When Emma A Tohl was born on 13 July 1884, in Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Henry John Tohl, was 23 and her mother, Maria Sophia Fredericka Vick, was 19. She had at least 1 son with Joachim Peter Struve. She lived in Lima, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. She died on 24 January 1949, in Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States.