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
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
1884–1965 Male
1885–1949 Female
Parents and Siblings
1840–1894 Male
1842–1925 Female
Siblings (8)
1866–1954 Female
1868–1955 Female
1871–1887 Male
1873–1913 Male
1877–1879 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 9
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 17
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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