Emma Leistiko, daughter of of Alexander and Hanna (Roe) Leistikow, was born April 17, 1902 in Park County, MT. Emma married John Kenneth Gurnsey and they had 9 children:
| Margaret Gurnsey | Born in 1921 in Vaughn, MT. Margaret married Herman William Simmes. Margaret died November 2, 2001 in Shelby, MT. |
| Betty Jean Gurnsey | Born in 1922 in Vaughn, MT. Betty Jean married William Gardner. Betty died April 12, 1986 in Great Falls. |
| Hannah Eunice Gurnsey | Born in 1924 in Hussam, WA. Hannah married Bryant Oliver Lords. Hannah died August 1, 2001 in Everett, WA. |
| Albertina Ester Gurnsey | Born in 1925 in Great Falls, MT. Albertina married Lloyd Mearl Lords, son of Nephi Delbert and Mary Lords, in 1946. Mearl was a World War II veteran. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 9, 1942, and served as an airplane mechanic in the Philippines and Australia. Albertina worked as a baker for the Great Falls School District and later for Hemple's Bakery. Mearl and Albertina had 2 children: Ronald, who married Lou Ann ??? and Diana, who married Gerald McFaul. Mearl died in 2011, and Albertina died in 2013. |
| Adella Marie Gurnsey | Born in 1929 in White Salmon, MT. Adella married Patrick G. Galvin. |
| Lenora Elizabeth Gurnsey | Born in 1931 in Great Falls, MT. Lenora married Tony Swartz. |
| Henry Howard Gurnsey | Born in 1933 in Great Falls, MT. Henry married Joan Belle Matthews. |
| Dorothy Gurnsey | Born in 1935 in Great Falls, MT. Dorothy married George L Mullins, then Noel Myers. |
| John Alexander Gurnsey | Born in 1936 in Great Falls, John married Dianne Loreen Mang. |