William (4/8/1873-6/2/1953) and Emma "Watts" (5/14/1870-12/7/1960) Flowerday were Elaine's Paternal Grandparents. They immigrated to the United States from England as young adults in the early 1890's. He came first in 1893 along with two of Emma's brothers and she followed about a year later. They were married in 1895 in the Seward area. Elaine's father Albert was the oldest child, followed by Elsie (Herrold), Arthur, Annie (Imig), Fred, Edwin, Ted, Doris (Badgett/Scobie), and Ray. This picture was taken on their 25th Wedding Anniversary. It came to Elaine recently along with some other pictures following the death of Maxine, a cousin who had no children and lived her adult life in California. Elaine was responsible for making arrangements for the funeral here is Seward. Maxine wished to be buried along side her parents, Elsie & Leonard Herrrold and brother Robert who was killed during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. We estimate that Will & Emma may have over 300 descendants. Elaine says that Will was one of 15 children and Emma was one of 10 so just imagine how many "distant" relatives she may have. We did spend an enjoyable few days with Alan Flowerday in England some years ago. His Great Grandfather William was a brother of Will's father John. There is no end to tracing family history.
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