Alta Mae Burgin was the daughter of Uri E. and Adaline (Rhines) Burgin. She said that when she was growing up, she enjoyed working outdoors on the family farm more than doing the housework. She attended school in Clayton County, Iowa and at one time had considered becoming a teacher.
She married William Henry Holroyd in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on April 4, 1907. As a young adult, she won a nail-pounding contest at the fair. The prize was a new wringer-washing machine.
William and Alta lived in northeastern Iowa with their young family until around 1917 when they purchased a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. They had six children- Margrette, Harvey, Herbert, Burdette, Clayton and Naomi.
Alta was a very capable, industrious lady and she devoted her life to God and to her family. Alta's grandchildren recall her often repeating such quotes as, "Any job worth doing at all is worth doing well." "Little by little the ways are won." and "Where there's a will, there's a way."
She married William Henry Holroyd in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on April 4, 1907. As a young adult, she won a nail-pounding contest at the fair. The prize was a new wringer-washing machine.
William and Alta lived in northeastern Iowa with their young family until around 1917 when they purchased a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. They had six children- Margrette, Harvey, Herbert, Burdette, Clayton and Naomi.
Alta was a very capable, industrious lady and she devoted her life to God and to her family. Alta's grandchildren recall her often repeating such quotes as, "Any job worth doing at all is worth doing well." "Little by little the ways are won." and "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Alta Mae Burgin was the daughter of Uri E. and Adaline (Rhines) Burgin. She said that when she was growing up, she enjoyed working outdoors on the family farm more than doing the housework. She attended school in Clayton County, Iowa and at one time had considered becoming a teacher.
She married William Henry Holroyd in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on April 4, 1907. As a young adult, she won a nail-pounding contest at the fair. The prize was a new wringer-washing machine.
William and Alta lived in northeastern Iowa with their young family until around 1917 when they purchased a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. They had six children- Margrette, Harvey, Herbert, Burdette, Clayton and Naomi.
Alta was a very capable, industrious lady and she devoted her life to God and to her family. Alta's grandchildren recall her often repeating such quotes as, "Any job worth doing at all is worth doing well." "Little by little the ways are won." and "Where there's a will, there's a way."
She married William Henry Holroyd in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on April 4, 1907. As a young adult, she won a nail-pounding contest at the fair. The prize was a new wringer-washing machine.
William and Alta lived in northeastern Iowa with their young family until around 1917 when they purchased a farm in Benton County, Minnesota. They had six children- Margrette, Harvey, Herbert, Burdette, Clayton and Naomi.
Alta was a very capable, industrious lady and she devoted her life to God and to her family. Alta's grandchildren recall her often repeating such quotes as, "Any job worth doing at all is worth doing well." "Little by little the ways are won." and "Where there's a will, there's a way."
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