Emery, Florence, and Emma Tobin
Purchased
Antique Store
Montavilla Neighborhood
Portland, Oregon
Type
Cabinet Card
(about 1908)
Studio
None
Notations
Emery, Florence, and
Mother Emma Ericson
About 1908?
Research
Emma Louisa Erikkson was born 20 Sep 1866 in Sweden and died 14 Jul 1941 in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Spouse
August Fridolf Laurentis Tobin was born 30 Sep 1865 in Sweden and married Emma on 10 Nov 1894 in Groton, Massachusetts. He died 5 Dec 1938 in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Children
Emery Fridolf Tobin was born on 14 Dec 1895 in Roxbury, Massachusetts and married Clara Matilda Willard on 15 Oct 1926 in Stevenson, Washington. He died 5 May 1977 in Vancouver, Washington.
Florence Emma Tobin was vorn 9 May 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts and married Lawrence Thornton on 19 Oct 1946 in Ketchikan, Alaska. She died 11 Oct 1989 in Woodburn, Oregon. See Florence's biography at: https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d9qm0
Emery had one daughter, Doris Tobin Bordine, who wrote a book about the family's experiences in Alaska titled, The Flip of a Coin-114 Years in Alaska.
A special thanks to Judy Modica for breaking through the brick wall we encountered in researching this photo.
Sources
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Ancestry.com. Alaska, U.S., Vital Records, 1818 -1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Ancestry.com. Alaska, U.S., Vital Records, 1818 -1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Contact
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