[or-roots] Emma Langworthy

[Marsha BradleyLuthy]

women need not stay single long.  If they were single they were often found
with one of their children...................?

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Penny/Leigh <psinjun at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks to a link someone listed I found many newspaper articles that were
> very helpful.  However, I now have a problem and need help.
>
> The 1890 Veteran's schedule shows Andrew and Emma Langworthy living at Long
> Tom, Lane County.
> The Oregon State Archives for September 24, 1891 shows Emma being committed
> to the Hawthorne Asylum.
> The Eugene City Guard dated September 26, 1891 states that the cause  of
> Emma's insanity is domestic troubles.  It also says Andrew and the children
> were living on Lake creek.
> The Eugene City Guard dated March 10, 1893 shows Andrew and Emma's divorce
> being granted.
> The "Langworthy Family: some descendants of Andrew and Rachel (Hubbard)
> Langworthy" by W. F. Langworthy (1940) shows Emma dying March 9, 1893.
> By 1900, Andrew had moved the children back to Michigan to the family farm.
>
> I know enough about the errors in the Langworthy book to figure out that
> someone probably gave the date of Emma's exit from the family and it was
> construed as death.  My problem is that I haven't been able to find Emma's
> death or her grave.  I just can't believe that her divorce was granted and
> she died right away.  I have sent for divorce papers, have searched through
> all the cemeteries in the area, even contacted funeral homes trying to
> figure out what happened to Emma.  Emma was born in 1854 so she could have
> lived many more years and could have been released and remarried.  I am
> simply at a loss as to where to search next.  I would appreciate any help.
>
> Penny Langworthy Saintjohn
>
>
>
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