Comments on: I’m Still Here!

By: jholladay

jholladay — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:15:25 +0000

Hi, Lizbeth, and thanks for your interest in the blog and in Holladay family history. How much do you know about your Holladay line and the connection to Ben Holladay, the Stage Coach King? I’ll email you with some followup questions.

By: Lizbeth Lynn De Vine

Lizbeth Lynn De Vine — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:44:25 +0000

Hello there, My maiden name is Lizbeth Lynn Holladay,My father was Raymond Rhinehart Holladay , I believe he was related to Ben Holladay . My whole family was from Kansas City Missouri, except me . I was born in Bremerton Washington

By: jholladay

jholladay — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:37:52 +0000

David, Yes, please send me a copy of their marriage certificate. I have a few other questions which I will send you in a email.

By: David H. Dolson

David H. Dolson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:33:59 +0000

yes – I’ve got a copy of their marriage cert (1833 actually) . Would you like me to forward it? Yeah I’ve hit a dead end – any help is appreciated.

By: jholladay

jholladay — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:08:49 +0000

Hi David – Thanks for the additional information on your Missouri line. Do you have documentation about the marriage of William Holladay and Jane Tong in 1835? I have some other questions a s well which I will put into an email. You line may not be among those documented in the Alvis Holladay book. There were quite a few different Holladay/Holliday lines in Missouri during that time frame.

By: David H. Dolson

David H. Dolson — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:14:58 +0000

Hi Jay – let me know what other info you need from me & my Missouri line. I’m fairly confident William H. was born in TN as stated above (Feb 5th 1814) & circumstantial evidence (MO land records & 1830 census) points to his father being Thomas. I’ve spend many hours looking over the Avis Milton Holladay book but unable to make a connection to anyone in it. For the record. I live in St. Louis, my grandfather was Grover Cleveland Holladay, born in 1887 in Greenville, MO, lived in Festus, MO most of his life. He was the youngest of nine. His father was George Wesley Holladay born in 1842 in Fredericktown, MO. He was the 5th of 9 children of William Holladay & Jane Tong.

By: jholladay

jholladay — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:53:27 +0000

Hi, Lee, thanks for your response. No, your ancestor John Holladay is not the one I am referring to. However, if you are descended from the Holladay that joined the LDS church and settled Holladay Utah, there is a good deal of information available about your background and heritage.

I suspect the green book you refer to about the Holladay family is “The Holladay Family”, by Alvis Milton Holladay, Sr. I can provide more information on that book, if you wish.

Let’s continue this conversation by email and I will make further posts about this line as time permits. You can reach me at jholladay(at)ca.rr.com

By: Lee S Holladay

Lee S Holladay — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:59:12 +0000

I’m a descendant of John Holladay, Glen Holladay, Doug Holladay, is my father. How ever i’m can’t be certain that it is the same John that you speak of in your blogs all I have are Family story’s to go off of. I am very interested in the Holladay Family history though. My grandpa Glen has a green Holladay family book of names and journals from John who freed his slaves and joined the LDS church, and then settled Holladay Utah along with many other Mormon settlements in places like Colorado. Other than this its pretty sad to me that my heritage is somewhat of a mystery to me. I do know a descent amount but there are wholes and conflicts of information in what I know. Witch only make me want to learn more.

By: jholladay

jholladay — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:07:53 +0000

Hi David – Good to hear from you. I’ve been planning to get this blog going again and to expand its scope. There are several lines of Holladays in Missouri.. Two from my line, descended from Zacharias Holladay of Adair County, KY, moved to Carroll County, MO. I need to know as much as you can tell me about your William H. Holladay and also about the Thomas Holladay who you suspect was his father. I will try to match you up with one of the Holladay lines in Alvis Holladay’s book, “The Holladay Family”. Please send me an email and we can carry on this conversation.

By: David Holladay Dolson

David Holladay Dolson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:57:50 +0000

Hi Jay – I’m a decendant of William Holladay and Jane Tong of Fredericktown Missouri. I’m trying to find his parents. I suspect his father was Thomas Holladay. William H. was born February 5th 1814 in Tennessee & married Jane Tong in 1835 in Fredericktown. If you have any information of Missouri line of Holladays I’d appeciate hearing from you. Thanks