Re: Emma Wilkes b 1857 PA m Anton Slama 1874 MD
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Re: Emma Wilkes b 1857 PA m Anton Slama 1874 MD
Sally Scheer 9/05/10
Sarah Wilkes may have been John Reily's sister rather than his wife's sister. He was born in England and his wife was not. As I suggested work on getting Emma's death certificate, obituary and if you don't have a copy of the original her marriage record. Those are the primary sources to look for her parentage first. I suspect she was an only child or at least the only child of Joseph and Sarah (assuming they were her parents). Sarah may have had more children if she remarried and at age 23 it is very, very likely.
Some of the census records you can look at for free at labs.familysearch.org and Ancestry.com. For those you cannot see for free I suggest checking with your local libraries to see if they have Ancestry or Heritage Quest.
This weekend only Ancestry is allowing free access. Be sure to download the images so you can look at them whenever you want.
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Re: Emma Wilkes b 1857 PA m Anton Slama 1874 MD
Sally Scheer 9/06/10