Horace Greeley Holbrook
Life
- 1863BornCoveland, Whidbey Island, Washington Territory
1 June 1863 by his death record, or 3 Jan 1863 by the FamilySearch tree, as reported in the Holbrook master tree.
compiledprobable - 1880Lived
- 1896Married Ada M. James (1877-1935)21 Dec 1896, Island County, Washington
From the Holbrook master tree; record not yet attached.
compiledprobable - 1939Died4 July 1939, Coupeville, Island County, Washington
From the Holbrook master tree; the death record is not yet attached.
compiledprobable
Family
- Father
- Mother
- Spouse
- Ada M. James (1877-1935)compiledprobable
Pedigree
Notes
Eldest child of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Sr. and Harriet Phillips Lowe; in their household in 1880. Carpenter and engineer of Coupeville. The family typescript by his sister Mollie opens with “A Brief Account of the Ancestors of Horace G. Holbrook.”
Open questions
- Born 1 June 1863 (death record) or 3 Jan 1863 (FamilySearch tree)?
Mollie's typescript
The typescript opens as "a brief account of the ancestors" of Horace and his sister and brother.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ANCESTORS OF HORACE G. HOLBROOK FRANCES HOLBROOK (PFEIFFER) RICHARD BLACKMER HOLBROOK
p. II →Mollie names her brother as the second child born on the Whidbey Island homestead, "good old Horace, now nearing 70."
first a little boy named Nathan Gideon for his two grandfathers, He did not stay. The "Horace,"-- good old Horace, now nearing 70!
p. 84 →Mollie writes that Horace deserves several pages of his own, and that she loves and admires him as a man of upright character, most like his mother.
Horace Holbrook should have several pages devoted to him. I, his sister, have the highest regard and love for him as a man of upright and stirling character, having all the good that lived in so many of his ancestors, especially in his mother.
p. 86 →
Pictures
Connections
- In his ancestry
- 80 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Horace's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.