Individual Details

Harriet Howard

(30 Aug 1871 - 21 Jul 1954)



Harriet Howard Holderness and Virginia E. Thomas Holderness, wife of Dr. Robert Charles Holderness, had a common ancestor in John Stamps who married Eleanor Dodson.

1880 Census Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, Hh 379
George Howard, 50, Lawyer
Anna S., 37, wife
Lizzie J., 16, dau
George, 14, son
Alice, 12, dau
Hattie, 8, dau
William S., 4, son
Mary R., 6 months, b. Nov 1879.

NC Death Certificates; Ancestry.com
Harriet Howard Holderness died at the Edgecombe General Hospital, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC on 21 Jul 1954.
She lived at 300 S. Howard Circle, Tarboro.
She was a widow.
Harriet was born 30 Aug 1871, Caswell Co.
Father was George Howard, mother was Anna Stamps
Informant was her son H. Dail Holderness of Tarboro.
She had chronic bronchitis and arterioscelrotic disease; she was hospitalized for five days prior to her death.
Buried 22 Jul 1954, Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro.

H. Dail Holderness made Letters Testamentary

Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, NC, 22 Jul 1954, Thursday, p.9
Mrs. H. H. Holderness
Tarboro - Mrs. Harriet Howard Holderness, 82, died at Edgecombe General Hospital here early Wednesday.
She was the widow of the late George Allan Holderness. She was born in Caswell County but moved to Tarboro at an early age and lived here all her life except for eight years spent in Richmond. she was educated at Peace Institute and Mary Baldwin College. she was a member of the Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services were held this morning at the Howard Memorial Church.
Mrs. Holderness is survived by five sons, H. Dail Holderness of Tarboro, Admiral George A. Holderness of Washington DC, Howard, William Henry, and Thomas Holderness, all of Greensboro; two daughter, Mrs. William H. Transou of Greensboro and Mrs. Lee F. Davis of Richmond, VA; a sister, Mrs. W. T. Clark of Wilson; a brother, W. Stamps Howard of Tarboro; and 24 grandchildren.

The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, 22 Jul 1954,Thursday, p. 25
Mrs. H. H. Holderness
TARBORO
Mrs. Harried Howard Holdernee, 82, died at Edgecombe General Hospital here early Wednesday.
The wife of the late George Allan Holderness, Mrs. Holderness was born in Caswell County and moved to Tarboro at an early age. she lived her entire life in Tarboro except for eight years spent in Richmond. Mrs. Holderness was educated at Peace Institute and Mary Baldwin College. She was a member of Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Holderness is survived by five sons, H. Dail Holderness of Tarboro, Admiral George A. Holderness of Washington, Howard, William Henry and Thomas Holderness all of Greensboro; two daughters, Mrs. William H. Trausou of Greensboro and Mrs. Lee F. Davis of Richmond, VA; a sister, Mrs. W. T. Clark of Wilson; a brother, W. Stamps Howard of Tarboro; 24 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11:30 in the Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church. The family requests no flowers be sent.

Events

Birth30 Aug 1871Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina
Marriage28 Nov 1899Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina - George Allan Holderness
Death21 Jul 1954Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Families

SpouseGeorge Allan Holderness (1867 - 1947)
ChildAdm. George Allan Holderness Jr. (1900 - 1987)
ChildHoward "Chick" Holderness (1902 - 1992)
ChildWilliam Henry Holderness (1904 - 1965)
ChildThomas Thurston "Turk" Holderness (1906 - 1988)
ChildHaywood Dail Holderness (1909 - 1989)
ChildAnna Stamps Holderness (1909 - 1987)
ChildHarriett Howard "Pat" Holderness (1911 - 2006)
FatherJudge George Howard (1829 - 1905)
MotherAnna Ragland Stamps (1842 - 1901)
SiblingElizabeth Jiggetts Howard (1863 - 1952)
SiblingGeorge Howard (1866 - 1925)
SiblingAlice Howard (1868 - 1953)
SiblingWilliam Stamps Howard (1875 - 1954)
SiblingMary Romaine Howard (1879 - 1957)

Endnotes

1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

2. Holderness,Stamps, Howard manuscript papers from Ann Hull , descendant of George Allen Holderness; June, 2001. Papers were found in her mother's possessions after the mother's death in 1987; origin and compiler unknown but possibly done about 10 years earlier. Includes copies of some documents and some detailed narratives..

3. Compiled and written by Marvin E. Holderness, Sr., Holderness: History & Genealogy of the Holderness Family (New York c1958), p.13.

4. Holderness,Stamps, Howard manuscript papers from Ann Hull , descendant of George Allen Holderness; June, 2001. Papers were found in her mother's possessions after the mother's death in 1987; origin and compiler unknown but possibly done about 10 years earlier. Includes copies of some documents and some detailed narratives..

5. Holderness,Stamps, Howard manuscript papers from Ann Hull , descendant of George Allen Holderness; June, 2001. Papers were found in her mother's possessions after the mother's death in 1987; origin and compiler unknown but possibly done about 10 years earlier. Includes copies of some documents and some detailed narratives..