Wellsville Daily Reporter, Wellsville New York
Friday, November 24, 1972
Mrs. Walter J. Hollands
HORNELL – Mrs. Hettie K. Hollands, widow of Walter J. Hollands, of 72 Genesee St., Hornell, died yesterday morning at St. James Mercy Hospital iin Hornell.
A native of Lafayette, Col., she lived in Hornell since 1929. She was a communicant of the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Abbie Sturgeon of Towson, Md., and Mrs. Edward Zwingle of Morristown, N.J.; one son, Rockwell Hollands of Palo Alto, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Olive Bird of Santa Paula, Calif., four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday at the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell. Burial will be in the Hornell Hope Cemetery. There will be no calling hours at the Crandall and Crandall Funeral Home in Hornell prior to the funeral service.
The family requests that those who wish to make contributions to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell or the Christ Episcopal Church.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Hettie was my great-aunt; her youngest sister Olive was my grandmother. The following is a result of my research on Hettie, primarily on Ancestry.com and another online resource, "Colorado Historic Newspapers."
I use censuses, city directories, family trees, etc. available on genealogical sites like ancestry.com. But an equally, if not more, important source of information for family genealogists is the wealth of stories one can find in the contemporary newspapers, especially where one's relatives grew up in a small town. I found a gold mine of information on my grandmother's family on "Colorado Historic Newspapers" - over 700 stories and advertisements, searching on her father's name (Kullgren) alone! In that, I was able to discover much about their lives - their business endeavors, activities, accomplishments and friends; events in their lives (major and minor, good and bad) - and to get a sense of what their daily lives were like.
Hettie was born in Erie, but by 1890 they had moved to Lafayette where her parents built a home at 209 E. Cleveland in 1890. Their home, called Kullgren House, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lafayette grew up around the coal mining industry, and Hettie's mother Mary managed one of the family's businesses of taking in miners to board in the home.
The Kullgren children were raised in a refined and cultural home. All of them played an instrument or sang. Hettie was the organist for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church, and played at weddings and funerals and played piano in duets with her sister Mary at musical performances. She, along with her brother Nels and sister Mary, belonged to the Lafayette Literary Society and took part in musical and debating performances.
The children had very active social lives which included hay rack rides to go ice skating (Lake Van) or to the mountains (such as Eldorado Springs); visits with relatives and friends; dances at the Alpha Club in Lafayette and the Athenian and Alba Clubs in Louisville; card parties featuring a popular game called High Five; birthday and theater parties; anniversary and farewell ("handkerchief") showers; and an unusual kind of surprise party whereupon large groups of young people would descend, unannounced, upon a friend's home, bringing refreshments and staying to play cards and enjoy one another's company until all hours. They enjoyed the theater and Nels (and Mary, at least once) acted in several plays at the Lafayette Opera House.
Hettie graduated from Lafayette High School in 1904. The Lafayette News (May 28, 1904) reported that there were three other young women and one young man were the sole graduates, but that the usual graduating exercises had to be omitted this year due to sickness.
After graduation, Hettie worked in various retail stores in Lafayette and Paonia. The Lafayette News (LN) reported on May 28, 1904 that she started at L. L. Supply Co. on Monday, May 23. She was next employed as a saleswoman at G&M Mercantile Co. The Lafayette Leader (LL) reported on April 7, 1906 that she resigned her position there on April 2, and was now working at M.F. Montgomery (Hub Clothing and Shoe House). The Lafayette News Free Press (NFP) reported on April 29, 1909 that Hettie was given two weeks' vacation from Hub Stores Co. and was visiting her sister Mary Zook in Paonia; the NFP reported on May 7, 1909 that Hettie had just returned from two weeks in Paonia, visiting with relatives and friends; on May 21, the LL and NFP reported that Hettie had resigned her position with Hub Stores and would move to Paonia to become head dry goods clerk at the Paonia Mercantile Co.; then on June 4, 1909 the NFP reported that Hettie moved to Paonia on June 1 to assume her new position.
In the 1910 census, Hettie was boarding at the home of Christina and David McNaughton on Onarga Ave, Paonia. The obituary of Hettie's husband Walter stated that he had managed the Paonia Mercantile Store since the age of 19. He would have turned 19 in February 1909, and so he may have actually hired Hettie. At any rate, after working together for two and a half years they were married on Walter's birthday, February 27, 1912, in Denver (A.A. Tanner officiating).
