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HOLROYD, Homer Milton 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Homer married Ada Leona ANDRE, daughter of George W. ANDRE and Mary Allen KLINE, on 12 Oct 1882 in Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois.1 (Ada Leona ANDRE was born on 18 Mar 1864 in Stephenson County, Illinois and died on 14 Dec 1934 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.) |
1 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (Stephenson County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Marriage of Homer M. Holroyd to Ada Andre on 12 Oct 1882 in Stephenosn County. License #430.
2 1860 US Census (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Joseph Holroyd (age 39, b. Maryland), wife Emmit [spelled Emet] (age 39, b. IN) and children Jerome (age 13, b. IL), Emmeline (age 10, b. IA), Alvina [Ervilla] (age 8, b. IL), Javilla (age 7, b. IL), Homer (age 5, b. WI) and Alice C. (age 3, b. WI), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Joseph is listed as a "farmer."
3 1870 US Census (Loran, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Jerome B. Holroyd (age 22, b. IL) [as head of household], parents Joseph G. Holroyd (age 49, b. Wash, DC), wife Emit [spelled Emerit] (age 49, b. IN), and siblings Evilla [Ervilla] (age 17, b. IL), Homer M. (age 15, b. WI) and Allice (age 13, b. WI), living in Loran, Illinois. Jerome B. and Joseph G. are listed as "farmers." Living a few houses away is Emit's sister, Margaret [Shoemaker] Grigsby, and her family.
4 1880 US Census (Eagle Point, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Joseph Holroyd [spelled Halroyd] (age 59, b. D.C.) wife Emmet [Shoemaker] (age 59, b. IN), and son Homer M. (age 24, b. WI), living in Eagle Point, Illinois. Joseph is listed as a "laborer," and indicates that both of his parents were born in England. Emmet indicates that her father was born in New Jersey and her mother in Indiana. Living next door is their son, Jerome Holroyd, and his family.
5 1900 US Census (Rock Run, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Homer Milton Holroyd (age 42, b. Jul 1857, WI), wife Ada (age illegible, b. illegible, WI) and children Bessie (age 13, b. Sep 1886, IL), Violet (age 11, b. Jul 1888), Nellie (age 4, b. Jul 1895, IL) and Roy (age 1, b. July 1898, IL), living in Rock Run, Illinois. Homer is listed as a "carpenter," and indicates that both his parents were born in Indiana. Ada indicates that both her parents were born in Pennsylvania.
6 1930 US Census, District 866, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Surety: 4. Lists Homer Holroyd (age 75, b. WI), wife Ada [Andre] (age 65, b. WI), and son Roy (age 28, b. IL), living in Detroit, Michigan. Homer is listed as a "laborer, plumbing shop," and indicates that his father was born in Wisconsin and his mother in Indiana. Ada indicates that both her parents were born in Pennsylvania. The couple indicate that they married when Homer was age 26 and Ada age 18. Roy is also listed as a "laborer, plumbing shop."
7 1920 US Census (District 127, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Lists Homer Holroyd [sp. Holyroyd] (age 64, b. WI), wife Ada (age 54, b. WI [erroneous]) and son Roy (age 21, b. IL), living in Freeport, Illinois. Also in the household is James W. Keith [son in law] (age 27, b. IL), wife Nellie [daughter] (age 23, b. IL), and their children Dorothy (age 6, b. IL), Justine (age 5 yrs, 6 mos, b. IL), Howard (age 1 yr, 9 mos, b. IL) and Margery (age 2 mos, b. IL). Homer is listed as a "plumber" in a "plumbing shop," and indicates that both his parents were born in Pennsylvania [both erroneous]. Ada indicates that both her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Roy is listed as a "laborer" in a "coal yard." James is listed as a "driver" for a "milk dairy" company, and indicates that his father was born in Illinois and his mother in Ohio [both erroneous].
8 Ogle County Press (Polo, Illinois, Saturday, October 21, 1882), Vol 26. Surety: 4
9 1855 Wisconsin State Census (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Joseph Holroyd and his family, living in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
10 1910 US Census (District 96, 1-Wd Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Lists Homer Holroyd (age 54, b. IL), wife Ada (age 46, b. IL) and children Nellie (age 13, b. IL) and Roy (age 11, b. IL), living in Freeport, Illinois. Homer is listed as a "laborer" in a "factory," and indicates that his father was born in England [incorrect, info prob. provided by Ada] and his mother in Illinois [also incorrect]. Ada indicates that her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Illinois [incorrect]. Living next door is their daughter, Bessie Huppner, and her family.
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