Birthdate:718 No birth record for Emma Jean Ryder or Rider located by David Orr, Cook County Clerk, in the years 1873 through 1877. Searched Cook County Births, 1871-1916 microfiche at Newberry Library, Chicago (13 July 2000); did not locate Emma Jean Ryder or Rider.

1880 U.S. Census:418 Emma enumerated in the household of her father Andrew Rider in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, as white, female, age 6, daughter, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in New York.

1896 Marriage:1378 First marriage would have occurred about 1896, based on 1930 census information that Emma first married at age 22.

1910 U.S. Census:1788 Emma J. enumerated in the household of her husband George C. Carrothers in Chicago, Ward 32, Cook County, Illinois as a wife, female, white, 36, married once for 13 years, two children born of this marriage, both still living, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in Illinois, can speak English, can read and write. Daughters Alice E., age 12, and Olive E., age 11, also enumerated in the household.

1920 U.S. Census:1787 Emma J. enumerated in the household of her husband George C. Carrothers in Chicago, Ward 32, Cook County, Illinois as a wife, female, white, age 46, married, can read and write, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in New York, can speak English. Daughters Alice, age 22, and Olive, age 21, also resided in the household.

1930 U.S. Census:1378 Emma J. enumerated in the household of her husband George C. Carrothers in Chicago Ward 17, Cook County, Illinois as a wife, female, white, age 56, married, first married at age 22, can read and write, born in Illinois, father born in New York, mother born in New York. Mother Alice E. Ryder, age 77, also enumerated in the household.

Death After 1933:741 Mother Alice Ryder’s death mention lists daughters' Mrs. George Carrothers and Mrs. George Kennedy [i.e. Cannady] of Chicago.