All three of Hettie and Walter's children (Mary Abbie, Rockwell, and Louise) were all born in Paonia. The year Louise was born (1919), Walter opened his own store. Walter's obituary states that he opened his own store in Flette 1919. I wasn't able to find a town named Flette, but the census shows them in Delta in 1920. Lodging with them is Burt L. Reynolds, who managed the picture show.
In 1929, Walter's father, Stephen Hollands, a successful businessman and ex-Mayor of Hornell, New York, died and left a sizable inheritance for Walter. Hettie and Walter moved to Hornell, and Walter assumed management of the Tuttle and Rockwell department store. Two years later he became president and general manager, a position he held until his death.
In Hornell, they initially lived at 441 Seneca, but by 1935 had moved to 72 Genesee where they remained. They made a trip to Bermuda in March 1950, the Bahamas in 1951, and to Rio de Janeiro in 1955. They were able to send their children to exclusive private schools (Abbott Academy and Wellesley College for Marie Abbie; Exeter Academy and Harvard for Rockwell; and Elmira College for Louise).
Walter died in 1971, and Hettie followed him the next year.
Friday, November 24, 1972
Mrs. Walter J. Hollands
HORNELL – Mrs. Hettie K. Hollands, widow of Walter J. Hollands, of 72 Genesee St., Hornell, died yesterday morning at St. James Mercy Hospital iin Hornell.
A native of Lafayette, Col., she lived in Hornell since 1929. She was a communicant of the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Abbie Sturgeon of Towson, Md., and Mrs. Edward Zwingle of Morristown, N.J.; one son, Rockwell Hollands of Palo Alto, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Olive Bird of Santa Paula, Calif., four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday at the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell. Burial will be in the Hornell Hope Cemetery. There will be no calling hours at the Crandall and Crandall Funeral Home in Hornell prior to the funeral service.
The family requests that those who wish to make contributions to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell or the Christ Episcopal Church.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Hettie was my great-aunt; her youngest sister Olive was my grandmother. The following is a result of my research on Hettie, primarily on Ancestry.com and another online resource, "Colorado Historic Newspapers."
I use censuses, city directories, family trees, etc. available on genealogical sites like ancestry.com. But an equally, if not more, important source of information for family genealogists is the wealth of stories one can find in the contemporary newspapers, especially where one's relatives grew up in a small town. I found a gold mine of information on my grandmother's family on "Colorado Historic Newspapers" - over 700 stories and advertisements, searching on her father's name (Kullgren) alone! In that, I was able to discover much about their lives - their business endeavors, activities, accomplishments and friends; events in their lives (major and minor, good and bad) - and to get a sense of what their daily lives were like.
Hettie was born in Erie, but by 1890 they had moved to Lafayette where her parents built a home at 209 E. Cleveland in 1890. Their home, called Kullgren House, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lafayette grew up around the coal mining industry, and Hettie's mother Mary managed one of the family's businesses of taking in miners to board in the home.
The Kullgren children were raised in a refined and cultural home. All of them played an instrument or sang. Hettie was the organist for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church, and played at weddings and funerals and played piano in duets with her sister Mary at musical performances. She, along with her brother Nels and sister Mary, belonged to the Lafayette Literary Society and took part in musical and debating performances.
The children had very active social lives which included hay rack rides to go ice skating (Lake Van) or to the mountains (such as Eldorado Springs); visits with relatives and friends; dances at the Alpha Club in Lafayette and the Athenian and Alba Clubs in Louisville; card parties featuring a popular game called High Five; birthday and theater parties; anniversary and farewell ("handkerchief") showers; and an unusual kind of surprise party whereupon large groups of young people would descend, unannounced, upon a friend's home, bringing refreshments and staying to play cards and enjoy one another's company until all hours. They enjoyed the theater and Nels (and Mary, at least once) acted in several plays at the Lafayette Opera House.
Hettie graduated from Lafayette High School in 1904. The Lafayette News (May 28, 1904) reported that there were three other young women and one young man were the sole graduates, but that the usual graduating exercises had to be omitted this year due to sickness.
