825. Samuel Hart Hollingsworth
Samuel was a sheet metal worker by trade and expert into the plumbing and heating trade. He was very interested in Municipal, Provincial and Federal politices and was a Deputy Returning Officer for the Town of Picton for 50 years and was active in other elections. He was also an expert figure skater and skated until he was 78 when eye trouble necessitated an operation for cataracts. After the operation he suffered a fatal heart atack. He was also a ardent fisherman and liked boating.
826. Clara Evelyn Hollingsworth
In Halifax Harbour, a munitions ship collided with a steamer, by mistake or misunderstanding of signals. The munitions master was able to maneuver the ship to avoid a direct hit of the hold which contained the explosives cargo. At 9am on 7 Dec 1917 the ship blew up. The explosion was heard by ships at sea 50 miles distant. It leveled most of the northern sector of Halifax, two miles burned to the ground. A severe snow storm struck soon afterward, depositing 3 feet of snow which was a terrible hindrance to rescue work.
Mother killed, eight year old Evelyn Rice saves younger children. The following particulars regarding the death of Mrs. F. D. Rice (Clara Hollingsworth) are taken from the Winnipeg Free Pressw of Dec 20, 1917.The Free Press prints a group picture of the Rice family and a picture of the wrecked home where Mrs. Rice was killed. Winnipeg was formerly Lieut. Rice's home. Mrs. Frank D. Rice wife of Lt. F.D. Rice, of Winnipeg was killed in the recent explosion at Halifax, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hollingsworth of Picton, Ontario, formerly matron of the Methodist missionary hospital Hazleton, B.C., where Mr. Rice met her when on a government survey. They were married Christmas Eve., 1908. Lt. Rice was on duty at Sydney, N.S. when the explosion occurred, and he could not get any word. Knowing that their house was in direct line he started at once for Halifax, reaching there Friday evening. Then he learned that his wife was killed.
Fatality no.: 1161
Mrs Clara Rice of Dartmouth, NS. Died: 06 December 1917
other names Evelyn
gender female
religion Emmanuel Anglican, Dartmouth
buried Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth, NS
family Husband Lieut F D Rice
obituary Halifax Herald December 8, 1917 p2
sources ¤ City Directory 1918
¤ GANS list
¤ HRC: List
¤ Churches: Emmanuel
¤ Newspaper: Patriot: Dec22/17
Lt. Rice was the second in command with Canadian Engineers for the Maritime Provinces and was on duty at Sydney at the time. He has lived for the past 18 years in British Columbia, and practices his profession, provincial surveyor and civil engineer.
A brother of Lieut. Rice, Corp Hugh A. Rice is musketry instructor at Canadian headquarters, Shorncliffe. Another brother Lieut. Robert S. Rice was killed in September 1916 on the Somme and the youngest brother, a Signaler Frederick C. W. Rice is in the Masonic Hospital in London, England suffering from a shrapnel wound in the hip. Word was received yesterday that after being wounded he was in a wet trench for 24 hours. Then he was pout on a stretcher and carried by five stretcher bearers for a distance of 25 miles in relays of five miles each before he was put in an ambulance. He has been through the Vimy Ridge, Lens and Passachendaele and it was at the last mentioned place where he was wounded, on Nove 6th and reached the hospital in London on the 17th.
836. John (Jack) Benjamin Hollingsworth
John Benjamin Hollingsworth was the oldest of the 23 grandchildren of Frederick and Elizabeth (Brown) Hollingsworth.
The farm where he spent the first five years of his life is now within the city limits of Rockford. Granddad, Frederick Hollingsworth traded his farm there in 1861 and later moved to Jasper County, Iowa.
Jack worked for M. Roeller, manufacturer of carriages and sleighs. He lived with his wife at 104 South High Street and gained the name "Fine-Line Jack" because of his skilltechnique in pin striping and decorating finished carriages with gold leaf or silver.
Mary came from one of the most devout of the Roman Catholic families of Ireland, anciently called "Magauran" an English form of a much more difficult Gaelic Clan. Jack's ancestors in Ireland were "Orangemen" so this was a odd combination.
Mary left the Catholic Church to conform to her husband's wishes. Some of their children were baptized in the Catholic Church but none were raised as Catholics.
Mary never returned to the Catholic Church, but when she was dying her spinster sister Kate McGovern, a devout Roman Catholic demanded a priest so the last right could be administered to Mary, Mary let her sister have her own way in this matter.
