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Grace Mae Holloway 1883–1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jan 1883

Birth Location: Greene County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 2 May 1921

Death Location: Green Pond

Father: John Holloway

Mother: Dora Blair

Spouse(s): Otis Sowers

Children(s): Nellie Ruble, Ethel Sowers-Ottwell, Kenneth Sowers

Grace Mae Holloway was born in 1883 in Greene County, Illinois, USA, the child of John D Holloway And Dora B Blair. In 1900, Grace Mae Holloway resided in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA. In 1910, Grace Mae Holloway resided in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA. Grace Mae Holloway married Otis Evans Sowers, and had children including Ethel Elizabeth Sowers Ottwell, Kenneth Otis Sowers, Nellie Geraldine Sowers Ruble. Grace Mae Holloway passed away in 1921 in Green Pond.

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Biography

  • Grace Mae Holloway was born in 1883 in Greene County, Illinois, USA, the child of John D Holloway And Dora B Blair.
  • In 1900, Grace Mae Holloway resided in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA.
  • In 1910, Grace Mae Holloway resided in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA.
  • Grace Mae Holloway married Otis Evans Sowers, and had children including Ethel Elizabeth Sowers Ottwell, Kenneth Otis Sowers, Nellie Geraldine Sowers Ruble.
  • Grace Mae Holloway passed away in 1921 in Green Pond.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Holloway
1857–1885
Birth Location: Pearl, Pike County, Illinois, USA
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Dora Blair
1863–1888
Birth Location: Spring Creek Township, Pike, Illinois, USA
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Spouses(s)

Otis Sowers
1881–1940
Birth Location: Pearl, Pike County, Illinois, United States of America
OS

Children(s)

Nellie Ruble
1903–1993
Birth Location: Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
NR
Ethel Sowers-Ottwell
1901–1944
Birth Location: Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
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Kenneth Sowers
1906–1953
Birth Location: Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
KS

Grace Holloway's Ancestors

Self
Grace Holloway
1883–1921
Birth Place: Greene County, Illinois, USA
Parents
John D. Holloway
1857–1885
Pearl, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Dora (B) Blair
1863–1888
Spring Creek Township, Pike, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Leslie) HOLLOWAY
1824–1916
Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
Nancy (Jane Battershell) Holloway
1834–1878
Pike, Illinois, United States
Theophilus Blair
1828–1892
Pearl, Pike Co., IL
Rebecca (Jane Farthing) Blair
1832–1903
Jennings County, Indiana, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
James Holloway
1797–1848
Sally Haggard
1797–1860
John BATTERSHELL
1803–1880
Nancy Battershell
1805–1880
Samuel Blair
1795–1898
Elizabeth Fauch
1804–1893
Gideon Farthing
1796–1868
Elizabeth Farthing
1803–1852
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Holloway
1764–1844
Millicent Bunch
1771–1851
Francis Battershell
1750–1818
Nancy Battershell
1767–1853
John Pearsall
1788–1834
Mary Herrington
1785–
William Blair
1760–1840
Catherine Evans
1760–1818
John Foutch
1776–1848
Nancy (Foutch)
1778–1845
Edward Farthing
1751–1806
Margaret Edwards
1755–1832
Isaac Sampson
1775–1829
Rebecca Sampson
1777–1850

Grace Holloway's Descendants

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Grace (Mae) Holloway (20 Jan 1883–2 May 1921) m. Otis (Evans) Sowers (23 August 1881–5 May 1940)
  1. 1. Nellie (Geraldine Sowers) Ruble 1903–1993 m. Henry (Thompson) Ruble 1901–1953
    1. 1. Frank (Charles) Ruble 1939–2019
    2. 2. Harold (Edwin) Ruble 1923–2008
    3. 3. Robert (Dean) Ruble 1925–1973
    4. 4. Betty (Mae Ruble) Booth 1927–1992
    5. 5. Doris (Louise) Ruble 1929–2000
    6. 6. Ronald (Gene "Ron") Ruble 1931–2011 m. Nancy (Anne) Oldham 1936–2015
    7. 7. Richard (Henry) Ruble 1934–1993
    8. 8. David (Gerald) Ruble 1936–2011 m. Carolyn Constable 1943–1985
  2. 2. Ethel (Elizabeth) Sowers-Ottwell 1901–1944
  3. 3. Kenneth (Otis) Sowers 1906–1953 m. Beatrice Sowers 1909–

Grace Holloway's Timeline

6 Records

1883
20 Jan 1883
Birth of Grace Mae Holloway in Greene County, Illinois, USA
Greene County, Illinois, USA
1900
1900
Age 17
Grace Mae Holloway resided here in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
1910
1910
Age 27
Grace Mae Holloway resided here in Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 37
Grace Mae Holloway resided here in Center, Polk, Arkansas, USA
Center, Polk, Arkansas, USA
1921
30 Apr 1921
Age 38
Death of Grace Mae Holloway in Pearl, Pike, Illinois
Pearl, Pike, Illinois
1921
2 May 1921
Age 38
Burial of Grace Mae Holloway in Green Pond
Green Pond

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1883
    Event Place: Greene County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
    [3] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Polk, Arkansas; Roll: T625_74; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 101
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240337
    [5] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois; Roll: T624_318; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0137; FHL microfilm: 1374331

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240337

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois; Roll: T624_318; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0137; FHL microfilm: 1374331

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Center, Polk, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Polk, Arkansas; Roll: T625_74; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 101

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1921
    Event Place: Pearl, Pike, Illinois
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 May 1921
    Event Place: Green Pond
    Record Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
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