Emma was born in 1860 to Robert S. Rice and Cordelia Fickle, both from Marion County, Ohio. Her father was a farmer and carpenter. Her only sibling was a brother, Robert Ellsworth Rice, who was born in Ohio about 1864.
During the 1860 census shortly before Emma was born, her parents were farming in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. During the census of 1870, Emma was 10 years old and living with her parents and brother in Riley, Sandusky County, Ohio. In the 1880 census, Emma was 19 and living in Lake, Cook County, Illinois with her parents and brother. Emma's father died in 1890.
During the census of 1900, Emma was widowed and went by the name Emma Demaine. She was renting a home on Groveland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She was living alone, not employed, and had never had children.
At the time of the next census in 1910 Emma was living with her mother on Lake Avenue in Chicago. Neither woman was working. Emma went by the name of Emma Rice and indicated she was single rather than widowed.
Emma's mother died in 1913. Her brother had moved with his family from Ohio to Chicago by 1900, Minneapolis by 1905, Seattle by 1913, and Portland, Oregon by the time of the 1920 census. He worked as a dyer. A pacifist, in 1917 he was actively involved in resisting draft registration. He lived with his daughter, Alice, in Portland in 1930.
Emma was also living in Portland at some point. On 7/8/1943 Emma was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 6 months she died there of pneumonia related to the flu.
Her brother had two daughters, daughters were Mrs. Florence (William B) Ryan and Mrs Alice (Leo) Cook both of Portland in the 1920s.
Because no one in Emma's original family claimed her cremains, that container, and the cremation containers of all other unclaimed patients of the facility who died during WWII were placed in a storage compartment where the sat until the 2000's when the State of Oregon devised a plan to deal with them. A memorial and garden were designed to accommodate the cylinders. As each is claimed, the gray steel tag for the deceased is removed, allowing light to filter through the sculpture where their cremains once laid.
Emma's ashes have been claimed in 2018 by her cousin's descendants and will be permanently buried in Marion County, in the spring of 2020, where she was born. NOTE: The burial of the ashes has been postponed due to the COVID-19 health crisis. arrangments will be made at a later time.
During the 1860 census shortly before Emma was born, her parents were farming in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. During the census of 1870, Emma was 10 years old and living with her parents and brother in Riley, Sandusky County, Ohio. In the 1880 census, Emma was 19 and living in Lake, Cook County, Illinois with her parents and brother. Emma's father died in 1890.
During the census of 1900, Emma was widowed and went by the name Emma Demaine. She was renting a home on Groveland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She was living alone, not employed, and had never had children.
At the time of the next census in 1910 Emma was living with her mother on Lake Avenue in Chicago. Neither woman was working. Emma went by the name of Emma Rice and indicated she was single rather than widowed.
Emma's mother died in 1913. Her brother had moved with his family from Ohio to Chicago by 1900, Minneapolis by 1905, Seattle by 1913, and Portland, Oregon by the time of the 1920 census. He worked as a dyer. A pacifist, in 1917 he was actively involved in resisting draft registration. He lived with his daughter, Alice, in Portland in 1930.
Emma was also living in Portland at some point. On 7/8/1943 Emma was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 6 months she died there of pneumonia related to the flu.
Her brother had two daughters, daughters were Mrs. Florence (William B) Ryan and Mrs Alice (Leo) Cook both of Portland in the 1920s.
Because no one in Emma's original family claimed her cremains, that container, and the cremation containers of all other unclaimed patients of the facility who died during WWII were placed in a storage compartment where the sat until the 2000's when the State of Oregon devised a plan to deal with them. A memorial and garden were designed to accommodate the cylinders. As each is claimed, the gray steel tag for the deceased is removed, allowing light to filter through the sculpture where their cremains once laid.
Emma's ashes have been claimed in 2018 by her cousin's descendants and will be permanently buried in Marion County, in the spring of 2020, where she was born. NOTE: The burial of the ashes has been postponed due to the COVID-19 health crisis. arrangments will be made at a later time.
