Emma Christine "May" Jourgensen: Some of My Favorite Genealogy

Generation: 1

Emma Christine "May" Jourgensen was born about 1875 in New York; died on 10 Sep 1934 in Coggeshall, Essex, England.

Other Events:

Name: Emma Beard
Name: Emma Turney

Notes:

Biography:
According to her cousins Clementine and Alice her name was Christine but she was called May. However, she also went by Emma according to the 1880 census and her first wedding announcement in 1895. In the 1900 census through the last record of her that I have, her 1908 wedding announcement she went by Christine or Christina. After her second marriage she moved to England where she and her husband raised a family. She may have gone my May after moving to England.
Her cousins Julia and Alice and Alice's daughter Angela went to visit her in England in 1926.

Emma married Henry Summerfield Beard on 16 Apr 1895 in Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, New York. Henry was born in Jan 1875 in New York; died on 6 Jan 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Captain Leonard William Turney on 11 Nov 1908 in Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, New York. Leonard was born in Feb 1884 in Tulse Hill, Surrey, England; died in May 1917 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Leonore Jourgensen Turney was born on 22 Feb 1911 in 124 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, New York; died in Mar 2006 in Colchester, Essex, England.
3. Christine Frederica Turney was born on 29 Apr 1914 in Walcotts Hall, Coggeshall Rd, Great Tey, Colchester, England; died in 1989 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Emma married Mortimer Pawson Hancock in 1925 in Brentford, England. Mortimer was born in 1870 in Barnet, Middlesex, England; died on 19 Apr 1939 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Leonore Jourgensen Turney

(1.Emma¹) was born on 22 Feb 1911 in 124 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, New York; died in Mar 2006 in Colchester, Essex, England.

Notes:

Birth:
Her parents were visiting Brooklyn for a wedding.

Family/Spouse: Walter N White Thomson. Walter was born in Oct 1906 in Thanet, Kent, England; died on 17 Aug 1943 in Algeria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Avalon Lee Shipley. Charles was born in Oct 1904 in Sussex, England; died in Oct 1991 in Colchester, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christine Frederica Turney

(1.Emma¹) was born on 29 Apr 1914 in Walcotts Hall, Coggeshall Rd, Great Tey, Colchester, England; died in 1989 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Family/Spouse: Dr. John Keneth Gordon Grieves. John was born on 12 Jan 1921 in Marylebone, London, England; died in 1989 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]