BT-PER-00269
Emmett Louis Till
A descendant of the Smith-Tolliver family, born 25 July 1941 and died 28 August 1955. Those dates are well established in published accounts and are carried here on that basis. BEFORE TILL follows this family backward through the generations whose lives preceded 1955; this profile is genealogical and is not a biography.
Overview
- Born
- 25 July 1941
- Died
- 28 August 1955
- Archive identifier
BT-PER-00269- Claims attached
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Life Timeline
No dated events have been documented for this person yet.
Family
- ParentUnder Investigation
Mamie Elizabeth Carthan Till-Mobley
This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.
Evidence for this relationship
Historical Connections
Role-based connections drawn from the records. These are historical relationships only. None of them establishes kinship.
No historical association has been published for this person yet.
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- OtherAbstract
BT-SRC-00265Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family
Not yet examined by this archive
1 observation drawn from this source
Derivative. Named here so the pathway is honest about what has, and has not, been examined in the original.
Observations From the Record
This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.
Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family
Evidence
- Under Investigation
Was Emmett Louis Till the son of Mamie Till-Mobley?
This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.
- Under Investigation
What record establishes Emmett Louis Till's father?
This archive has entered no father for Emmett Louis Till, because it has examined no birth certificate or other original record naming one. A father widely stated in published literature is not entered here as a relationship until a record is reviewed. Fame is not evidence.
Unresolved Questions
- Was Emmett Louis Till the son of Mamie Till-Mobley?
- What record establishes Emmett Louis Till's father?
Amberly's Notes
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