Emily Jane High
(1848-1934)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sylvester Rinker

Emily Jane High 2 3

  • Born: 28 August 1848, , Grant County, WV 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Sylvester Rinker on 19 June 1878 in , Grant County, WV 1 2
  • Died: 8 January 1934 at age 85 1 3

bullet   Another name for Emily was Emily Kathryn High.1

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1852 and a birth location of Virginia.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 28 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 41, Dwelling 206, Family 208, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Emily Rinker..Wife..28..VA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 28 Aug 1848, then her age should have been 31 instead of 28.
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Emily married Sylvester Rinker, son of Elijah Rinker and Mary Sarah Hendrickson, on 19 June 1878 in , Grant County, WV.1 2 (Sylvester Rinker was born on 23 February 1852 in Virginia 1 3 and died on 1 July 1926 1 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 21 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 41, Dwelling 206, Family 208, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Sylvester Rinker..Head..27..VA..Farm Labor
Emily Rinker..Wife..28..VA..Keeping House
Robert A. Rinker..Son..1..WV..At Home
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Sources


1 Hilton T. Smith, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1455 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Union District, Grant County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 41, p. 232A, dwelling 206, family 208, Sylvester Rinker and Emily Jane High; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1402.

3 Betty U. Miller, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #0875 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).


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