Dorothy Elvira Holton

Female14 July 1890–March 1978

Brief Life History of Dorothy Elvira

When Dorothy Elvira Holton was born on 14 July 1890, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, George David Holton, was 39 and her mother, Jane "Jennie" Louise Roberts, was 39. She married Archibald Herbert Sayce on 15 January 1918, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Hegewisch, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1930. She died in March 1978, in Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archibald Herbert Sayce
1883–
Dorothy Elvira Holton
1890–1978
Marriage: 15 January 1918
Archibald H Sayce
1924–1948

Sources (15)

  • Dorothy E Holm in household of George D Holm, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Dorothy E. Holton, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
  • Dorothy H Holton Sayce, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 January 1918Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1892 · The Masonic Temple Building

    Age 2

    The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place. 

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 6

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 23

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Holton, such as those in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Dorset, and Somerset. The Oxfordshire and Somerset placenames derive from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, while the Suffolk placename comes from the Old English personal name Hōla + tūn. The Dorset placename derives from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ or holt ‘wood, grove, thicket’ + tūn.

    Irish: altered form of O'Haltahan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUltacháin ‘descendant of Ultachán’, a diminutive of Ultach ‘Ulsterman’. This is a rare Fermanagh surname, sometimes Anglicized as Nolan .

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

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