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Emma Mae <I>Bigelow</I> Holroyd

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Emma Mae Bigelow Holroyd

Birth
Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death
28 Sep 1967 (aged 69)
Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Emma was born May 2, 1898, the daughter of Otis Arthur and Edith Pearl (Phelps) Bigelow. She married Milo Holroyd November 13, 1913 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Milo and Emma were blessed with fifteen children. They lived for a time in northeastern Iowa before moving to a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. An infant son, Thomas J. is buried in the Mounds (Elwell) Cemetery in Benton County, Minnesota. The Holroyds later moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan.

While many of the children were still in the home, Milo was killed in a tragic auto accident on his way home from work. As a widow, Emma continued to live in the Kalamazoo area the rest of her life.
Emma was born May 2, 1898, the daughter of Otis Arthur and Edith Pearl (Phelps) Bigelow. She married Milo Holroyd November 13, 1913 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Milo and Emma were blessed with fifteen children. They lived for a time in northeastern Iowa before moving to a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. An infant son, Thomas J. is buried in the Mounds (Elwell) Cemetery in Benton County, Minnesota. The Holroyds later moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan.

While many of the children were still in the home, Milo was killed in a tragic auto accident on his way home from work. As a widow, Emma continued to live in the Kalamazoo area the rest of her life.


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  • Added: Sep 5, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76007792/emma_mae-holroyd: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Mae Bigelow Holroyd (2 May 1898–28 Sep 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76007792, citing East Cooper Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Little Fir (contributor 47156528).