George Emptiach left his goods and lands to his wife Johanne and to his sons Jeffery and Peter when they reached 21.
Charles Frederick Emptage
Like many of his generation, Charles Frederick Emptage lied about his age when he enlisted in 1909, probably to escape the poverty many of people in England suffered. He saw service in Singapore and India and on the outbreak of war in 1914 he returned to England and was posted to Belgium early in 1915.
House Fire In Los Angeles
Exploding lamp causes house fire in Los Angeles.
Yeomen of England
In the wills and testaments of our early Emptage ancestors and in the occupations given in the early parish registers, there are several references to a person being a yeoman. What was a yeoman?
Michael Emptiach 1489 of St Peter-in-Thanet
Michael Emptiach left four ewes and four lambs to each of his four sons and the residue of his goods to his wife Christina.
The Body In The Canal
Twelve year old Peter Emptage made a grim discovery when he opened a sack he found floating in the Grand Union canal