Category: Holden
Ina Holden married Ernest Starr connecting the Holden branch to a main branch of my family tree.
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Dr Francis Joseph Smith / Birth name: Josephus Jacobus De Aerts
I’ve been adding my family tree to the WikiTree website which spurred me to do a bit of a deeper dive on my 6x great grandfather Dr. Francis Smith. Dr Smith is the father of by 5x ggmother Sarah Smith Shoemaker, mother of my 4x ggmother Deborah Cramer Holden, mother of my 3x ggfather William…… Read more
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The Webster line- A Famous Dictionary and Half-Hanged Witch
My great grandmother, Ina Holden Starr’s mother was Grace Mabel Webster, born in 1873. I had been told she descended from the same Websters that we all know from the dictionary, Noah Webster, so I wanted to confirm this with my own tree. I traced the Webster line back to my 14x great grandfather, John…… Read more
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US Presidents in my Family Tree
By connecting your family tree to the giant family tree on Family Search . com you can see how you’re related to all sorts of famous people from history. Some of the connections are iffy, but I found several that seem likely, including more than 2 dozen US presidents: Twenty one are via the Starr…… Read more
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The Krämer and Löscher Ancestors of the Starr Line
One hundred and forty five years ago on July 11, 1880 my 3x great grandmother, Deborah Cramer Holden died. She was the mother of William Holden who was the father of my great grandmother Ina Holden Starr. The anniversary sparked a deep dive into the history of her family. The first Cramer to come to…… Read more
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Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
Hidden away atop a hill surrounded by the bustling of trains and automobile traffic sits Riverside Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut. And in this hidden 17th century burial ground lies many of the town’s first settlers, including many related directly or indirectly to me. There’s no sidewalk or parking lot for the cemetery and it’s surrounded…… Read more
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Webster Holden Starr
William Holden, my 2x great grandfather was born in 1858 in Ridgeway, New York to Charles and Deborah Cramer Holden, my 3x great grandparents. Charles ran an Inn in Schenectady with Deborah and his brother Aaron. He served in the civil war at the age of 42 with the NY 90th Regiment and then by…… Read more