pidgeon emily baker obit

Emily Ruth Baker Pidgeon

(1844-1924)

MRS. WILLIAM PIDGEON, SR. , DIES AT AGE OF 80 YEARS

Emily Ruth Pidgeon, wife of William Pidgeon, Sr., Rochester merchant, died last evening in the General Hospital, aged 80 years. She is survived by her husband, two sons, William Jr. and George Pidgeon, and a daughter, Mrs. F. L. Deline of Buffalo.

Mrs. Pidgeon was born in Devon, England, and came to America with her husband in 1872. They first made their home in Erie, Pa., but in 1879 came to Rochester and have resided here since that time.

Before her marriage she was Emily Baker. In 1863 she lived with Lady Lytton, wife of Bulwer-Lytton, the author, at Taunton, Somerset, England. She later lived at Old Blundell School at Tiverton, Devon, the scene of Blackmore’s “Lorna Doone.”

The funeral will take place from the residence of her son, William Pidgeon, at 14 Alameda Street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

There is no date on this clipping but her death occurred on March 9, 1924. Obituary of Emily Ruth Baker Pidgeon transcribed from a newspaper clipping in my possession on 4/09/01 by Linda Blum-Barton.

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