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- BIOGRAPHY: Emma and her husband James Edwin Shorten were both school teachers for a time before moving to the Boise Valley in August 1908.
James Edwin worked for the Studebaker Company selling wagons and buggies for some time in the Boise Valley. His only daughter, Emma Irene Shorten Moffit, inherited the Shorten home and property in Smithfield, Utah.
James Edwin's mother and some of the siblings moved to California but James Edwin and Emma stayed in Smithfield after they were married in 1899.
They taught school and helped James Bussey after his wife and two youngest children moved to Los Angeles. They considered joining Albert and Lawrence in the wholesale produce business, but they did not like the lifestyle of Southern California . They later moved to the Boise Valley in Idaho near her parents and remained there for the rest of their lives. Albert and Lawrence invited James Edwin to come to Los Angeles and go in with them in the produce business. But he preferred the lif estyle in Idaho so he declined the offer. James Edwin was a very conservative man and very frugal. He saved his money and during the Depression of the 1930s, he loaned money to people who
couldn't get a loan from the banks. He was greatly respected by all who knew him. He had a stroke in 1932 and couldn't speak from then until he passed away in 1935. It was terrible for him, he was such a bright man and very hard on his dear wife , Emma.
They kept in close touch with their extended family and enjoyed many happy visits with all of them. They had one daughter, Emma Irene Shorten Moffit. James Edwin Shorten is buried in Nampa, Idaho.
Taken from history contributed by Chloe T Slade, Rosalyn W. Slade, Winnifred Shorten Farrell Short, Barbara F. Simpson and Van Ness M. Mossman
On December 30, 1938 Emma married John Samuel Wright. She died at age 77, at Nampa, Idaho and was buried next to her first husband in the Kohlerlawn Cemetery in Nampa, Idaho.
Source: Rhonda @findagrave.com - 16 Jan 2011
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Idaho Death
Emma F. Wright, 77, Nampa.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner, April 23, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton - 16 Jan 2011
BURIAL: Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Plot: M155_2
"Emma Flack Wright: Born - 28 Feb 1874: Died - 22 Apr 1951."
Source: Rhonda @findagrave.com - 15 Jan 2011
CENSUS: 1880 US Federal Census - Illinois, Perry, Du Quoin, ED 73, Page 55. *[6 Jul 1880]*
#514/524
Living with parents
Emma E Flack (daughter) age 6 born Illinois.
CENSUS: 1900 US Federal Census - California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, ED 87, Page 3A. *[4 Jun 1900]*
1537 BENGER?
#47/47
James E Shorten (head) age 30 born Jun/Jan? 1869 Utah. Married 8 months. School Teacher. F=ENG, M=ENG.
Emma F Shorten (wife) age 26 born Feb 1874 Illinois. Married 8 months. No Children. F=ILL, M=ENG
Hannah Shorten (mother) age 53 born Mar 1847 England. Married 37 years. 4 children, 4 alive. F=ENG, M=ENG
Anna Louise Shorten (sister) age 21 born Nov 1879 Utah. F=ENG, M=ENG
Arthur Shorten (brother) age 15 born Nov 1884 Utah.
VanessanShorten (sister) age 7 born Nov 1892 Utah.
CENSUS: 1910 US Federal Census - Idaho, Ada, Boise, ED 9, Page 3A. *[16 Apr 1910]*
811 26th STREET?
#61/69
James E Shorten (head) age 42 born Utah. Married 10 years. Travelling Salesman, Vehicles. F=ENG, M=ENG.
Emma F Shorten (wife) age 36 born Illinois. Married 10 years. 1 child, 1 alive. F=ILL, M=ENG
E Irene Shorten (daughter) age 1 born Utah.
CENSUS: 1920 US Federal Census - Idaho, Canyon, Nampa, ED 60, Page 18B. *[27 Jan 1920]*
401 10th AVENUE
#369/424
James E Shorten (head) age 51 born Utah. Agent Loan Company. F=ENG, M=ENG.
Emma F Shorten (wife) age 45 born Illinois. F=ILL, M=ENG
Emma Irene Shorten (daughter) age 11 born Utah.
CENSUS: 1930 US Federal Census - Idaho, Canyon, Nampa, ED 16, Page 2B. *[4 Apr 1930]*
403 10th AVENUE
#59/59
J E Shorten (head) age 61 born Utah. 1st married age 30. F=ENG, M=ENG.
Emma F Shorten (wife) age 55 born Illinois. 1st married age 24. F=ILL, M=ENG
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1874 - 1951 (77 years)