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Emma Seelig
This entry is about Emma Seelig (Born about 1916; death not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Emma Seelig (Born May 1888; death not recorded).
Born about 1916; death not recorded
Emma Seelig was born in New York about 1916, the younger daughter of Louis Seelig and Sarah Moore, and was fourteen and living with them in Brooklyn in 1930. She married George Yelverton before 1935, and in 1940 the two of them were in Brooklyn with their daughters Janet and Marylou and with her widowed father in the house. She outlived her elder sister Florence, who died at Ocala in August 1997 and whose obituary names her as a surviving sister.
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Emma Seelig was born in New York about 1916, the younger daughter of Louis Seelig and Sarah Moore, and was fourteen and living with them in Brooklyn in 1930. She married George Yelverton before 1935, and in 1940 the two of them were in Brooklyn with their daughters Janet and Marylou and with her widowed father in the house. She outlived her elder sister Florence, who died at Ocala in August 1997 and whose obituary names her as a surviving sister.
Born at New York
Recorded as: Yelverton
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
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Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Kevin Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
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Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Florence Rose Seelig
- Emma Seelig (this person)
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- New York
- New York City, New York
- Ocala, Marion County, Florida
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York
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What the records say
1 of 4 records transcribed.
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Louis Seelig household, 1930 census, Brooklyn
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Obituary of Mrs Florence R Mayer, Ocala Star-Banner, 1 September 1997
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George Yelverton household, 1940 census, Brooklyn Assembly District 15
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NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026
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Twelve couples tested by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year: no matches. Controls: surname Mayer alone returns 1,025 rows for 1922-1937, and the GGG (all-records) and City (digitised-only) indexes return identical counts for every name tested.
Historical context
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What we still don't know
- Her marriage to George Yelverton, which was before their elder daughter was born about 1935.
- Her death, which was after August 1997. She would have been about 81 then.
- Her birth record. Neither of Louis and Sarah's daughters' births has been read for Emma, only Florence's.
- [NEGATIVE, CONTROLLED — NOT MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY] Tested on 21 August 2026 against the New York City marriage index by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year. No certificate joins them. Two controls make the zero usable: the surname alone returns hundreds of rows, so the query works; and the GGG transcription of every record and the City's index of digitised records return identical counts, so this is a real absence and not a scanning gap. Within the index's coverage — five boroughs, 1866-1937 — they married somewhere else. Finding 158.
References
- [1] Louis Seelig household, 1930 census, BrooklynBack to citation 1
- [2] Obituary of Mrs Florence R Mayer, Ocala Star-Banner, 1 September 1997Back to citation 2
- [3] George Yelverton household, 1940 census, Brooklyn Assembly District 15Back to citation 3
- [4] NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026Back to citation 4