Emma Jewell and Children
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Title
Emma Jewell and Children
Subject
Jewell, Emma Alice (Brinker) (1893-1943)
Jewell, William Henry (ca 1919 - 1936)
Jewell, Catherine L. (ca 1922 - )
Description
The name, "Mrs. Robt Jewell" is written on the glass plate of this image of a woman with her two children.
After further research, we determined this is a photograph of Robert H. Jewell’s wife, Emma Alice (Brinker) Jewell, with her two oldest children: William H. and Catherine L. Jewell. Another son, George S., was born after this photograph was taken.
Emma A. Brinker was the daughter of Henry and Lizzie (Craig) Brinker. She married Robert H. Jewell (1898-1943) in May 1918, in Strasburg. He was the son of Solomon Robert (1864-1938) and Sarah Catherine (Middleton) (1864-1940) Jewell, of Fishers Hill, near Strasburg. The well-known Reverend, J.D. Hamaker, officiated.
When they married, her husband’s occupation was “Miller”. Later that year, Robert registered for the WWI draft. The couple lived on Fishers Hill, and Robert worked for Levi Keller there.
Over the next decades, the family rented farms around the area and Robert worked as a farmhand. In 1920, they were on Back Road, in 1930 they lived near Posey Hollow Road and Valley Pike in the Davis District, and by 1940, they lived in Toms Brook.
In 1936, their oldest son, William Henry, died as the result of an automobile accident. He was not quite 18 years old.
On October 23, 1943, Emma’s husband was struck and killed by an automobile as he walked along US Route 11 near Fisher’s Hill in the early evening. Emma, herself, died not quite two weeks later. Her death certificate noted the cause of death as “Acute dilation of the heart”.
After further research, we determined this is a photograph of Robert H. Jewell’s wife, Emma Alice (Brinker) Jewell, with her two oldest children: William H. and Catherine L. Jewell. Another son, George S., was born after this photograph was taken.
Emma A. Brinker was the daughter of Henry and Lizzie (Craig) Brinker. She married Robert H. Jewell (1898-1943) in May 1918, in Strasburg. He was the son of Solomon Robert (1864-1938) and Sarah Catherine (Middleton) (1864-1940) Jewell, of Fishers Hill, near Strasburg. The well-known Reverend, J.D. Hamaker, officiated.
When they married, her husband’s occupation was “Miller”. Later that year, Robert registered for the WWI draft. The couple lived on Fishers Hill, and Robert worked for Levi Keller there.
Over the next decades, the family rented farms around the area and Robert worked as a farmhand. In 1920, they were on Back Road, in 1930 they lived near Posey Hollow Road and Valley Pike in the Davis District, and by 1940, they lived in Toms Brook.
In 1936, their oldest son, William Henry, died as the result of an automobile accident. He was not quite 18 years old.
On October 23, 1943, Emma’s husband was struck and killed by an automobile as he walked along US Route 11 near Fisher’s Hill in the early evening. Emma, herself, died not quite two weeks later. Her death certificate noted the cause of death as “Acute dilation of the heart”.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Nov 1928" on box of plates.
Contributor
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Emma Alice (Brinker) Jewell appears in Morrison Studio collection numbers 006461 and 014242.
William H. Jewell appears in Morrison Studio collection numbers 006461 and 014242.
Catherine L. Jewell appears in Morrison Studio collection numbers 006461 and 014242.
Identifier
006461
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Emma Jewell and Children,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39644.
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