Emma was the daughter of Benjamin B. Miller and Hester E. Curtis (abt 1830 - est 1904).
Emma and Frank were married on 22 Sep 1883 in Alameda County.
Source: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
The first death notice below is from the 14 Nov 1899 edition of The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper:
A YOUNG GIRL'S FATAL MISTAKE.
Points a Rifle Thought to be Unloaded at Her Mother, Resulting in a Bullet Entering the Latter's Brain, Causing Death.
Six Children, Ranging in Age From Fourteen Months to Fifteen Years, Left Motherless, and the Father in Straightened Circumstances.
MODESTO, Nov. 13.- Mrs. Emma McCoy, wife of Frank McCoy, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by her thirteen-year-old daughter yesterday. The girl pointed a parlor rifle at her mother's head and said she was going to shoot, and the bullet went into the brain behind the left ear, ranging upward. Medical skill was called, but to no purpose.
The rifle was believed to be unloaded, as the fifteen-year-old son had told his sister that he had taken out the cartridge, but the younger brother had replaced it to shoot at a pigeon, and left the cartridge in the weapon without telling them. The family consists of a father, who is a laboring man, and six children, ranging from 14 months to 15 years. They are in straightened circumstances. The family has resided here but three weeks, having come from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, but their former home was at Castroville, where all of the children were born. The father had left the family but half an hour before the shooting, to go to a ranch where he was working on a plow team.
The second death notice below (abridged) is from the 17 Nov 1899 edition of the Oakdale Leader:
A Sad Accident
Mrs. Emma A. McCoy was shot in the head and fatally wounded by her 13-year-old daughter, Eva, at their home in Modesto on Sunday last. The family consisted of Frank McCoy, his wife and six children. They had recently come to Modesto from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne county, but the former home, where all of the children were born, was Castroville, Montery county. The deceased was aged 36 years, a native of California.
The remains were taken to Castroville for interment and were accompanied thither by the sorrowing husband and children of the deceased.
Emma and Frank were married on 22 Sep 1883 in Alameda County.
Source: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
The first death notice below is from the 14 Nov 1899 edition of The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper:
A YOUNG GIRL'S FATAL MISTAKE.
Points a Rifle Thought to be Unloaded at Her Mother, Resulting in a Bullet Entering the Latter's Brain, Causing Death.
Six Children, Ranging in Age From Fourteen Months to Fifteen Years, Left Motherless, and the Father in Straightened Circumstances.
MODESTO, Nov. 13.- Mrs. Emma McCoy, wife of Frank McCoy, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by her thirteen-year-old daughter yesterday. The girl pointed a parlor rifle at her mother's head and said she was going to shoot, and the bullet went into the brain behind the left ear, ranging upward. Medical skill was called, but to no purpose.
The rifle was believed to be unloaded, as the fifteen-year-old son had told his sister that he had taken out the cartridge, but the younger brother had replaced it to shoot at a pigeon, and left the cartridge in the weapon without telling them. The family consists of a father, who is a laboring man, and six children, ranging from 14 months to 15 years. They are in straightened circumstances. The family has resided here but three weeks, having come from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, but their former home was at Castroville, where all of the children were born. The father had left the family but half an hour before the shooting, to go to a ranch where he was working on a plow team.
The second death notice below (abridged) is from the 17 Nov 1899 edition of the Oakdale Leader:
A Sad Accident
Mrs. Emma A. McCoy was shot in the head and fatally wounded by her 13-year-old daughter, Eva, at their home in Modesto on Sunday last. The family consisted of Frank McCoy, his wife and six children. They had recently come to Modesto from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne county, but the former home, where all of the children were born, was Castroville, Montery county. The deceased was aged 36 years, a native of California.
The remains were taken to Castroville for interment and were accompanied thither by the sorrowing husband and children of the deceased.
Emma was the daughter of Benjamin B. Miller and Hester E. Curtis (abt 1830 - est 1904).
Emma and Frank were married on 22 Sep 1883 in Alameda County.
Source: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
The first death notice below is from the 14 Nov 1899 edition of The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper:
A YOUNG GIRL'S FATAL MISTAKE.
Points a Rifle Thought to be Unloaded at Her Mother, Resulting in a Bullet Entering the Latter's Brain, Causing Death.
Six Children, Ranging in Age From Fourteen Months to Fifteen Years, Left Motherless, and the Father in Straightened Circumstances.
MODESTO, Nov. 13.- Mrs. Emma McCoy, wife of Frank McCoy, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by her thirteen-year-old daughter yesterday. The girl pointed a parlor rifle at her mother's head and said she was going to shoot, and the bullet went into the brain behind the left ear, ranging upward. Medical skill was called, but to no purpose.
The rifle was believed to be unloaded, as the fifteen-year-old son had told his sister that he had taken out the cartridge, but the younger brother had replaced it to shoot at a pigeon, and left the cartridge in the weapon without telling them. The family consists of a father, who is a laboring man, and six children, ranging from 14 months to 15 years. They are in straightened circumstances. The family has resided here but three weeks, having come from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, but their former home was at Castroville, where all of the children were born. The father had left the family but half an hour before the shooting, to go to a ranch where he was working on a plow team.
The second death notice below (abridged) is from the 17 Nov 1899 edition of the Oakdale Leader:
A Sad Accident
Mrs. Emma A. McCoy was shot in the head and fatally wounded by her 13-year-old daughter, Eva, at their home in Modesto on Sunday last. The family consisted of Frank McCoy, his wife and six children. They had recently come to Modesto from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne county, but the former home, where all of the children were born, was Castroville, Montery county. The deceased was aged 36 years, a native of California.
The remains were taken to Castroville for interment and were accompanied thither by the sorrowing husband and children of the deceased.
Emma and Frank were married on 22 Sep 1883 in Alameda County.
Source: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
The first death notice below is from the 14 Nov 1899 edition of The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper:
A YOUNG GIRL'S FATAL MISTAKE.
Points a Rifle Thought to be Unloaded at Her Mother, Resulting in a Bullet Entering the Latter's Brain, Causing Death.
Six Children, Ranging in Age From Fourteen Months to Fifteen Years, Left Motherless, and the Father in Straightened Circumstances.
MODESTO, Nov. 13.- Mrs. Emma McCoy, wife of Frank McCoy, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by her thirteen-year-old daughter yesterday. The girl pointed a parlor rifle at her mother's head and said she was going to shoot, and the bullet went into the brain behind the left ear, ranging upward. Medical skill was called, but to no purpose.
The rifle was believed to be unloaded, as the fifteen-year-old son had told his sister that he had taken out the cartridge, but the younger brother had replaced it to shoot at a pigeon, and left the cartridge in the weapon without telling them. The family consists of a father, who is a laboring man, and six children, ranging from 14 months to 15 years. They are in straightened circumstances. The family has resided here but three weeks, having come from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, but their former home was at Castroville, where all of the children were born. The father had left the family but half an hour before the shooting, to go to a ranch where he was working on a plow team.
The second death notice below (abridged) is from the 17 Nov 1899 edition of the Oakdale Leader:
A Sad Accident
Mrs. Emma A. McCoy was shot in the head and fatally wounded by her 13-year-old daughter, Eva, at their home in Modesto on Sunday last. The family consisted of Frank McCoy, his wife and six children. They had recently come to Modesto from Soulsbyville, Tuolumne county, but the former home, where all of the children were born, was Castroville, Montery county. The deceased was aged 36 years, a native of California.
The remains were taken to Castroville for interment and were accompanied thither by the sorrowing husband and children of the deceased.
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