She was born around 1882 in Thurston County, Nebraska, the daughter of Edward Rave and Hīnū́gā (First Daughter). (Marriage Rec.) The 1900 census (#39) shows her to be 18 years old (b. 1882) and living with her uncle, William Henry Holt. Therefore, her mother Hīnū́gā had the surname "Holt".
Marriage
She married Oliver LaMere on 2 November 1908 in Sioux City, Iowa. (Marriage Rec.)
Children
The 1910 census shows that Frederick Maxwell LaMere was her first child. Her children were:
The deaths of Homer and Mary were recorded in the 1922 census.
Death
Two days after giving birth to Mary, Emma died at 7:00 p.m. on 23 March 1922. (1922 census)
Sources
1900 Federal Census Place: Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Page: 28; Enumeration District: 0187 (Winnebago Precinct); FHL microfilm: 1240941. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 434 (Muscatine - Wright). Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. No. 97-7007, p. 50, line 11921.
1910 Indian census; Roll: M595_664; Page: 23; Line: 13; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1920 Indian census; Roll: M595_665; Page: 28; Line: 16; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1922 Indian census; Roll: M595_665; Page: 30; Line: 5; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1925 Indian census; Roll: M595_666; Page: 31; Line: 8; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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