Emma S DeLacey: Thief

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Emma S DeLacey I believe her maiden to be Stanton, was born in Canada about 1851.

 Alias: Emma DeForrest
       Emma Freeman
       Leanora Stewart
       Nora J Denis

Inmate #16451 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 8 Aug 1895
Crime: petty Larceny
Term: 1 1/2 Years
Discharged: 8 Nov 1896


Inmate #19466 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 22 Jan 1902
Crime: Felony Petty Larceny
Term: 1 Year
Discharged: 15 Dec 1902
Age: 52
Emma was good at what she had chosen for a criminal career. I found lots of newspaper articles about this little lady's life as a criminal.



https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25508246/emma_de_lacey/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25508417/emma_de_lacey/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25508707/emma_de_lacey/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25509083/emma_de_lacey/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25509163/emma_de_lacey/

I believe she died in 1930 and this is her obituary:

 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25509131/emma_de_lacey/

I did not find out much about her family because of her many alias. If the obituary is hers then she had several son's and a daughter and a sister.

 What a character she was, I would love to sit down and ask her a ton of questions about her life and what she saw how she lived after the death of her husband and why she stole things. Very colorful lady for sure.

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