Mary true to her clan remained in full possession of her faculties up to the moment before her Grandson Harry Hollingsworth saw her die. She had developed bronchiel pneumonia as a result of a broken hip. She died in her own bedroom with the family overwhelmed as she bade them all "Goodbye".
1136. Albert (Bert) Aloysius Hollingsworth
Bert was named for the Prince Consort of Greeat Britain, and his great grandfather, Frederick was probably named for Prince Frederick, one of the sons of King George 3rd.
Bert was a prize fighter around San Francisco in the late nineties. His lifelong profession was very different, he worked as a carpenter, housepainter and paperhanger.
1137. Florence Hollingsworth
Florence was 12 pounds at birth, a rather large baby at birth.
845. Jacob Ellerton Hollingsworth
Jacob was the true child of Jacob and Lizzie Castner Hollingsworth.
Olive Joy Hollingsworth married Franklin P. Wallace June 10, 1910 and they had 5 children: 4 boys - Daniel, Stanley, John and my father Richard; 1 girl - stillborn or died shortly after birth. All 4 brothers are now deceased, my dad being the last of them on March 7, 2003. They all served in WWII but my dad was the only one of them that made a career of the Army.
Olive Joy Hollingsworth: Adopted by Addy (Vandyke) Hollingsworth and Dr.
J. S. Hollingsworth (Samuel John, for his deceased little brother).
Addy was actually Fidelia Addy Vandyke, born Mar 6, 1844 to John and
Hannah (Johnson) Vandyke.
Olive is my fathers mother.
OLIVE WALLACE 27 Jul 1886 Jun 1967 54305 (Green Bay, Brown,
WI) (none specified) 396-03-7307 Wisconsin
View Record Frank Wallace name city, Brown, Wisconsin
abt 1887 location race relation.Olive's real name was "Olive Lovings".
Raised her sister's (Elizabeth Hollingsworth Marvin) son Lamont - Father of actor Lee Marvin
Thanks to Harry Hollingsworth and his HR: From "Brooklyn Eagle", July 27, 1916
Wynn - Suddenly, on Tuesday, July 25, 1916, Thomas F., beloved husband of Mary F. Wynn. Funeral from his late residence, 473 Forty-seventh Street, Brookyn, on Friday, July 28, 10:30 a.m.
874. Samuel William Hollingsworth
Samuel was listed in the 1910 census in Millville, New Jersey as a "bottle blower", and working for the glass factory. He and his family were residences of 614 Main Street, in a house they rented.
Here is the 1910: Census
HOLLINGSWORTH, SAMUEL
NEW JERSEY , CUMBERLAND, 2-WD MILLVILLE
Age: 44, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: ENGL
Series: T624 Roll: 875 Page: 145
Rents home at 614 Main StreetSamuel 44 Married 29 yrs ENG ENG ENG, Emig' 1867, NA, Bottle blower glass
factory
Lizzie 43 M 29 yrs 4 births/3 living* NY NY NY
Ethel M. 20 NY ENG NY Operator telegraph office
Margaret D. 18 NY ENG NY
Harry W. 6 NJ ENG NY
Samuel and Elizabeth's grave lot at Mt Pleasant Cemetery is Lot #164 Section M, four paths East of the main building and six paths into the middle. As described to me by the superintendent of the cemetery Mr. James Reeves on Sept 22, 2004.
1900 --NEW JERSEY , CUMBERLAND, 1-WD MILLVILLE
Series: T623 Roll: 961 Page: 111
1900 -- 316 South Third Street, Mvl (renting)
Samuel 9/1867 32 m12 yrs ENG ENG ENG no emig date Glass blower
Elizabeth 2?/1867 32 M12 yrs 3 births/2 lvg NY NY PA (a child apparently
died by 1900)
Ethel 8/1891 8 NY ENG NY -- 2 yrs older than Marg.
Margaret 9/1893 6 NY ENG NY -- born 9-1893 in NY (Harry not yet
born)
1910 --Rents home at 614 Main Street
Samuel 44 Married 29 yrs ENG ENG ENG Emig' 1867, NA, Bottle blower glass
factory
Lizzie 43 M 29 yrs 4 births/3 living NY NY NY(Next to Lizzie it shows 4 births/3 living, fourth child's name not known at this time, might have been another daughter Madeline.)
Ethel M. 20 NY ENG NY Operator telegraph office ((is M. for
Madeline?))
Margaret D. 18 NY ENG NY - - no occu.
Harry W. 6 NJ ENG NY
1155. Ethel Madeline Hollingsworth
Ethel is listed in the 1910 census in Millville, New Jersey as a "Telegraph Operator".
