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This page is for any notable Emry/Emery family members and place names with Emry or Emery as part of the name (i.e. towns, counties, etc.). Send me any Emry or Emery place names, buildings, books, etc. that might be of general interest.

Cities/Towns/Counties

bulletEmeryville, California - map
bulletEmery, South Dakota - map
bulletEmery, South Dakota was named after Sloan Miller Emery, born September 23, 1848 in Columbus, Colorado County, TX. Both of his parents died within 9 weeks of his birth. He lived various places until he moved to the Dakota Territory in 1879. He had two sons, Harvey (who died young) and Roe. Roe lived in Colorado and was known as the "Father of State Tourist Industry".
bulletExtracted from the "Farmington-Emery-Clayton 1878-1984" book published by The Centennial Book Committee", Emery, South Dakota 57332.
bulletEmery, Utah - map
bulletEmery County, Utah
bulletEmery County was named after after territorial governor George W. Emery.
bulletSee "Utah's Territorial Governors" page that includes brief write-up on George W. Emery.
bulletEmery County, Utah
bulletEmery, Wisconsin

The town of Emery is north of Ogema,  North of Prentice, Northeast of
Phillips, East off Highway 13.

In the "1889-1989 Town of Emery Centennial Book", in one of the
paragraphs of how the town organized it reads - "The town of Emery was organized January 9, 1889, and comprises all of township 37, N Range 2 and 3 East, from the town of Worcester, and section 2 of township 36, Range 2 East from the township of Hackett."

In the Emery's History page there is a part that reads - "Interestingly
enough, it was the Chairman of the Town of Worcester, Roser, who gave our town it's name.   He had two very close friends whose last names were Emery and Hackett.  He named two of the newly formed towns after them.  He also named his two children, Charels Hackett Roser and Pearl Emery Roser.  They must have been good friends, indeed."

On another page they has some excerpts from "The Phillips Times".
Phillips is one of the towns not far from Emery.  One excerpt said - "January 26, 1889, Mrs. Emery of Minn. visited here."

bulletEmery Mills, Maine - map

Some of the Emerys from (here and in) nearby Shapleigh Maine migrated to Groton, Vermont according to the book "Mister Glover's Groton". There were a large number of Emerys in the Groton and Montpelier, Vermont area.

bulletEmery Hill

Jonathan Emery was the first white settler of Fairfield, Maine (1771). The site of his house was (and is) Emery Hill.

bulletEmery House, Emery Lane, West Newbury, Massachusetts - map

The Emery House, built in 1745 in what once was part of a bigger Newbury is now a retreat house

bulletEmery Down, England

Emery Down...... a small village on the edge of the New Forrest in Hampshire, about  10 miles from Southampton and 7 Miles from Romsey ( where John and Anthony emigrated from in 1635).

 

 

People/Buildings

OSU Archives - President's Gallery - Joseph Emery

bulletJoseph Emery, acting president of Oregon State University in 1872.

June Emry Hall, Dakota State University

bulletJune Emry was an educator in South Dakota.

William Emry

bulletWilliam Emry, son of Frank Emry (see Emry Allotment below), served as State Mine Inspector for the State of South Dakota in 1961-1962.

Anthony or John Emery

bulletWas a cabinet maker and has a few pieces in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Emery

bulletA fireengine saved from the Chicago Fire that is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago was saved by and Emery.

Martin Emery

bulletMartin Emery, son of George Emery (see Jonathan Emery line),  was the main character in a true children's book "Martin and Abraham Lincoln" written and published in 1946.

Wesley Emery

bulletWesley Emery, b. 7/18/1829 in York, Genesee County, NY d. 3/19/1916 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. Wesley's memoirs have been transcribed by his great grandaughter andreside in the Michigan State Library. Wesley's parents: Samuel and Nancy Jane (Wesley) Emery. Samuel and Nancy Emery were married near Utica, NY, had some children and then moved to Genesee/Orleans/Monroe Counties, NY.

Children: Betsey, Lydia, Samuel, William, Nancy, John, Hannah, Robert, Charles, Sarah Ann and Wesley (and one other female). Wesley's memoirs recap his journey through various counties for work as a  young teen. He becomes a prominent educator after a long road.  Married: 1) Miss Adelia Gibson, 2)Laura Gibson, 3)Addie J. Delano, 4)Sarah E. VanDervoort. One son from Adelia (who died during childbirth) died. One son Archie from Laura. And more. Plus info on Wesley in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham & Livingston Counties, Michigan.

Other

bulletEmry Allotment, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands

Much of the land homesteaded by Francis "Frank" Emry comprises a portion of the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, near the Badlands of South Dakota.

bulletEmery Park, Stafford, Genesee County, NY

Named after James L. Emery, a former New York State Assemblyman.

bulletEmry Street, Garden Grove, CA

Searches

bulletSearch for Emry genealogy references on the web via the Family Tree Maker web site.
bulletSearch for Emery genealogy references on the web via the Family Tree Maker web site.
bulletSearch for Emry genealogy references on the Parsons web site
bulletSearch for Emery genealogy references on the Parsons web site.
bulletSearch the Family Gatherings Web Site.

 

Other Internet Genealogy Resources

bulletCyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
bulletSoundex Code Conversion
bullet1850 Census Records
bulletCensus Records on CD ROM

 

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