Person:Emma Abbott (7)

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Emma Abbott
b.9 Dec 1850 Chicago, Illinois
d.5 Jan 1891 Ogden, Utah
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m. 3 Oct 1842
  1. George H. Abbott1847 - 1887
  2. Emma?t AbbottAbt 1850 -
  3. Emma Abbott1850 - 1891
  4. Leon AbbottAbt 1852 -
  5. Frederick AbbottAbt 1857 -
  6. Lizzie AbbottAbt 1860 -
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m. Est 1872
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Facts and Events
Name Emma Abbott
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][7] 9 Dec 1850 Chicago, IllinoisBorn at home on Kinzie Street.
Residence[1] From 1850 to 1854 Chicago, Illinois
Alt Birth[5] 1855 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Residence[1] From 1854 to 1866 Peoria, Illinois
Occupation[1] 1866 Peoria, Illinois"In 1866 ... Emma took a district school to teach in order to assist in supporting the household."
Residence[4] 1870 Oak Creek, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesLiving with parents.
Residence[1] From 1870 to 1872 New York City
Marriage Est 1872 EuropeThey married in secret.
to Eugene Wetherell
Occupation[1] Lifelong singer, from childhood to death.
Occupation[3] Actress.
Death[1] 5 Jan 1891 Ogden, Utah"after an illness of less than a week"
Alt Death[5][6][7][8] 5 Jan 1891 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United StatesFrom S7&S8 ... Apparently died at Hotel Templeton on the Corner of Main and ???? at the age of 36 (likely an underestatement).
Alt Death[3] 6 Jan 1891 Denver, Colorado, United States
Funeral[1] 9 Jan 1891 Chicago, Illinois
Burial[1] Gloucester, MassachusettsCremains "were deposited in the magnificent mausoleum she had built in Glooucester, Mass."
Alt Burial[5][6] New York, New York, United StatesThe Evening Star source indicates "the body will be embalmed and sent to Chicago", though this is a prospective rather than retrospective statement.
Cause of Death[8] Pneumonia

"Her voice was a pure, clear, long-range soprano of great flexibility."[1]

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From Evening Star obit

Her transport to New York was enabled by Clara Louise Kellogg (Wikpedia) who secured her the position of principal soprano in Dr. Chapin's Church at the corner of 45th Street and Fifth Avenue.(from "Evening Star" citation) Therefrom she collected monies from parishioners to travel to Europe to continue musical education. Her future husband, Eugene Wetherell, was a member of Dr. Chapin's congregation; the two lived in the same boarding house on 14th Street and their relationship eventually led to marriage.

Abbott traveled to Paris and studied music under Marchesi (likely Blanche Marchesi) and acting under Charles Fecther.

Her husband died in Denver "two years ago".

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Abbot, Emma, in Willard, Frances Elizabeth, and Mary A. Livermore. A woman of the century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. (Buffalo, New York: Moulton, 1893)
    Pages 2 and 3, 1893.
  2. ↑ Martin, Sadie E. The life and professional career of Emma Abbott. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991)
    1891.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Obituary: Mrs. Emma Abbott Wetherell, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. Illinois State Register. (Springfield, Illinois)
    7 Jan 1891.

    Data extracted from obituary and stored in Source:United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011.

    Citation: "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MP-LQZC : 18 July 2020), Mrs Emma Abbott Wetherell, 1891.

  4. ↑ Dwelling 245, family 238, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Pg. 36, 25 Jul 1850.

    See Family:Seth Abbott and Almira Palmer (1) for transcription.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Vital record: Emma Abbott Wetherell, in Utah, United States. Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946. (FamilySearch Record Search).

    This is a data extract from the record rather than inspection of original record.

    "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85M-WF8 : 28 January 2020), Emma Abbott Wetherell, .

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Emma Abbott Dead, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.)
    Vol 78, No 18,035, Pg 1, 5 Jan 1891.

    Via Repository:Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 death # 559, certificate # 1194, in Record of Deaths in Salt Lake City, 1890 to 1894.

    "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D487-NJ1?cc=1459704&wc=MXM9-4PF%3A42348701 : 22 May 2014), 004139830 > image 29 of 223; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City.

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 #2383, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Salt Lake City Interment Records May 2, 1888 to Dec. 31, 1893.

    Indicates cause of death as pneumonia but with additional text that can't be deciphered. Her medical attendant was D. Pinkerton(sp). Record indicates that her body was sent to New York City.

    "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CR-B7QY?cc=2094273&wc=36Y9-W3F%3A1583717402 : 19 May 2020), Record of the dead, 1888-1896 > image 79 of 274; Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City.

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