TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Dec. 18, 1941.
MRS. LYDIA HOLMES DIES at AGE 98...
WAS FORMER RESIDENT
Lydia Adelia Giddings was born in New York March 24, 1843, and died at her home in Kansas City, Mo. December 13, 1941. She moved with her family to Pennsylvania at the age of six, and came to Nebraska with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Giddings, in 1858, where the family established a home at the present site of Table Rock.
She was married to John N. Gere at the close of the Civil War and to this union two children were born, Giles Henry Gere and John Nelson Gere, both sons and her husband preceded her in death.
In 1872 she was married to Aylwin A. Holmes. Surviving this union is one daughter, Laura C. Holmes.
During her early residence in Kansas City, she was a member of Walnut Street Methodist Church. Later she went with her husband and family to the Washington Street Methodist Church, where she was an active member until 1893, when she transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in Honolulu, where she spent several years with her sons.
In 1909 she moved with her daughter into the neighborhood of the Westport Methodist Church, where she was active until her death.
Survivors are her daughter, Laura C. Holmes of Kansas City, eight grandchildren, John L. Gere, of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Margaret McCandless of St. John, Kansas, and Lieut. Giles H. Gere of Ft. Leavenworth, and five living in Honolulu; sixteen great grandchildren and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Holmes was well known here as he father, Mr. C. W. Giddings, was the founder of Table Rock and gave the land to the city for the park. Her first husband, J. N. Gere, was a Civil War veteran and was killed by the Indians in 1870.
(Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.)
Lydia Giddings Gere had four children with her first husband John Nelson Gere, the two who died in infancy were also John and Laura. The two living were Giles H. & John N.
After the death of her first husband she married Aylwin A. Holmes and they were the parents of one daughter, Laura C. Holmes. After his death Lydia and Laura lived together until her death. Lydia had outlived her other two sons.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, July 22, 1909.
Mrs. L. A. Holmes, who has been visiting relatives in Table Rock during the past three months returned to her home in Kansas City last Friday. Her daughter Miss Laura Holmes has just completed a new house in Kansas City in which they will reside.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Jan. 22, 1917.
Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu, to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. June 26, 1925.
Mrs. Lydia A. Holmes came up from Kansas City last Friday and will remain over Saturday, to help celebrate her sister's Mrs. Fannie C. Norris, 84th birthday. Mrs. Holmes is a daughter of Elder and Mrs. Giddings, pioneers of Table Rock and her early life was passed amid the scenes of our city before the days of automobiles in this western country, and she learned to ride a horse as well that few of the boys of her day could out-ride her, and for some time she carried mail between here and old Cincinnati- near the present site of DuBois. And say, she says she believes the young men and women of those days got as much kick out of living as do the young people of the present generation, with all the so-called improvements which the years have brought to amuse them.
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US CENSUS 1910- MISSION, JOHNSON, KANSAS
HOLMES, LYDIA A. was 67, born in NY, a widow, 5 children/3 living. Own with Own Income. Her daughter Laura C. Holmes lived with her, was 32, born in MO and single,
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, June 22, 1917. Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
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NOTE: MEMORIAL #82469680 for Lydia Gere was made Dec. 27, 2011- Burial: Unknown. When I found her I sent edits for family links and name corrections. When I found her burial place I sent that information, Sept. 1, 2016 with no response. To "Request a Photo" of her stone I needed to have her in a cemetery and made this memorial for her.
MRS. LYDIA HOLMES DIES at AGE 98...
WAS FORMER RESIDENT
Lydia Adelia Giddings was born in New York March 24, 1843, and died at her home in Kansas City, Mo. December 13, 1941. She moved with her family to Pennsylvania at the age of six, and came to Nebraska with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Giddings, in 1858, where the family established a home at the present site of Table Rock.
She was married to John N. Gere at the close of the Civil War and to this union two children were born, Giles Henry Gere and John Nelson Gere, both sons and her husband preceded her in death.
In 1872 she was married to Aylwin A. Holmes. Surviving this union is one daughter, Laura C. Holmes.
During her early residence in Kansas City, she was a member of Walnut Street Methodist Church. Later she went with her husband and family to the Washington Street Methodist Church, where she was an active member until 1893, when she transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in Honolulu, where she spent several years with her sons.
In 1909 she moved with her daughter into the neighborhood of the Westport Methodist Church, where she was active until her death.
Survivors are her daughter, Laura C. Holmes of Kansas City, eight grandchildren, John L. Gere, of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Margaret McCandless of St. John, Kansas, and Lieut. Giles H. Gere of Ft. Leavenworth, and five living in Honolulu; sixteen great grandchildren and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Holmes was well known here as he father, Mr. C. W. Giddings, was the founder of Table Rock and gave the land to the city for the park. Her first husband, J. N. Gere, was a Civil War veteran and was killed by the Indians in 1870.
(Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.)
Lydia Giddings Gere had four children with her first husband John Nelson Gere, the two who died in infancy were also John and Laura. The two living were Giles H. & John N.
After the death of her first husband she married Aylwin A. Holmes and they were the parents of one daughter, Laura C. Holmes. After his death Lydia and Laura lived together until her death. Lydia had outlived her other two sons.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, July 22, 1909.
Mrs. L. A. Holmes, who has been visiting relatives in Table Rock during the past three months returned to her home in Kansas City last Friday. Her daughter Miss Laura Holmes has just completed a new house in Kansas City in which they will reside.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Jan. 22, 1917.
Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu, to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. June 26, 1925.
Mrs. Lydia A. Holmes came up from Kansas City last Friday and will remain over Saturday, to help celebrate her sister's Mrs. Fannie C. Norris, 84th birthday. Mrs. Holmes is a daughter of Elder and Mrs. Giddings, pioneers of Table Rock and her early life was passed amid the scenes of our city before the days of automobiles in this western country, and she learned to ride a horse as well that few of the boys of her day could out-ride her, and for some time she carried mail between here and old Cincinnati- near the present site of DuBois. And say, she says she believes the young men and women of those days got as much kick out of living as do the young people of the present generation, with all the so-called improvements which the years have brought to amuse them.
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US CENSUS 1910- MISSION, JOHNSON, KANSAS
HOLMES, LYDIA A. was 67, born in NY, a widow, 5 children/3 living. Own with Own Income. Her daughter Laura C. Holmes lived with her, was 32, born in MO and single,
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, June 22, 1917. Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
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NOTE: MEMORIAL #82469680 for Lydia Gere was made Dec. 27, 2011- Burial: Unknown. When I found her I sent edits for family links and name corrections. When I found her burial place I sent that information, Sept. 1, 2016 with no response. To "Request a Photo" of her stone I needed to have her in a cemetery and made this memorial for her.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Dec. 18, 1941.
MRS. LYDIA HOLMES DIES at AGE 98...
WAS FORMER RESIDENT
Lydia Adelia Giddings was born in New York March 24, 1843, and died at her home in Kansas City, Mo. December 13, 1941. She moved with her family to Pennsylvania at the age of six, and came to Nebraska with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Giddings, in 1858, where the family established a home at the present site of Table Rock.
She was married to John N. Gere at the close of the Civil War and to this union two children were born, Giles Henry Gere and John Nelson Gere, both sons and her husband preceded her in death.
In 1872 she was married to Aylwin A. Holmes. Surviving this union is one daughter, Laura C. Holmes.
During her early residence in Kansas City, she was a member of Walnut Street Methodist Church. Later she went with her husband and family to the Washington Street Methodist Church, where she was an active member until 1893, when she transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in Honolulu, where she spent several years with her sons.
In 1909 she moved with her daughter into the neighborhood of the Westport Methodist Church, where she was active until her death.
Survivors are her daughter, Laura C. Holmes of Kansas City, eight grandchildren, John L. Gere, of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Margaret McCandless of St. John, Kansas, and Lieut. Giles H. Gere of Ft. Leavenworth, and five living in Honolulu; sixteen great grandchildren and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Holmes was well known here as he father, Mr. C. W. Giddings, was the founder of Table Rock and gave the land to the city for the park. Her first husband, J. N. Gere, was a Civil War veteran and was killed by the Indians in 1870.
(Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.)
Lydia Giddings Gere had four children with her first husband John Nelson Gere, the two who died in infancy were also John and Laura. The two living were Giles H. & John N.
After the death of her first husband she married Aylwin A. Holmes and they were the parents of one daughter, Laura C. Holmes. After his death Lydia and Laura lived together until her death. Lydia had outlived her other two sons.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, July 22, 1909.
Mrs. L. A. Holmes, who has been visiting relatives in Table Rock during the past three months returned to her home in Kansas City last Friday. Her daughter Miss Laura Holmes has just completed a new house in Kansas City in which they will reside.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Jan. 22, 1917.
Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu, to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. June 26, 1925.
Mrs. Lydia A. Holmes came up from Kansas City last Friday and will remain over Saturday, to help celebrate her sister's Mrs. Fannie C. Norris, 84th birthday. Mrs. Holmes is a daughter of Elder and Mrs. Giddings, pioneers of Table Rock and her early life was passed amid the scenes of our city before the days of automobiles in this western country, and she learned to ride a horse as well that few of the boys of her day could out-ride her, and for some time she carried mail between here and old Cincinnati- near the present site of DuBois. And say, she says she believes the young men and women of those days got as much kick out of living as do the young people of the present generation, with all the so-called improvements which the years have brought to amuse them.
