Dec 2010).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 85, p. 396D, dwelling 32, family 33, George Edwarde Biser and Emma E. Main; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

3 T. J. C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, with a Biographical record of Representative Families. (Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1910. Reprinted 2008), page 1481.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 3, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 30, dwelling 189, family 198; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Nov 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

5 Nancy Jacobson, "MARYLAND FAMILIES" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=6105334; Updated: 2008-03-06 04:37:25 UTC (Thu)).


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