Emily Griffith

Notes:

The daughter of Gen. John Summerfield Griffith. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 301).

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name: Emily Griffith Roberts
death date: 08 Jul 1951
death place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
residence 606 Griffith Avenue
gender: Female
race: white
death age: 79 years 5 months 9 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 29 Jan 1872
birthplace: Rockwall, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Summerfield Griffith
father's birthplace: Maryland
mother's name: Sarah Emily Simpson
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation: Houseduty
place of residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
burial place: Terrell, Texas
burial date: 09 Jul 1951
Informant Maudeen C Roberts
additional relatives: X
film number: 2074775
digital film number: 4167205
image number: 748
reference number: cn 36477
Collection: Emily Griffith Roberts, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Margaret Henson writes that Emily privately published a two-volume genealogy about the family in 1939 and 1948. The volumes included research and many documents concerning the Roberts, Griffiths, Cartwrights and other interrelated families.

Emily married Matthew Cartwright Roberts about 1890 in Texas. Matthew (son of Benjamin Thomas Roberts and Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright) was born on 18 Jan 1870 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 7 Apr 1931 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
"Twenty-year old Matthew C. Roberts, already on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur like his uncle, soon found reasons to make regular business trips (from Terrell) to Dallas in order to see Emily Griffith...who had moved there from Terrell. They were married at the end of 1890, but like many of their contemporaries, the newlyweds continued living with their parents for awhile." (Henson and Parmelee, p. 301).

1. Summerfield Griffith Roberts was born on 17 Oct 1891 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; died on 3 Jan 1970 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
2. Emily Roberts was born on 28 May 1894 in Texas; died in May 1984 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.
3. Annie Ruth Roberts was born on 13 Dec 1896 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; died on 26 Sep 1972 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.
4. Matthew Cartwright Roberts, Jr. was born on 16 Oct 1901 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; died on 13 Dec 1985 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.
5. Ione Roberts was born on 7 May 1904 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; died on 30 Apr 1933 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.