Emma was born in 1860 to Robert S. Rice and Cordelia Fickle, both from Marion County, Ohio. Her father was a farmer and carpenter. Her only sibling was a brother, Robert Ellsworth Rice, who was born in Ohio about 1864.
During the 1860 census shortly before Emma was born, her parents were farming in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. During the census of 1870, Emma was 10 years old and living with her parents and brother in Riley, Sandusky County, Ohio. In the 1880 census, Emma was 19 and living in Lake, Cook County, Illinois with her parents and brother. Emma's father died in 1890.
During the census of 1900, Emma was widowed and went by the name Emma Demaine. She was renting a home on Groveland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She was living alone, not employed, and had never had children.
At the time of the next census in 1910 Emma was living with her mother on Lake Avenue in Chicago. Neither woman was working. Emma went by the name of Emma Rice and indicated she was single rather than widowed.
Emma's mother died in 1913. Her brother had moved with his family from Ohio to Chicago by 1900, Minneapolis by 1905, Seattle by 1913, and Portland, Oregon by the time of the 1920 census. He worked as a dyer. A pacifist, in 1917 he was actively involved in resisting draft registration. He lived with his daughter, Alice, in Portland in 1930.
Emma was also living in Portland at some point. On 7/8/1943 Emma was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 6 months she died there of pneumonia related to the flu.
Her brother had two daughters, daughters were Mrs. Florence (William B) Ryan and Mrs Alice (Leo) Cook both of Portland in the 1920s.
Because no one in Emma's original family claimed her cremains, that container, and the cremation containers of all other unclaimed patients of the facility who died during WWII were placed in a storage compartment where the sat until the 2000's when the State of Oregon devised a plan to deal with them. A memorial and garden were designed to accommodate the cylinders. As each is claimed, the gray steel tag for the deceased is removed, allowing light to filter through the sculpture where their cremains once laid.
Emma's ashes have been claimed in 2018 by her cousin's descendants and will be permanently buried in Marion County, in the spring of 2020, where she was born. NOTE: The burial of the ashes has been postponed due to the COVID-19 health crisis. arrangments will be made at a later time.
During the 1860 census shortly before Emma was born, her parents were farming in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. During the census of 1870, Emma was 10 years old and living with her parents and brother in Riley, Sandusky County, Ohio. In the 1880 census, Emma was 19 and living in Lake, Cook County, Illinois with her parents and brother. Emma's father died in 1890.
During the census of 1900, Emma was widowed and went by the name Emma Demaine. She was renting a home on Groveland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She was living alone, not employed, and had never had children.
At the time of the next census in 1910 Emma was living with her mother on Lake Avenue in Chicago. Neither woman was working. Emma went by the name of Emma Rice and indicated she was single rather than widowed.
Emma's mother died in 1913. Her brother had moved with his family from Ohio to Chicago by 1900, Minneapolis by 1905, Seattle by 1913, and Portland, Oregon by the time of the 1920 census. He worked as a dyer. A pacifist, in 1917 he was actively involved in resisting draft registration. He lived with his daughter, Alice, in Portland in 1930.
Emma was also living in Portland at some point. On 7/8/1943 Emma was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 6 months she died there of pneumonia related to the flu.
Her brother had two daughters, daughters were Mrs. Florence (William B) Ryan and Mrs Alice (Leo) Cook both of Portland in the 1920s.
Because no one in Emma's original family claimed her cremains, that container, and the cremation containers of all other unclaimed patients of the facility who died during WWII were placed in a storage compartment where the sat until the 2000's when the State of Oregon devised a plan to deal with them. A memorial and garden were designed to accommodate the cylinders. As each is claimed, the gray steel tag for the deceased is removed, allowing light to filter through the sculpture where their cremains once laid.
Emma's ashes have been claimed in 2018 by her cousin's descendants and will be permanently buried in Marion County, in the spring of 2020, where she was born. NOTE: The burial of the ashes has been postponed due to the COVID-19 health crisis. arrangments will be made at a later time.
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Cremains are in the care of a relative and will be interred in Caledonia, Ohio.
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