Lora Alfred Holbrook

14 July 1868–10 May 1931 (Age 62)
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

The Life Summary of Lora Alfred

When Lora Alfred Holbrook was born on 14 July 1868, in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Harvey William Holbrook, was 23 and his mother, Charlotte Lottie E. Williams, was 17. He married Edna Pearl Ludwick on 7 January 1891. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Election Precinct, Madison, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Garfield Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 May 1931, in Orchard, Antelope, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Orchard, Antelope, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lora Alfred Holbrook
1868–1931
Edna Pearl Ludwick
1872–1965
Marriage: 7 January 1891
Arthur C. Holbrook
1891–1967
Harvey Jonathan Holbrook
1893–1981
Alice P. Holbrook
1894–1982
Elsie May Holbrook
1898–
Alta Adeline Holbrook
1899–1920
Carrie B. Holbrook
1901–1982
Lewis Holbrook
1903–1903
Lottie Holbrook
1903–2000
Lena E Holbrook
1906–1995
Neala Esma Holbrook
1908–2005
Albert W Holbrook
1913–1983
Mina Alberta Holbrook
1918–2006

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 January 1891
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 2
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1870 · P.T. Barnum's Circus Established in Wisconsin
    Age 2
    P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome was established in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1870.
    1886
    Age 18
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 8459;2007: 17947; 2010: 23843)English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’, such as Holbrook (Derbyshire, Dorset, Suffolk) and Howbrook in Wortley (Yorkshire).Americanized form of North German Halbrock (or some like-sounding surname), a cognate of 1 above.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Holbrooks
    Haulbrook
    Halbrooks
    Halbrook

    Sources (17)

    • Laury Holebrook in household of Harvy Holebrook, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Lora A Holbrook, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
    • Laura Halbrook, "United States Census, 1930"

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