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US CENSUS 1910- MISSION, JOHNSON, KANSAS
HOLMES, LYDIA A. was 67, born in NY, a widow, 5 children/3 living. Own with Own Income. Her daughter Laura C. Holmes lived with her, was 32, born in MO and single,
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, June 22, 1917. Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
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NOTE: MEMORIAL #82469680 for Lydia Gere was made Dec. 27, 2011- Burial: Unknown. When I found her I sent edits for family links and name corrections. When I found her burial place I sent that information, Sept. 1, 2016 with no response. To "Request a Photo" of her stone I needed to have her in a cemetery and made this memorial for her.
MRS. LYDIA HOLMES DIES at AGE 98...
WAS FORMER RESIDENT
Lydia Adelia Giddings was born in New York March 24, 1843, and died at her home in Kansas City, Mo. December 13, 1941. She moved with her family to Pennsylvania at the age of six, and came to Nebraska with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Giddings, in 1858, where the family established a home at the present site of Table Rock.
She was married to John N. Gere at the close of the Civil War and to this union two children were born, Giles Henry Gere and John Nelson Gere, both sons and her husband preceded her in death.
In 1872 she was married to Aylwin A. Holmes. Surviving this union is one daughter, Laura C. Holmes.
During her early residence in Kansas City, she was a member of Walnut Street Methodist Church. Later she went with her husband and family to the Washington Street Methodist Church, where she was an active member until 1893, when she transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in Honolulu, where she spent several years with her sons.
In 1909 she moved with her daughter into the neighborhood of the Westport Methodist Church, where she was active until her death.
Survivors are her daughter, Laura C. Holmes of Kansas City, eight grandchildren, John L. Gere, of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Margaret McCandless of St. John, Kansas, and Lieut. Giles H. Gere of Ft. Leavenworth, and five living in Honolulu; sixteen great grandchildren and fifteen nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Holmes was well known here as he father, Mr. C. W. Giddings, was the founder of Table Rock and gave the land to the city for the park. Her first husband, J. N. Gere, was a Civil War veteran and was killed by the Indians in 1870.
(Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.)
Lydia Giddings Gere had four children with her first husband John Nelson Gere, the two who died in infancy were also John and Laura. The two living were Giles H. & John N.
After the death of her first husband she married Aylwin A. Holmes and they were the parents of one daughter, Laura C. Holmes. After his death Lydia and Laura lived together until her death. Lydia had outlived her other two sons.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, July 22, 1909.
Mrs. L. A. Holmes, who has been visiting relatives in Table Rock during the past three months returned to her home in Kansas City last Friday. Her daughter Miss Laura Holmes has just completed a new house in Kansas City in which they will reside.
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. Jan. 22, 1917.
Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu, to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, Table Rock, NE. June 26, 1925.
Mrs. Lydia A. Holmes came up from Kansas City last Friday and will remain over Saturday, to help celebrate her sister's Mrs. Fannie C. Norris, 84th birthday. Mrs. Holmes is a daughter of Elder and Mrs. Giddings, pioneers of Table Rock and her early life was passed amid the scenes of our city before the days of automobiles in this western country, and she learned to ride a horse as well that few of the boys of her day could out-ride her, and for some time she carried mail between here and old Cincinnati- near the present site of DuBois. And say, she says she believes the young men and women of those days got as much kick out of living as do the young people of the present generation, with all the so-called improvements which the years have brought to amuse them.
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US CENSUS 1910- MISSION, JOHNSON, KANSAS
HOLMES, LYDIA A. was 67, born in NY, a widow, 5 children/3 living. Own with Own Income. Her daughter Laura C. Holmes lived with her, was 32, born in MO and single,
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TABLE ROCK ARGUS, June 22, 1917. Word has been received here that Mrs. L. A. Holmes, for many years a resident of Table Rock, where her children were born and where her first husband, John N. Gere, is buried, has gone to Honolulu to be with her sons, Guy and Ned Gere. Guy is suffering from a stomach trouble for which he has undergone an operation and must undergo another in the immediate future.
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NOTE: MEMORIAL #82469680 for Lydia Gere was made Dec. 27, 2011- Burial: Unknown. When I found her I sent edits for family links and name corrections. When I found her burial place I sent that information, Sept. 1, 2016 with no response. To "Request a Photo" of her stone I needed to have her in a cemetery and made this memorial for her.
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