Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJosephine BEHR , F
Birth19 Mar 1898, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH
Deathaft 1940
Spouses
Birth10 Jul 1901, , , IL
Death18 Nov 1983, Richmond, Macomb, MI113
FatherEdward Roy HOLYOKE , M (1880-1934)
MotherMatilda Sophia FOSSELL , F (1881-1959)
Marriage30 Jul 1927, South Bend, St. Joseph, IN114
Divorce11 Jun 1945, , Macomb, MI
Notes for Josephine BEHR
• Some records list their marriage date as 1928.
Notes for Wesley Oliver (Spouse 1)
• Some records record his first name as “Westley”

• There is also a record that list his death location as “Columbus, Saint Clair, MI”, and also “Oakland, Oakland, MI”

• While some credit Wesley with inventing the “white cane” symbol for the blind, however, history gives credit to James Biggs of Bristol, England, at least he claimed to have invented the white cane in 1921.
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