Families of Arthur Monroe Briggs

ARTHUR MONROE BRIGGS, son of HARRIET ELVIRA STUDLEY and ERNEST BRIGGS, was born January 1, 1885 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,⁹⁷³ and died March 2, 1917 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California.¹¹⁷⁰⁴ He is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) ELLA MAY FORTIER on October 31, 1904 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.¹⁰²¹² She was born July 11, 1867 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,⁴⁵⁶ and died January 23, 1944 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.¹⁸⁰⁶ She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) CLARA HENRIETTA OLSEN on December 27, 1909 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.¹¹⁷⁰¹ She was born August 1, 1877 in Austin, Mower, Minnesota,⁴⁵⁶ and died September 25, 1926 in Alameda County, California.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Mower, Minnesota.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of ELLA MAY FORTIER and ARTHUR MONROE BRIGGS:

1. ELMER ARTHUR BRIGGS, b. June 17, 1907, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan;⁷³⁷⁷ m. MARTHA JEHLE PRICE on August 17, 1928 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. December 22, 1989.⁴⁵⁶



Marriage Information

• Arthur Monroe Briggs and Ella May Fortier were divorced on August 18, 1909 in Kent County, Michigan.¹⁰²¹²

Obituaries

San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 1917¹¹⁷⁰⁴

BRIGGS—In this city, March 2,1917, Ar? Briggs, beloved son of Ernest and Hattie M. Briggs, a native of Michigan. A member of Seattle Lodge, No. 92, B. P. O. E.

Remains at the new funeral parlors of McBrearty & McCormick, 645 Valencia st., bet. 17th and 18th.

Chicago Tribune, January 25, 1944¹¹⁷⁰²

BRIGGS—Ella M. Briggs of 7052 N. Paulina street, Jan. 23, 1944, beloved mother of Philip J. and George M. Corrigan and Elmer A. Biggs. At chapel, 5501 N. Ashland avenue, where services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 11 a. m. Interment Grand Rapids, Mich.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 16, 1910352	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	Arthur Monroe Briggs Clara Henrietta Olsen
April 18, 19102816	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan	Ella May Fortier Elmer Arthur Briggs
January, 19203691	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan	Ella May Fortier Elmer Arthur Briggs
April 4, 19302191	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan	Elmer Arthur Briggs Martha Jehle Price Sallie Jane Briggs Ella May Fortier
April 3, 19403692	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan	Elmer Arthur Briggs Martha Jehle Price Sallie Jane Briggs Ella May Fortier