Re: Botetourt County Virginia Emily J Wright
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Botetourt County Virginia Emily J Wright
Bonnie Ware 3/21/11
Dear Bonnie,
I noticed the following marriage record for your James H. Gravenstine and Emma J. Wright:
Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
Name:James H. Gravenstien
Gender:Male
Marriage:Date: 27 Feb 1839
Spouse:Emma J. Wright
Spouse Gender:Male
State:Maryland
County:Baltimore
Source Information:
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Most of the records in this index may be found at the Maryland Historical Society or the Family History Library. More specific source information is listed with each entry. Original marriage licenses should be located at the county clerk's office.
This is also listed in Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1850, compiled by Thomas L. Hollowak, at page 231 and the listing at 3/1/39-2, which
This marriage record indicates their marriage was in 1839 and not 1848.Given the location of the marriage, there would presumably be no record of the marriage in Roanoke County, Roanoke City, Botetourt County, or Montgomery County, Virginia.To be safe, I checked my Wright marriages for each of those counties and city and there was no listing of an Emma J. Wright marriage.
There is a marriage of John J. Garvin to Emma Jones in 1848 in Bedford County, VA, but this seems clearly not to be your couple.
The 1840 Census for Baltimore County, MD, listed James H. Gravenstein, age 20-30, three females, one age 15-20, which would fit for Emma J. (Wright) Gravenstine, one age 10-15, and one age 0-5, which would fit for their daughter Dorotha, referred to below.
The 1850 Census for Baltimore County, MD, listed Jas. H. Gravenstine, age 29 and born in MD, with wife Emma J., age 26 and born in VA, and Dorotha Gravenstine, age 10 and born in Md, and Sarah C. Powell, age 11 and born in MD.
The 1860 Census for Baltimore County, MD, listed James Gravenstine, age 42 and born in VA, with the following household:
Emily, age 36 and born in VA,
Mary, age 20 and born in MD,
Indiana, age 17 and born in MD,
Susan, age 15 and born in MD,
Jennie, age 12 and born in MD,
Francis, age 9 and born in MD,
Emily, age 3 and born in MD,
Grace, age 3/12 and born in MD, and
Ella, age 3/12 and born in MD.
The similarity of age indicates that Mary might be the Dorotha of the 1850 Census.
On Ancestry.com WClark571 listed the following:
James H. Gravenstine
Birth:24 Jan 1818 in SC
Marriage:to Emma Jane Wright27 Feb 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Age: 21
Death:20 Oct 1897 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Spouse:Emma Jane Wright (1823-1869)
Children:Emily Florence Gravenstein (1857-1892)
If this is correct, then there might be a death record for Emma Jane (Wright) Gravenstine in 1869 in Baltimore County, MD, which would list her parents.
I did not find Emily J. Gravenstine listed on the 1870 Census Mortality Schedule.
I also could not locate James H. Gravenstine in the 1870 Census, but his children Indiana, Elosie, Virginia, Emma, Ella, and Grace were listed in Baltimore County, MD, in the John D. and Dorothea Ehlers household along with Mary Ehlers, age 8.This Dorothea may be the married older sister of the Gravenstine children.If this is correct, then the marriage record of Dorothea Gravenstine and John D. Ehlers may be found in about 1862 in Baltimore County, MD, and may list information on Dorothea's mother.
The 1880 Census for the District of Columbia listed Jas. H. Gravenstine, age 60, widower, and born in MD, in the Rebecka Nachman household.His occupation is listed as "Mes. P. O. Dep.", which I take to mean "messenger in the post office department".
The most this evidence shows is that Emma Jane (Wright) Gravenstine was born in VA and none of the evidence connects her with Roanoke County, VA, so you may want to check the source for the listing that has Emma Jane (Wright) Gravenstine born there.This may be a false lead.
Although this does not answer your direct question on Emma J. (Wright) Gravenstine's parents, I hope it is of some help to you in your search.
Best wishes,
Robert N. Grant
15 Campo Bello Court
Menlo Park, CA 94025
[email protected]
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