Individual Details

Edmund Rolfe, son of George Rolfe and Elizabeth Hope, was born in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. On January 17, 1831 in Great Milton, he married Sarah Clayden and they became the parents of 11 children. Edmund and Sarah immigrated to Detroit, Michigan in 1852 with their family and took up farming in Maple Grove Township, Saginaw Co., Michigan. Sarah died in 1859 and Edmund, with the help of the older children, continued to raise their family in Maple Grove. Edmund was living with a niece and her family, Emma and John Hall, in Antrim, Shiawassee Co., Michigan in 1880 and after he died in 1889 he was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Section 11, on New Lothrop Road, Hazelton Township, Michigan. 
Father of George, Thomas, Edmund Jr., Ann Rolfe Foster, Maria Rolfe Field, Benjamin, Elizabeth (Betsey)Rolfe Gillet, William--twin to Betsey, Isaac, Phillip, and Martha Rolfe Brigham.

Headstone transcription by Mary Gillette of Owosso, Michigan-
Edmund Rolfe
Born In England
Sept 28, 1804
Died Dec 10, 1889
Heaven Is My Home

Spouse: Sarah Clayden Rolfe (1811 - 1859)*
 
Children:
  George E. Rolfe (1831 - 1921)*
  Thomas Rolfe (1832 - 1864)*
  Ann Rolfe Foster (1839 - 1912)*
  Benjamin Rolf (1842 - 1862)*
  William Rolfe (1844 - 1921)*
  Elizabeth Rolfe Gillett (1844 - 1895)*
  Isaac Rolfe (1847 - 1909)*
  Philip Rolfe (1848 - 1928)*
  Martha Rolfe Brigham (1852 - 1926)*

Birth	28 Sep 1804	Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage	17 Jan 1831	Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England - Sarah Clayden
Death	10 Dec 1889	Shiawassee County, Michigan
Burial		Elmwood Cemetery, New Lothrop, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Spouse	Sarah Clayden (1811 - 1859)
Child	Ann Rolfe (1839 - 1912)

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