After graduation, Hettie worked in various retail stores in Lafayette and Paonia. The Lafayette News (LN) reported on May 28, 1904 that she started at L. L. Supply Co. on Monday, May 23. She was next employed as a saleswoman at G&M Mercantile Co. The Lafayette Leader (LL) reported on April 7, 1906 that she resigned her position there on April 2, and was now working at M.F. Montgomery (Hub Clothing and Shoe House). The Lafayette News Free Press (NFP) reported on April 29, 1909 that Hettie was given two weeks' vacation from Hub Stores Co. and was visiting her sister Mary Zook in Paonia; the NFP reported on May 7, 1909 that Hettie had just returned from two weeks in Paonia, visiting with relatives and friends; on May 21, the LL and NFP reported that Hettie had resigned her position with Hub Stores and would move to Paonia to become head dry goods clerk at the Paonia Mercantile Co.; then on June 4, 1909 the NFP reported that Hettie moved to Paonia on June 1 to assume her new position.
In the 1910 census, Hettie was boarding at the home of Christina and David McNaughton on Onarga Ave, Paonia. The obituary of Hettie's husband Walter stated that he had managed the Paonia Mercantile Store since the age of 19. He would have turned 19 in February 1909, and so he may have actually hired Hettie. At any rate, after working together for two and a half years they were married on Walter's birthday, February 27, 1912, in Denver (A.A. Tanner officiating).
All three of Hettie and Walter's children (Mary Abbie, Rockwell, and Louise) were all born in Paonia. The year Louise was born (1919), Walter opened his own store. Walter's obituary states that he opened his own store in Flette 1919. I wasn't able to find a town named Flette, but the census shows them in Delta in 1920. Lodging with them is Burt L. Reynolds, who managed the picture show.
In 1929, Walter's father, Stephen Hollands, a successful businessman and ex-Mayor of Hornell, New York, died and left a sizable inheritance for Walter. Hettie and Walter moved to Hornell, and Walter assumed management of the Tuttle and Rockwell department store. Two years later he became president and general manager, a position he held until his death.
In Hornell, they initially lived at 441 Seneca, but by 1935 had moved to 72 Genesee where they remained. They made a trip to Bermuda in March 1950, the Bahamas in 1951, and to Rio de Janeiro in 1955. They were able to send their children to exclusive private schools (Abbott Academy and Wellesley College for Marie Abbie; Exeter Academy and Harvard for Rockwell; and Elmira College for Louise).
Walter died in 1971, and Hettie followed him the next year.
Wellsville Daily Reporter, Wellsville New York
Friday, November 24, 1972
Mrs. Walter J. Hollands
HORNELL – Mrs. Hettie K. Hollands, widow of Walter J. Hollands, of 72 Genesee St., Hornell, died yesterday morning at St. James Mercy Hospital iin Hornell.
A native of Lafayette, Col., she lived in Hornell since 1929. She was a communicant of the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Abbie Sturgeon of Towson, Md., and Mrs. Edward Zwingle of Morristown, N.J.; one son, Rockwell Hollands of Palo Alto, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Olive Bird of Santa Paula, Calif., four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday at the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell. Burial will be in the Hornell Hope Cemetery. There will be no calling hours at the Crandall and Crandall Funeral Home in Hornell prior to the funeral service.
The family requests that those who wish to make contributions to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell or the Christ Episcopal Church.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Hettie was my great-aunt; her youngest sister Olive was my grandmother. The following is a result of my research on Hettie, primarily on Ancestry.com and another online resource, "Colorado Historic Newspapers."
I use censuses, city directories, family trees, etc. available on genealogical sites like ancestry.com. But an equally, if not more, important source of information for family genealogists is the wealth of stories one can find in the contemporary newspapers, especially where one's relatives grew up in a small town. I found a gold mine of information on my grandmother's family on "Colorado Historic Newspapers" - over 700 stories and advertisements, searching on her father's name (Kullgren) alone! In that, I was able to discover much about their lives - their business endeavors, activities, accomplishments and friends; events in their lives (major and minor, good and bad) - and to get a sense of what their daily lives were like.
Hettie was born in Erie, but by 1890 they had moved to Lafayette where her parents built a home at 209 E. Cleveland in 1890. Their home, called Kullgren House, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lafayette grew up around the coal mining industry, and Hettie's mother Mary managed one of the family's businesses of taking in miners to board in the home.
The Kullgren children were raised in a refined and cultural home. All of them played an instrument or sang. Hettie was the organist for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church, and played at weddings and funerals and played piano in duets with her sister Mary at musical performances. She, along with her brother Nels and sister Mary, belonged to the Lafayette Literary Society and took part in musical and debating performances.
