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HORRY, Emma Elizabeth
1890 - 1974 (83 years) Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1866 - 1903 (37 years)-
Name HORRY, Emma Elizabeth Birth 1 May 1890 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire 
Gender Female Death 1974 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I8108 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HORRY, John Henry, b. 1866, Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1903, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 37 years) Mother HOBSON, Christiana, b. 1867, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1929, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 62 years) Marriage 1888 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F2928 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GRIFFITHS, William, b. 23 Jul 1891, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1951, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 59 years) Marriage 1910 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F2930 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EMMA ELIZABETH HORRY 1890-1974
The birth of Emma Elizabeth HORRY was registered in 1890. According to the registration of her death in 1974, she was born on 1 May 1890.
(GRO June Q 1890 Sheffield 9c 505)
From the 1891 census of 1 Dane Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
John Hy HORRY, head, married, aged 25, general labourer, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Christiana HORRY, wife, married, aged 24, born in Sheffield. Yorkshire;
Mary Ann HORRY, daughter, aged 2, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
*Emma HORRY, daughter, aged 11 months, born in Sheffield;
Walt HOBSON, single, aged 23, brother-in-law, bricklayer labourer, born in Sheffield;
Savina HOBSON, sister, aged 7 (?), scholar, born in Sheffield.
(RG12/2836/46/35)
The 1901 census of 125 Alfred Road, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
John H. HORRY, head, aged 35, married, steel dresser (shells), born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Christiana HORRY, wife, aged 34, married, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Mary A. HORRY, daughter, aged 12, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
*Emma E. HORRY, daughter, aged 10, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Ethel J. HORRY, daughter, aged 9, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4381/42/22)
The marriage between Emma E. HORRY and William D. B. GRIFFITHS was registered in 1910.
(GRO September Q 1910 Sheffield 9c 838)
A son William H. GRIFFITHS was born in 1910.
(GRO December Q 1910 Sheffield 9c 600)
The 1911 census of 179 Alfred Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
Christiana HORRY, head, aged 42, widow, 8 children, 5 living, 4 dead (?), born at Newland, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Mary Ann HORRY, daughter, aged 22, single, saw hardener at steel & saw works, born at Brightside, Sheffield;
Ethel HORRY, daughter, aged 19, single, 1 child (living), born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Nellie HORRY, daughter, aged 8, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Albert HORRY, son, aged 5, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William GRIFFITHS, boarder, aged 19, married under 1 year, tyre bowler's labourer in steel works, born at Wincobank, Sheffield;
*Emma GRIFFITHS, daughter, aged 20, married under 1 year, 1 child (living), born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William GRIFFITHS, boarder, aged 7 months, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire;
William SANDS, boarder, aged 53, widower, forge man at steel works, born in Manchester;
Jack VOICE, boarder, aged 35, single, forge man at steel works, born at Leverton, Nottinghamshire;
Walter HOBSON, boarder, aged 41, single, bricklayer's labourer at steel works, born at Neepsend, Sheffield;
Annie E. HORRY, boarder, aged 5 months, born at Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG14 PN27975 RD510 SD6 ED16 SN154)
From the 1939 Register of No. 36 Dearne Street, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire:
Wm D. B. GRIFFITHS, born 23 July 1891, married, pitman melting furn.;
*Emma E. GRIFFITHS, born 1 May 1890, married, unpaid domestic duties;
The death of Emma Elizabeth GRIFFITHS was registered in 1974. The registration gives her date of birth as 1 May 1890.
(GRO March Q 1974 Sheffield 2d 239)
(revised 23.02.2016)