Person:Mary Smith (532)

birth parents: Charles Smith and Elizabeth McGrath (1)

Emma was a widow, Mary E Gooding, on the 1900 census. She also used the surname Price. Her third spouse was Harry Price. She was remembered by neice Katherine Smith as being American Indian looking, having a reddish brown complexion with straight black hair AND DARK EYES. SHE MARRIED IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SHE LIKED TO CHEW TOBACCO,USED A SPITOON AND USED SNUFF. Emma often wore her long straight black hair in 2 braids that hung down over her chest. Emma was first married to a SAMUEL W Praeter in 1880 Brooklyn NY. SHE MARRIED ROBERT C GOODING 1896. The family back then REMARKED how she looked like the Smith's due to her Indian like features-DARKER THEN THE REST OF THE FAMILY. Emma was short and stout and she had a round head. SHE LAST LIVED AT 585 LEXINGTON AVE BROOKLYN NY. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. IT IS POSSIBLE SHE WAS BEEN BORN JAN 1862 THOUGH 1861 SEEMS MORE LIKELY. EMMA DIED AT BROOKLYN STATE HOSPITAL 1597 FULTON ST BROOKLYN NY.