Milo Emmet Briggs

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Milo Emmet Briggs

Milo was a son of Aunt Lou Lewis & Ira Briggs. He was a lot of fun! He served in England during WW2 & married an English girl, Olive Vought (1927-1960). Photo taken at Wichita Falls, Texas when he was a cadet attending aeronautical mechanic technical school. he owned a TV repair shop in Marysville & later was a carpenter. They raised 2 girls, Margaret b. 1947, & Patricia 1949. Milo moved to Reno & managed the Zanzibar Motel until he died.

Date & Place: 1942

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Milo Emmet Briggs May 1, 1917 - Jun 19, 1994 Reno, Nevada

Milo Emmet Briggs of Reno, Washoe County, NV was born on May 1, 1917, and died at age 77 years old on June 19, 1994.

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Bethel Holmes

Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.

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