HOLROYD, William Elmer 1 2 3 4
General Notes: Married briefly to Carrie Dell Whitmore, having one son who may have died as an infant. William married Carrie Dell WHITMORE, daughter of William Elton WHITMORE and Harriet Melissa ZEHRUNG, on 15 Oct 1907 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. (Carrie Dell WHITMORE was born on 20 Apr 1886 in La Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa and died on 24 Oct 1931 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.) William next married Elizabeth UNKNOWN about 1910 in poss Colorado. (Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born about 1887 in Nebraska.) |
1 1900 US Census (Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Jerome Holroyd (age 53, b. Jul 1843, IL), wife Clara (age 44, b. Jun 1855) and children Lulu (age 18, b. Aug 1881, IL), William (age 14, b. Oct 1885, NE), Cora (age 9, b. Dec 1890, NE), Pearl (age 6, b. Sep 1893, NE) and Leonard (age 4, b. Mar 1896, NE), living in Beatrice, Nebraska. Jerome and William are both listed as "laborers."
2 1930 US Census, District 5, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. Surety: 4. Lists William E. Holroyd (age 44, b. NE), wife Elizabeth (age 42, b. NE) and children Marguerite M. (age 18, b. CO), Raymond W. (age 16, b. NE), Harold J. (age 14, b. NE), Alfred A. (age 12, b. NE), Ruth E. (age 10, b. NE), Viola T. (age 8, b. NE), Vernon (age 5, b. NE) and Lorraine (age 2, b. NE), living in Crete, Nebraska. William is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that his father was born in Wisconsin and his mother in Illinois. William indicates that he married at the age of 24. Elizabeth indicates that both her parents were born in Germany, and she married at the age of 22.
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World War I Draft Records (Lancaster County, Nebraska). Surety: 4. William Elmer Holroyd, b. 29 Oct 1885, age 32.
Address: Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Occupation: Farmer.
Nearest relative: Elizabeth Holroyd
4 1920 US Census (District 44, Highland, Lancaster County, Nebraska). Surety: 4. Lists W.E. Holroyd (age 34, b. NE), wife Elizabeth (age 32, b. NE) and children Marguerite (age 8, b. NE), Raymond (age 6, b. NE), Harold (age 4 yrs 6 mos, b. NE), Alfred (age 1 yr 9 mos, b. NE) and Marie (age 3 mos, b. NE) [prob. Ruth], living in Highland, Nebraska. William is listed as a "farmer," and indicates that his father was born in Wisconsin and his mother in Illinois. Elizabeth indicates that her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Germany.
5 Social Security Death Index (Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska). Surety: 4. William Holroyd, DOB: 29 Oct 1885; d. Sep 1972.
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