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HOLLEY, John

Male 1834 - 1917  (82 years)


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  • Name HOLLEY, John 
    Birth 24 Nov 1834  Albion Twp., Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1851 census gives age 15yrs. 1901 census gives 1834, not '36. 1911 Census gives Nov 1834, German ancestry. so will use 1834 instead of 1836.
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Aug 1917  Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • HOLLEY, John, m, Aug. 31, 1917, 84 years, Canada, cause ? senile decay, farmer of Lot 19 Conc. 10, Artemesia, interment at Meaford Road Cemetery, parents ? Adam Holley & Sarah Chenie, infm ? Charles Holley of Flesherton. Artemesia Tp. (Grey Co) 013623-17
    Person ID I1646  Ward
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2012 

    Father HOLLEY, Adam,   b. Abt 1811, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1892, Artemesia Twp., Grey, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother CHEAVIN, Sarah,   b. Abt 1814, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1855, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1831  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HARVEY, Hannah Margaret,   b. 17 Jul 1837, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1917, Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1859  Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. HOLLEY, Violetta "Etta",   b. Abt 1860, Artemesia Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1873, Artemesia Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 13 years)
    +2. HOLLEY, William John,   b. 12 Nov 1862, Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1942, Holland Centre, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. HOLLEY, Jacob Harvey,   b. 22 Sep 1864, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1935, Vandeleur, Grey, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. HOLLEY, Adam C.,   b. 09 Sep 1866, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1893, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     5. HOLLEY, Samuel 'Sam',   b. 01 Sep 1868, Artemesia Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1947, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. HOLLEY, George,   b. 09 Nov 1870   d. 05 Jul 1965, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +7. HOLLEY, Peter Edgar "Edward",   b. 14 Jul 1873, Vandeleur, Grey, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 May 1930, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +8. HOLLEY, Isaac Eustice 'Ike',   b. 29 Jan 1877, Artemesia Twp., Grey, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1959, Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +9. HOLLEY, Robert Arthur "Bob",   b. 23 Jun 1877, Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1943, Quesnell, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +10. HOLLEY, Charles Herbert,   b. 07 Jun 1879, Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1968, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +11. HOLLEY, Ida Mary Matilda "Edna",   b. 10 Jul 1881, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1944, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Sep 1859 - Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • His obituary appears in the September 20, 1917 Markdale Standard, page 5.

      Mentions his parents as Adam Holley and Sarah Chenie. Cause of death listed as senile decay. Also mentions he was a farmer.

      Lived with his parents in Albion Township, Peel County at the time of 1851/1852 census.

      1881 census shows him and his family in Artemesia, Grey East, ON. It shows him as a C. Methodist Farmer, born in Ontario, of Dutch origins.

      By the 1901 census, John and Hannah were living by themselves, but with 6 of their kids living together next door (Robert, Charles, Ida, Peter, Isaac & Samuel).

      A family history written by his grandson Elmer Howard Holley has him being born in 1833.

      From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

      I have tried to give you some idea of my Grandfathers family, but before I leave it I must say something of the characteristics of my grandfather, John Holley.As far back as I can remember him, I fancy seeing him sitting in his old home made chair at the head of the table, or jogging along the highway with his pony and cart, or possibly bringing in a wheel barrow of wood from the huge wood pile in the lane. He was a great horse trader. He consumed all makes of patent medicines and used all makes of liniment to cure the nary imaginary ailments from which he was supposed to be suffering. I well remember one remedy he had on hand always. He called it ile-a-rignum. This he used either on his pony or himself when he figured either one of them had a sore spot. He used to have the odd beef animal to take to market, and when he had this to so he often called on me to drive the pony while he led the beast with a rope to the village. The idea was that he could ride back with me in the cart. First trip he bought me a straw hat, also my dinner at the hotel. The second, and trip we had bad luck as the beast got out of control while I was leading it. The old gent got tired and asked me to lead the beast a while. Of course I tried, but it got away and ran back towards home a mile or so Granddad had then to lead it the extra distance. This sort of upset him and when we finally got to town he gave me ten cents to get something to eat. I never was asked to go again, and I was quite well pleased as that ten cents did not buy much food for a hungry boy.As I remarked, Granddad was quite a horse trader. Must tell you of a little deal he had with the Gypsies. One day as he was making his usual trip to the village with his pony and cart, he stopped by the gypsy tent by the roadside, and paying $2.00 cash made a trade for the one that he thought better (one horse, not one gypsy). The following morning he hitched his new pony to the cart to go again to the village, however, he had great difficulty with his new pony, and when he finally got him going he decided that he would again stop by the roadside tent and endeavour to get back his other pony. This was of course managed with the payment of $2.00, also a few apologies on the part of the Gypsy. Granddad with his on old pony drove happily on to the village. Now as the Gypsies make their living by their wits, they figured that Granddad would again call on his way home. They accordingly arranged to have a little bait ready. Seems they clipped the mane of the pony, docked its tail, trimmed its fetlocks and made him quite smart looking and also so different. Sure enough in came Granddad on his way home and seeing this new pony (as he thought) was quite anxious to trade, which he did with a two-dollar help. O.K. all?s well until the next day when he wanted to go to the village, and he had the same trouble as previously and had to get help form some of the boys to get going. Well with the help of another $2.00 he got back his original pony. I think that figures to $8.00 he was out in the different transactions. Such were the characteristics of my Grandfather John. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan 2011.
    • obit in Markdale Standard p5.


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