Emerline Patterson

     Emerline Patterson was born on 18 November 1816 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.¹ She was the daughter of Danforth Patterson and Chloe Smith. Emerline Patterson was baptized on 11 February 1826 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.² She married John Young Jr., son of Johannes Young and Lydia Ann Covey, on 19 January 1835 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.³ Emerline Patterson died on 26 August 1851 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec, at age 34.³ She was buried on 27 August 1851 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.³
     One cemetery transcription listing shows Emeline's death date to read 21 August 1851, but the McClellan transcription agrees with the church record- 26 August 1851.⁴ The inventory for Emerline Patterson lists her death, her children, and her husband's remarriage to Margaret Stewart. There were Adeline Adelia, 17, Lany Maranda and Lydia Maria, twins ae 14, Emily, 12, Hiram, 8 and John Nelson, 5 yrs 11 mos. Pages of real property were listed.⁵