Emma Thomas

South Dakota
Emma was born in 1875 to Dan and Helen Klein. She grew up on the family farm with siblings Theresa, Deanna, Mac, Patty, and Willie. She was raised on Rosebush Creek in South Dakota.

Massachusetts
When Emma become of age she moved to Boston, Massachusetts with her sister, Patty, to earn a degree in Education. Sadly, she never finished because she learned she was pregnant.

Home Again
Therefore she returned home to South Dakota to marry Jose Thomas, the father of her unborn child. They then settled on their own homestead to raise Everett(1892).