Gracie Holloway

Female7 April 1885–1949

Brief Life History of Gracie

When Gracie Holloway was born on 7 April 1885, in York, Virginia, United States, her father, Wirt Holloway, was 45 and her mother, Arinthia Susan Watkins, was 42. She married Arthur Bernard Phillips in 1909, in York, Virginia, United States. She lived in Poquoson District, York, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Poquoson, York, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1949, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Bernard Phillips
1884–1965
Gracie Holloway
1885–1949
Marriage: 1909

Sources (6)

  • Grace Phillips in household of Bernard A Phillips, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Grace Holloway, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Grace Phillips, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1909York, Virginia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 1

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

    Age 9

    On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 17

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) sunken road’, from Middle English hol(g)h ‘hollow’ + weie ‘way, road’ (Old English holh + weg), or else a habitational name from any of numerous places so named, such as Holloway (Middlesex) or Holway (Somerset). In Ireland (Leinster), the name has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic (see Hulvey ).

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

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