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Continued: 1910 Census 2nd Ward Des Moines, Polk, Iowa ED 97 sheet 13A
Emma Corbin, head, 49, widowed, 3 children all living, b. Iowa, father b. England,
mother b. Iowa, no occupation, owns home with a mortgage Frank, son, 26, single, b. Iowa, parents b. Iowa, can't read occupation
Grace, daughter, single, b Iowa, teacher at a school
Emily Thompson, boarder, 12, b. South Carolina, father b Germany mother b.
California, attending school Irene, boarder, 9, b South Carolina, attending school
The Corbin homestead was near a town named Philip in Haakon County, South Dakota. Roger Rice related that they stopped on a family vacation near the intersection of US 14 and SD 73 and found the cement marker that marked the corner of the property where Emily had lived for several years.
in 1900 Census we find the Corbins in 900 Crocker St, Des Moines, Polk, IA
ED 78 sheet 1A Robt C Corbin, head, b. Oct 1859, 41, married 21 yrs, b. IA, father b. Virginia,
mother b. Ohio, RR Postal Clerk, rents home Emma C, wife, b. Aug 1860, 39, 3 children all living, b. Iowa, father b.
Canada (Ger), mother b. Iowa Edwin T, son, b. Jan 1881, 19, b. Iowa, attending school 9 months
Frank E, son, b. Feb 1884, 16, b. Iowa, attending school 9 months
Grace E, daughter, b. Aug 1887, 12, b. Iowa, attending school 9 months
Mattie L Hays, sister, b. Nov 1861, married 18 yrs, no children, b. Iowa
Received a BS in Home Economics from Iowa State University in 1922. Had many small strokes in her later life and suffered from dementia in her final years.
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