Emma A. Messinger was born on December 7, 1840, in Canton, Massachusetts, to Vernon and Adeline Messinger. Her father was a silk manufacturer who owned $10,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Canton until the 1850s, when they moved to Boston, Massachusetts. She never married, and by 1900, she was helping to care for her elderly mother. She died on April 30, 1924.
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Messinger, Emma A.
1840-12-07
1924-04-30
Conflict Side: Union
Role: Civilian
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Gender: Female
Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
(15294) [recipient] ~ Elmar A. Messinger Diary, 1862
People - Records: 3
(5327) Messinger, Emma A. is the [sibling of] (5324) Messinger, Elmar A.
(5327) Messinger, Emma A. is the [child of] (5325) Messinger, Vernon A.
(5327) Messinger, Emma A. is the [child of] (5326) Messinger, Adeline
Places - Records: 1
(1450) [birth] ~ Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com