Person:Emily Cossaboom (1)

She was living with Charles Morehouse and Hannah Unknown in the 1871 census and used their surname and identified them as her parents in her marriage record. She may have considered them as surrogate parents when she was living with them as a school teacher. She also named her son Charles Morehouse Sullivan, and gave her maiden name as Morehouse in his birth record.

1.   George S. Brown. Yarmouth Nova Scotia Genelaogies Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald. (1901).
2. ↑ Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, in Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

   Emley Cossaboom, age 19, school mistress, living in the household of Charles and Hannah Morehouse

3. ↑ Joseph Sullivan and Emily Morehouse, in Canada. Canada Marriages, 1661-1949. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   Emily used the surname Morehouse and identified her parents as Charles and Hannah.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Mrs. Emily Sullivan, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Nova Scotia Deaths.

   died Mar 6, 1929 in Freeport, Digby, Nova Scotia, aged 84 years, 9 months, 16 days, born June 20 (no year) in Grand Manan
   father: William Cossaboom

   Her age at death puts her birth date in May 1844, which does not match a birth day of June 20. Probably the number of months was calculated incorrectly. Based on her gravestone, the year was also calculated incorrectly.

5. ↑ Freeport, Digby, Nova Scotia, in Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).

   Emily Sullivan, born 19 May 1849 in Nova Scotia

6. ↑ Emily Morehouse Sullivan, in Find A Grave.

   born 1845, no death year

7. ↑ Joseph Jeffrey Sullivan, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Nova Scotia Deaths.

   widow: Emily Fidelia Sullivan

8. ↑ Charles Morehouse Sullivan and Mary Agnes McCormick Devlin, in New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950 (FamilySearch).

   mother of the groom: Emily Amelia Morehouse