Emma Eliza Filkins

Emma Eliza Filkins

Female 1851 - 1936  (85 years)


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  • Name Emma Eliza Filkins 
    Birth 15 Nov 1851 
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Dec 1936 
    Person ID I45863  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father William Henry Filkins,   b. 29 Jul 1823   d. 31 Oct 1910 (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Alzina Ingersoll,   b. 19 Mar 1826, Richland, Oswego County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1908 (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F8761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charles Sheridan 
    Children 
     1. Pearl Nellie Sheridan,   b. 7 Jun 1874, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1942, Gloversville, Fulton, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F14834  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Pardon Charles Widrig,   b. Sep 1871   d. Between 1925 and 1930 (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1913  Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Emma Elizabeth Filkins - November 15, 1851 - December 2, 1936. Daughter of William Henry and Nancy Alzina Ingersoll Filkins. Wife of Charles Sheridan & Pardon Charles "Charles" Widrig (married March 3, 1913 at Bennington, Vermont.)

      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, December 16, 1936 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Mrs. Emma Widrig, 85, widow of Charles Widrig, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Cora Fox, Maple Avenue, December 2, where she had made her home for several weeks. Mrs. Widrig was born in this town in the Lehigh district, November 15, 1851, a daughter of Henry and Alzina Ingersoll Fillcins. Her first husband was Charles Sheridan, by whom she had one daughter, now Mrs. Nellie Thomas of Gloversville. Her entire life was passed in this vicinity with the exception of about six years when she resided in Gloversville. She had been a member of the local Methodist church for many years and was active in its work when health permitted Besides the daughter, Mrs. Thomas, there survive her two sisters, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. B. S. Mickle, both of this village; two brothers, Isaac Filkins of Wilson, Connecticut, and Charles Filkins of Frankfort, New York; three grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral was held at the Fox home with the Rev. W. A. Gardner officiating, and burial was in Riverside cemetery.