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Oconto County Reporter
Feb. 6, 1908

Mrs. Byrnes Dead
Taken Away Few Hours After Giving Birth to Twins

Mrs. Harry (Emma) Byrnes died at her home in the South ward at 7:30 Monday evening, from a blood clot to the lungs about 2 hours after giving birth to the second of a set of twins, a son, which is also dead.

Mrs. Byrnes, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Jahnke of Sampson, was born in Brookside Feb. 5, 1883, and about five years ago came to Oconto. On June 14, 1905 she married Harry Byrnes, who with one son Lester, and the infant daughter just born survive her.

She is also survived by her parents, six brothers, Harry William, Leo, Edward, Fred and Walter and one sister Elsie, at Sampson. The remains of the mother and infant child were taken to the home of the parents and the funeral held today at Morgan, Rev. Visjoff officiating, with interment in the Morgan Cemetery.