The children had very active social lives which included hay rack rides to go ice skating (Lake Van) or to the mountains (such as Eldorado Springs); visits with relatives and friends; dances at the Alpha Club in Lafayette and the Athenian and Alba Clubs in Louisville; card parties featuring a popular game called High Five; birthday and theater parties; anniversary and farewell ("handkerchief") showers; and an unusual kind of surprise party whereupon large groups of young people would descend, unannounced, upon a friend's home, bringing refreshments and staying to play cards and enjoy one another's company until all hours. They enjoyed the theater and Nels (and Mary, at least once) acted in several plays at the Lafayette Opera House.
Hettie graduated from Lafayette High School in 1904. The Lafayette News (May 28, 1904) reported that there were three other young women and one young man were the sole graduates, but that the usual graduating exercises had to be omitted this year due to sickness.
After graduation, Hettie worked in various retail stores in Lafayette and Paonia. The Lafayette News (LN) reported on May 28, 1904 that she started at L. L. Supply Co. on Monday, May 23. She was next employed as a saleswoman at G&M Mercantile Co. The Lafayette Leader (LL) reported on April 7, 1906 that she resigned her position there on April 2, and was now working at M.F. Montgomery (Hub Clothing and Shoe House). The Lafayette News Free Press (NFP) reported on April 29, 1909 that Hettie was given two weeks' vacation from Hub Stores Co. and was visiting her sister Mary Zook in Paonia; the NFP reported on May 7, 1909 that Hettie had just returned from two weeks in Paonia, visiting with relatives and friends; on May 21, the LL and NFP reported that Hettie had resigned her position with Hub Stores and would move to Paonia to become head dry goods clerk at the Paonia Mercantile Co.; then on June 4, 1909 the NFP reported that Hettie moved to Paonia on June 1 to assume her new position.
In the 1910 census, Hettie was boarding at the home of Christina and David McNaughton on Onarga Ave, Paonia. The obituary of Hettie's husband Walter stated that he had managed the Paonia Mercantile Store since the age of 19. He would have turned 19 in February 1909, and so he may have actually hired Hettie. At any rate, after working together for two and a half years they were married on Walter's birthday, February 27, 1912, in Denver (A.A. Tanner officiating).
All three of Hettie and Walter's children (Mary Abbie, Rockwell, and Louise) were all born in Paonia. The year Louise was born (1919), Walter opened his own store. Walter's obituary states that he opened his own store in Flette 1919. I wasn't able to find a town named Flette, but the census shows them in Delta in 1920. Lodging with them is Burt L. Reynolds, who managed the picture show.
In 1929, Walter's father, Stephen Hollands, a successful businessman and ex-Mayor of Hornell, New York, died and left a sizable inheritance for Walter. Hettie and Walter moved to Hornell, and Walter assumed management of the Tuttle and Rockwell department store. Two years later he became president and general manager, a position he held until his death.
In Hornell, they initially lived at 441 Seneca, but by 1935 had moved to 72 Genesee where they remained. They made a trip to Bermuda in March 1950, the Bahamas in 1951, and to Rio de Janeiro in 1955. They were able to send their children to exclusive private schools (Abbott Academy and Wellesley College for Marie Abbie; Exeter Academy and Harvard for Rockwell; and Elmira College for Louise).
Walter died in 1971, and Hettie followed him the next year.
Friday, November 24, 1972
Mrs. Walter J. Hollands
HORNELL – Mrs. Hettie K. Hollands, widow of Walter J. Hollands, of 72 Genesee St., Hornell, died yesterday morning at St. James Mercy Hospital iin Hornell.
A native of Lafayette, Col., she lived in Hornell since 1929. She was a communicant of the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Abbie Sturgeon of Towson, Md., and Mrs. Edward Zwingle of Morristown, N.J.; one son, Rockwell Hollands of Palo Alto, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Olive Bird of Santa Paula, Calif., four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday at the Christ Episcopal Church in Hornell. Burial will be in the Hornell Hope Cemetery. There will be no calling hours at the Crandall and Crandall Funeral Home in Hornell prior to the funeral service.
The family requests that those who wish to make contributions to St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell or the Christ Episcopal Church.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
(By Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Member 47724849)
Hettie was my great-aunt; her youngest sister Olive was my grandmother. The following is a result of my research on Hettie, primarily on Ancestry.com and another online resource, "Colorado Historic Newspapers."
