Mrs. Charles Emerson (1907 Sagebrushers trip cook; probably Annie / Anna E. Emerson, 1877–1907)
Also known as: Mrs. Charles Emerson, Annie Emerson, Anna E. Emerson
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
The cook of the 1907 Sagebrushers trip (JJM's original list; the Gazette's "a cook and his wife" is backwards). Cooked 25 Jul - 13 Aug 1907; paid off with her husband near Mammoth when he quit. PROBABLY (0.6) the "Mrs. Annie Emerson, wife of Charles Emerson and formerly a resident of Butte" who burned to death in a gasoline explosion at Belgrade on the morning of 4 Nov 1907 while she and her husband ran the Knutson restaurant (River Press, Fort Benton, 1907-11-13 p. 3, dateline Butte Nov. 5): Find a Grave 51229663, Anna E. Emerson, b. 1877 Norway, unmarked grave, Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman. The fit is name, town, date and trade, eleven weeks after the party passed through Belgrade (18 Aug); no independent detail (address, first name in the diary, directory entry) yet ties the two couples together. Research: research/docs/sagebrushers-companions-2026-09-28/emersons.md
Facts
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- Birth:
- 1877 50Find a Grave 51229663 ("Birth 1877 Norway"; unmarked grave, so probably from cemetery or county records), research note; conditional on the 50 identification. Analyst's estimate 45; the record's 50 kept (within rounding).
- Death:
- 1907-11-04, Belgrade, Montana 50River Press 13 Nov 1907 p. 3 (dateline "Butte Nov. 5": "yesterday morning"; she "poured gasoline on the fire, thinking it was kerosene") and Find a Grave 51229663, via the research note: about 90 as a fact about Annie Emerson, but whether she was the cook is 0.6 → 50. No filed source.
- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
- Affiliations:
- Cook, 1907 Sagebrushers Yellowstone party, 25 Jul - 13 Aug 1907, Knutson restaurant, Belgrade, with her husband, autumn 1907 (probable, 0.6)
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-07-25 | occupation · the party's cook: "Cook & Husband / Mrs. & Mr. Charles Emerson."; "Charlie, the cook's husband" (Yellowstone National Park) JJM's original list (Mrs. named first) and booklet p. 33. | 95 | 1907-07-25 — James J. Murphy's diary of the 1907 Yellowstone trip (original pencil manuscript, "Crown Memorandum" pocket notebook); 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words |
| 1907-08-05 | event · "Ann and Mrs. Emerson had joined us, and we had to wait for them" (walking back through the timber near Thumb) (Yellowstone National Park) Booklet p. 19, the only time she is named after the list. | 95 | 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words |
| 1907-08-13 | event · paid off with her husband: "we would get along without his wife also, as it would make it bad for her, and we paid them off"; "The girls were not a bit discouraged" (Yellowstone National Park) Booklet pp. 33-34. | 95 | 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words |
| 1907-08-15 | event · "We met our former cook and her husband on the way" (14 Aug); "Charlie and his wife came in and seemed taken aback to discover we were enjoying such a fine meal" (15 Aug) (Yellowstone National Park) Booklet pp. 34, 36; the last mention. | 95 | 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words |
| 1907-11 | burial · unmarked grave, Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman (plot NEW 19 102) (Bozeman, Montana) Find a Grave 51229663 and its photo ("unmarked south of Frank Dwight"), research note; conditional on the identification. | 45 | |
| 1907-11-04 | event · with her husband "running the Knutson restaurant" at Belgrade; burned to death there in a gasoline explosion on the morning of 4 Nov 1907 (Belgrade, Montana) River Press 13 Nov 1907 p. 3 (research note); conditional on the 50 identification. | 50 | |
| — | description · "Chaperons." written later in ink, in another hand, beside the Emersons on JJM's list Manuscript scan 2; a family reader's comment, not a role the diary records. | 95 | 1907-07-25 — James J. Murphy's diary of the 1907 Yellowstone trip (original pencil manuscript, "Crown Memorandum" pocket notebook) |
| — | name · probably Mrs. Annie (Anna E.) Emerson, "wife of Charles Emerson and formerly a resident of Butte", b. 1877 in Norway River Press 13 Nov 1907 p. 3; Find a Grave 51229663 (research note). Research 0.6 → 50. | 50 |
Relationships
Marriage
- married to Charles "Charlie" Emerson (1907 Sagebrushers chuck-wagon driver; the cook's husband)95"Mrs. & Mr. Charles Emerson" (JJM's list); "meaning his wife" (p. 33); "Charlie and his wife" (p. 36). One primary record: 95. · 1907-07-25 — James J. Murphy's diary of the 1907 Yellowstone trip (original pencil manuscript, "Crown Memorandum" pocket notebook); 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words
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Appears with
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)2 shared sources
- Agnes Kelly Murphy2 shared sources
- Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora)2 shared sources
- Maud Sheehan (Margaret Maude Sheehan, 1886–1938, later Mrs. Edward J. Johns; 1907 Sagebrushers traveler)2 shared sources
- Patrick "Tish" Maloughney (1883–1958; "Tish Maloney" in print; JJM's best friend by family tradition; Chatham cousin of Aggie Kelly)2 shared sources
- Grace Dawson (1907 Sagebrushers traveler; Hennessy's wrapper, aged 18)2 shared sources
- Kate Cosgrove (1907 Sagebrushers traveler; Butte public-school teacher)2 shared sources
- Nell (Helen) Cosgrove (1907 Sagebrushers traveler)2 shared sources
- George B. Archibald (1884–1955; 1907 Sagebrushers traveler; mining engineer; the trip started at his house)2 shared sources
- May (Mae) Konen (1885–1942; later Mrs. George Archibald, then Mrs. Lackey; 1907 Sagebrushers traveler)2 shared sources
- William "Will" Thoroway, probably William Emory Thirloway (1882–1958; 1907 Sagebrushers traveler, with his wife)2 shared sources
- Mrs. Wm. Thoroway, "Bird", probably Bertha L. (Konen) Thirloway (1884–1946; 1907 Sagebrushers traveler)2 shared sources
- Owen F. Brinton (1884–1939; "Owen Brinton" of the 1907 Sagebrushers; married Ann Laughrin)2 shared sources
- Ann Laurie (Loughran) Brinton (1884–1968; "Ann Laughrin" of the 1907 Sagebrushers)2 shared sources
- Charles "Charlie" Emerson (1907 Sagebrushers chuck-wagon driver; the cook's husband)2 shared sources
- …and 9 more people with shared sources.
Sources linking to this person
<25 — Namesake / flag / context — 2
- 1907-07-25 — James J. Murphy's diary of the 1907 Yellowstone trip (original pencil manuscript, "Crown Memorandum" pocket notebook)JJM's 1907 Yellowstone diary: four pages of the original pencil manuscriptrole: trip_cook · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Mrs. Charles Emerson (Cook)
Identity: JJM's pencil list: "Cook & Husband / Mrs. & Mr. Charles / Emerson." (the cook is the wife).
- 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own WordsThe Sagebrushers — JJM's diary of the July-August 1907 Yellowstone Park triprole: trip_cook · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Mrs. Charles Emerson
Identity: The record was made for the cook of the booklet's list ("Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Charlie) Emerson") and p. 19 ("Mrs. Emerson").