Rose Maybel Holje

Brief Life History of Rose Maybel

When Rose Maybel Holje was born on 30 January 1879, in San Francisco, California, United States, her father, Martin Holje, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Minkel, was 25. She married Roy Alton Barnes on 19 June 1907, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1930. She died on 18 March 1969, in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Roy Alton Barnes
1879–1927
Rose Maybel Holje
1879–1969
Marriage: 19 June 1907
Alton Holje Barnes
1909–1973
Roy Alton Barnes
–1969
Elisabeth Barnes
1911–1968

Sources (22)

  • Rose H Barnes, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Rose Hojle Barnes, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rose Halji Barnes in entry for Ray Alton Barnes, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Armin, Frieda, Fritz, Helmuth, Juergen, Raimund.

North German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Holle(n) (e.g. in Westphalia, Hanover, and Pomerania), from hol ‘hollow, cave, bog’; or a topographic name from the same word.

German (Hölle): see Hoelle .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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