I use censuses, city directories, family trees, etc. available on genealogical sites like ancestry.com. But an equally, if not more, important source of information for family genealogists is the wealth of stories one can find in the contemporary newspapers, especially where one's relatives grew up in a small town. I found a gold mine of information on my grandmother's family on "Colorado Historic Newspapers" - over 700 stories and advertisements, searching on her father's name (Kullgren) alone! In that, I was able to discover much about their lives - their business endeavors, activities, accomplishments and friends; events in their lives (major and minor, good and bad) - and to get a sense of what their daily lives were like.
Hettie was born in Erie, but by 1890 they had moved to Lafayette where her parents built a home at 209 E. Cleveland in 1890. Their home, called Kullgren House, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lafayette grew up around the coal mining industry, and Hettie's mother Mary managed one of the family's businesses of taking in miners to board in the home.
The Kullgren children were raised in a refined and cultural home. All of them played an instrument or sang. Hettie was the organist for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church, and played at weddings and funerals and played piano in duets with her sister Mary at musical performances. She, along with her brother Nels and sister Mary, belonged to the Lafayette Literary Society and took part in musical and debating performances.
The children had very active social lives which included hay rack rides to go ice skating (Lake Van) or to the mountains (such as Eldorado Springs); visits with relatives and friends; dances at the Alpha Club in Lafayette and the Athenian and Alba Clubs in Louisville; card parties featuring a popular game called High Five; birthday and theater parties; anniversary and farewell ("handkerchief") showers; and an unusual kind of surprise party whereupon large groups of young people would descend, unannounced, upon a friend's home, bringing refreshments and staying to play cards and enjoy one another's company until all hours. They enjoyed the theater and Nels (and Mary, at least once) acted in several plays at the Lafayette Opera House.
Hettie graduated from Lafayette High School in 1904. The Lafayette News (May 28, 1904) reported that there were three other young women and one young man were the sole graduates, but that the usual graduating exercises had to be omitted this year due to sickness.
After graduation, Hettie worked in various retail stores in Lafayette and Paonia. The Lafayette News (LN) reported on May 28, 1904 that she started at L. L. Supply Co. on Monday, May 23. She was next employed as a saleswoman at G&M Mercantile Co. The Lafayette Leader (LL) reported on April 7, 1906 that she resigned her position there on April 2, and was now working at M.F. Montgomery (Hub Clothing and Shoe House). The Lafayette News Free Press (NFP) reported on April 29, 1909 that Hettie was given two weeks' vacation from Hub Stores Co. and was visiting her sister Mary Zook in Paonia; the NFP reported on May 7, 1909 that Hettie had just returned from two weeks in Paonia, visiting with relatives and friends; on May 21, the LL and NFP reported that Hettie had resigned her position with Hub Stores and would move to Paonia to become head dry goods clerk at the Paonia Mercantile Co.; then on June 4, 1909 the NFP reported that Hettie moved to Paonia on June 1 to assume her new position.
In the 1910 census, Hettie was boarding at the home of Christina and David McNaughton on Onarga Ave, Paonia. The obituary of Hettie's husband Walter stated that he had managed the Paonia Mercantile Store since the age of 19. He would have turned 19 in February 1909, and so he may have actually hired Hettie. At any rate, after working together for two and a half years they were married on Walter's birthday, February 27, 1912, in Denver (A.A. Tanner officiating).
All three of Hettie and Walter's children (Mary Abbie, Rockwell, and Louise) were all born in Paonia. The year Louise was born (1919), Walter opened his own store. Walter's obituary states that he opened his own store in Flette 1919. I wasn't able to find a town named Flette, but the census shows them in Delta in 1920. Lodging with them is Burt L. Reynolds, who managed the picture show.
In 1929, Walter's father, Stephen Hollands, a successful businessman and ex-Mayor of Hornell, New York, died and left a sizable inheritance for Walter. Hettie and Walter moved to Hornell, and Walter assumed management of the Tuttle and Rockwell department store. Two years later he became president and general manager, a position he held until his death.
In Hornell, they initially lived at 441 Seneca, but by 1935 had moved to 72 Genesee where they remained. They made a trip to Bermuda in March 1950, the Bahamas in 1951, and to Rio de Janeiro in 1955. They were able to send their children to exclusive private schools (Abbott Academy and Wellesley College for Marie Abbie; Exeter Academy and Harvard for Rockwell; and Elmira College for Louise).
Walter died in 1971, and Hettie followed him the next year.
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