Elmer Melvin Holum
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Birth: 09 Sep 1897 Starbuck, Pope, MN |
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Death: 20 Dec 1987 Great Falls,
Cascade, MT |
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Burial: Manchester Cemetery Great
Falls, Cascade, MT |
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Marriage #1 |
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Clara Serene Sande |
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26 Nov 1922 Peterson, Fillmore, MN |
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Children |
| Everett Sande Holum |
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17 Sep 1923 |
| Millicent Clarice "Millie" Holum |
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19 Aug 1925 |
| James William Lindy "Bud" Holum |
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08 Jul 1927 |
| Corrine Eudora Holum |
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living? |
| Eloise Dorothy Holum |
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living? |
| Verlin Morris Holum |
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living? |
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notes regarding the children of Elmer Melvin Holum and Clara Serene (Sande)
Holum
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| Sources |
| 1900 Federal census |
Barsness, Pope, MN - age 2 |
| 1910 Federal census |
Barsness, Pope, MN - age 12 |
| 1920 Federal census |
Baxter, Rolette, ND - age 21 |
| 1930 Federal census |
Baxter, Rolette, ND - age 32 |
| Minnesota Online Records |
Birth records; death records |
| WWI draft cards |
Registration for service |
| Family records |
Records and photos belonging to Corrine
(Holum) Olsen |
| Family records |
Records and photos belonging to Millicent
(Holum) Booen |
| Family records |
Records and photos belonging to Gregory
Booen |
| Family records |
Records and photos belonging to Barbara
(Ward) Biberdorf |
| Personal knowledge |
Memories of Ruth Evelyn (Holum) Ward |
| Family records |
Records and photos belonging to Jane Bradford |
| Family research |
Records and photos belonging to Valerie (Biberdorf)
Boman |
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(click here to
view census information)
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| Miscellaneous Information |
1) I have a copy of Elmer's
WWI draft registration card (12 Sep 1918). He was
listed as tall and slender, with blue eyes and brown hair. 2) Wife of
Elmer Melvin Holum: Clara Serene Sande - born 26 Oct 1895
Peterson, Fillmore, MN; died 16 Dec 1983 Great Falls, Cascade, MT;
obituary;
funeral card; buried
Manchester Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, MT - see tombstone photo on page
2 of photos (link is found below). 3) I have a
copy of Elmer and Clara's
wedding announcement and
50th wedding anniversary mementos. 4) I have a transcription of
an extensive interview
I did with my grandma - Ruth Evelyn (Holum) Ward - on October 2005.
She was nearly 97 years old at the time. Ruth is Elmer's sister, and
she mentions him in this interview. 5) I have Elmer's
obituary
and funeral card. |
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Photos and/or signatures
thanks to Greg Booen for these photos - except as noted
(from his mother Millicent (Holum) Booen's scrapbooks)
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Agnes and Elmer Holum
c. 1900
from the collection of Valerie
Boman |
children of Erick and Marie Holum
back: Agnes, Elmer
front: Olga, Walter
c. 1904
from the collection of Valerie
Boman
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Elmer (back row, far right)
c. 1915
from the collection of Valerie
Boman
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Clara Serene Sande
unknown date
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Elmer Melvin Holum
unknown date
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Clara Serene Sande
unknown date
thanks to Corrine Olsen for this
photo
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Elmer Melvin Holum and his horse "Jip"
unknown date
thanks to Corrine Olsen for this
photo
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Elmer and Clara Holum
unknown date
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Clara and Elmer Holum
c. Nov 1922
thanks to Corrine Olsen for this
photo
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Elmer Melvin Holum
26 Nov 1922
thanks to Corrine Olsen for this
photo
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Clara (Sande) Holum
26 Nov 1922
thanks to Corrine Olsen for this
photo
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Clara and Verlin Holum
c. 1936
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Verlin, Clara and Eloise Holum
unknown date
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Clara Sande (back, left) and
sisters
Sophie, Maria and Dorthia Sande
(none identified)
1944
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Elmer Holum family photos - page 2
Elmer Holum family photos - page 3