Emma Cecelia (Larson) Durbin (1890-1990) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Emma Cecelia Durbin formerly Larson

Born 18 Nov 1890 in Englevale, Dakota Territory

Ancestors

Daughter of Lassa Larson and Mary Johnson

Sister of Ida Larson, Ingrid Larson, Andrew Julius Larson, Bertha (Larson) Schneider, Florence Louise (Larson) Pederson, Lillian (Larson) Hronas, Evelyn (Larson) Dahl and Mary Louise (Larson) Anderson

Wife of Ernest Moore Durbin — married 1 Dec 1910 (to 1939) in Englevale, North Dakota

Descendants

Mother of Edna (Durbin) Peach, Florence (Durbin) Peterson, Ernest Thomas Durbin, Emma (Durbin) Tyson and Leslie Durbin

Died 1990 at about age 99 in Michigan, United States

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Biography

Emma was born in 1890. Emma Larson ... ^[1]

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"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-5KJL : 13 December 2015), Emma C. Durbin, ; Burial, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America, Riverside Cemetery; citing record ID 10946727, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Newell Knapp genealogy from 1939-1950; Obituary clipping from Edna Peach, her daughter. MH personal knowledge of her grandmother who lived to be 99 years old.
History of Lassa Larson and Mary Johnson Larson by Edna (Durbin) Peach, July 9, 1988.

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M (Tyson) Hall

Emma was the first child born to Lassa A and Mary (Johnson) Larson on November 22, 1890 at the farm home by Glover ND of her grandparents, Harold and Ida Johnson in Sargent County, Dakota Territory. For three years the Larson lived at the Carlson farm three miles north of Englevale, then moved to the homestead 1.5 miles west of Englevale and attended Englevale school and graduated from the eighth grade. Emma and her sister Ida had music lessons from Mr.s Clayton that lived one mile north of the Charles Durbin farm, south of Englevale. They also had singing lessons frm Mrs. Conly and sang and played the organ a the church and other"doings" (quoted by Ida Holms to Edna Peach, Emma's oldest daughter).

At the homestead they had to plant trees every year for five years then received a patent (deed) for the land from the US government. At a very young age, it was Emma's job to herd the cattle. At the age of 8, her father bought her a wild Indian Pony from men driving horses from Montana to the East. She rode it bare back across the prairie on a "gallop: (quote by Ida Holm)

posted 23 Jul 2015 by M (Tyson) Hall [thank M]

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