Columbia Gem Hollenback

Brief Life History of Columbia Gem

When Columbia Gem Hollenback was born on 17 January 1870, in Indiana, United States, her father, John Hollenback, was 45 and her mother, Margaret Amelia Clemons, was 39. She married Merrick Alvin Dundas on 29 August 1888, in Table Rock, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Anaheim, Orange, California, United States in 1930. She died on 7 November 1967, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Merrick Alvin Dundas
1869–1943
Columbia Gem Hollenback
1870–1967
Marriage: 29 August 1888
Arthur St Claire Dundas
1889–1948
Letitia Margaret Dundas
1891–1983
Lula Hazel Dundas
1893–1894
Merrick Leslie Dundas
1897–1948

Sources (21)

  • Columbia Hollenbeck in household of John Hollenbeck, "Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933"
  • Colunbia Hollenbeck, "California, County Marriages, 1849-1957"
  • Columbia G. Dundas, "Find A Grave Index"

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1889

Historical Boundaries: 1889: Orange, California, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Hollenbach .

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

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