Individual Details
Elizabeth Myrick Simms
(1 Aug 1874 - 16 Aug 1936)
Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock AR, 2 Jun 1895, Sunday, p.10
At Hope
Miss Elizabeth Myrick Simms and Mr. Robt. T. Holderness were quietly married at the residence of the bride's father, Capt. T. H. Simms, on the evening of May 16, Rev. J. W. Boggs, officiating.
....Mr. Holderness is one of Fordyce's most enterprising men, a priminent druggist and a worthy young man, deserving in every respect of the prize he has won in Miss Lizzie, one of the fairest roses in Hope's "rosebud garden of girls."
1910 Census. Fordyce, Dallas Co, AR, Hh 427
Elizabeth Holderness, age 35, widowed, 5 children - 4 are living, b. AR, father b. VA, mother b. AR
Robert, son, 14. Katherine, dau, 12. Simms, son, 10. Sidney, son, age 4.
In 1920, Elizabeth Holderness was living just a few houses from her mother-in-law on East First Street of Fordyce. Both were widows. Robert T. was listed as living with her although he was also counted in his uncle Harry's household in Pine Bluff where he was obviously working.
1929 Little Rock AR City Directory
Holderness, A. Sidney, claim agt, Home Accident Ins Co, residence 1624 Spring
Eliz. S. (wid Robt T) residence 1624 Spring.
In 1930, Elizabeth Holderness is found in Pulaski Co, AR, in Little Rock. Living with her is son A. Sidney. They were renting. Her age given as 55, his as 25. He was working as an insurance adjustor.
Buried Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas Co AR.
Events
Birth | 1 Aug 1874 | ||||
Marriage | 16 May 1895 | Jefferson County, Alabama - Robert Thomas Holderness | |||
Death | 16 Aug 1936 | Dallas County, Arkansas |
Families
Spouse | Robert Thomas Holderness (1870 - 1910) |
Child | Robert Thomas Holderness Jr. (1896 - 1983) |
Child | Catherine Elizabeth Holderness (1898 - 1986) |
Child | Thomas Simms Holderness (1900 - 1965) |
Child | Mary Elizabeth Holderness (1903 - 1904) |
Child | Algernon Sidney Holderness (1905 - 1993) |
Endnotes
1. Email.
2. Compiled and written by Marvin E. Holderness, Sr., Holderness: History & Genealogy of the Holderness Family (New York c1958), p.23.
3. IGI on Computer (LDS).
4. Email.