(1920 Census) PENNSYLVANIA , PHILADELPHIA, 40-WD Series: T625 Roll: 1642
Page: 23
Owns mortgaged home at 1719 South 55th Street
Van Gilder, Fred'k C. head 34 NJ NJ NJ Salesman
" , Ethel M. wife 29 NY ENG NY
Hollingsworth, Harry W. , brother in law 16 NJ ENG NY
1156. Margaret D. Hollingsworth
Email received: August 4, 2004
I just stumbled upon your website while looking for a Stone in Millville, NJ (via google search) and wondered if you had my great aunt by marriage, Margaret Hollingsworth Steele.
You surely did! That was some classy lady, who kept a beautiful home full of nice dishes and furniture. And Carlton was impressively tall for his time (chesty, too, not just lanky-tall). When I get near a scanner I will send you a later-life photo of either just her, or the couple, whichever you prefer.They are buried in Mount Pleasant, Millville NJ, but lived most of their married lives in Brooklawn, NJ. It’s too bad they never had any children.
Who supplied those great teen-years photos of Margaret? She suffered through cancer and other problems in her old age, so it was nice to see her there, so young.
W. Carlton was my grandmother’s only brother. I will get his and Margaret’s actual birth and death dates soon.Hi: This is the only other picture I have of Margaret. This was taken in Millville, New Jersey in 1927. When you tell me which year she was born I can then determine how old she was in this picture.
Margaret's father was the man in the middle with the straw hat and glasses, Samuel William Hollingsworth. Sam was born in Manchester, England and for many years I thought our family was English, until recently when I discovered his grandfather was actually born in Ballycanew, Ireland. This was proven by army enlistment documents from 1827.
I am not sure, but I think, Margaret's mother must have been deceased in 1927 or she was taking the picture. I can identify all the ladies in the photo so I know she isn't in the picture. Margaret looks to be about 12-13 in the photo so I would place her birth year at about 1915. Thanks for getting in touch with me and I hope to hear from you soon. TomMargaret had courted some "well off" men before Carlton, but one got in trouble (shady money of some type) so Carlton occasionally teased her that she was better off with someone poor but honest. Quote from email by Dolores Langley Soberg She goes on to say:
Dad (age 81) recalls Carlton living with him and his parents until he got married, yet dad can't recall the wedding. My parents have Margaret's dining room furniture, to this day, and my first car was their's, which Carlton willed to Dad. DLSMargaret was showned in the 1920 census as living in a Millville boarding house and working as a bookkeeper. Her father Samuel was also living in a boarding house at the same time.
Carlton was the only son of William Steele (1853-1925) and Mary Horton who grew to adulthood. His "silent" first name was William, and I am not sure where Carlton came from.
Carlton died less than a month after Margaret, whom he regarded like a queen and had "nursed" through extremely trying health challenges. I recall how he refused an autopsy, commenting that "she's been cut ENOUGH!" The family believes he died willingly, possibly by not eating right nor taking his prescriptions.
Carlton was retired from the New York Shipbuilding Company.
The obit of W. Carlton Steele is dated 10-1-66, and it says he died "this morning." Actually, my dad went up from Millville to check on him and he was dead on the floor, upstairs. Here it is, verbatim:
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W. Carlton Steele, 70, of 210 New Jersey Ave., Brooklawn, died suddenly at his home this morning. He was retired from the New York Shipbuilding Co.
Mr. Steele's wife, Margaret, preceded him in death a month ago. The deceased was a member of Shekinah Lodge 58, F. and A.M.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Emma Langley, Millville; four nephews, Norman Langley and Robert S. Langley, both of Millville, William S. Langley, Fresno, Calif., and Charles W. Langley, Boulder City, Col. (error: Col. should be Nev.)
The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Rocap-Shannon Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Russell Shivers officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Masonic services and viewing will be held at the funeral home Monday evening at 7 p.m.
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I was in my first year of college and did not attend the funeral, but clearly recall the viewing since it was the first time I saw Masons "do their thing.""He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Emma Langley, Millville; four nephews, Norman Langley and Robert S. Langley, both of Millville, William S. Langley, Fresno, Calif., and Charles W. Langley, Boulder City, Col. (error: Col. should be Nev.)"
Carlton willed the Brooklawn row house to my uncle Norman, his oldest nephew, with my dad and the 2 other nephews getting some modest cash and furnishings.
1157. Harry William Hollingsworth
At the time of the 1930 Census in Phila, Pa., Harry and his wife Elizabeth were living with her parents in Phila. at 2723 7oth Street. Harry is listed as a salesman.