Individual Details

1923 US Naval Academy Yearbook, Lucky Bag, "Biographies" has both a picture and article about George. The biographies include baby or toddler pictures and do no seem to be in any particular order. He is noted as being on the Track Squad years 4 & 3 and playing class Basketball, years, 4, 3, 2. He was a member of Star years 4 & 3.

The 1927 Technique, Yearbook of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George Allan Holderness of Tarboro, NC.
Born Nov 10, 1900; prepared at U.S. Naval Academy; Naval Construction; Entered Senior Year.

Married 1937 to Mary LeGrand Clark of Elizabethtown, NC. Had 2 children. Graduated from US Naval Academy in 1923. In 1951 was a Rear Admiral.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, 9 May 1937, Sunday, p.22
Mr. Holderness Weds Miss Clark in Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown: Trinity Methodies Church here was the scene of a wedding on Saturday evening, May 1 at 8:30 o'clock.
...Miss Harriett Holderness, sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor.
...Howard Holderness served as best man for his brother. Ushers were Dail Holderness, William H. Holderness, Thurston Holderness and Heman Clark.
...After the reception Lieutenant and Mrs. Holderness left for Louisville, KY, where they will attend the Kentucky Derby, after which they will sail for Bermuda from New York. After June 1, they will be at home in Pittsburgh, PA.
The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. John Marvin Clark and the late Mr. Clark. She attended Salem College.
Lieutenant Holderness in the son of Mr. & Mrs. George A. Holderness of Tarboro. He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, later doing work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Caregie Institute of Technology at Pittsburgh. He is now stationed at Pittsburgh, in the office of the inspector of naval materials.

21 May 1937. The Monarch of Bermuda sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda, on 19 May 1937, arriving in New York City on May 21st. I suspect this was the return of the Honeymoon. Listed as passengers were Lt. George A. Holderness, age 36, and Mary C. Holderness, age 24. He was born 1901 in Tarboro, NC - she was born 1913 in Elizabethtown, NC. Their home address was the Pennsylvania Apartments, in Pittsburg, PA.

1940 Census. Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, Hh 185
George Holderness, 37, b. NC - lived in Pittsburgm PA, 5 years ago, Officer, US Navy
Mary A., wife, 27, b. NC - lived in Elizabethtown, NC, 5 years ago
Mary, dau, 2, b. PA
Mary Waller, Servant, negro, 70, Servant, Private family

1950 Census. Charleston, South Carolina, Hh 298
Regular Navy Qrs. C
George A Holderness, Jr., 49, b. NC, Armed Forces, Capt. USN
Mary C., wife, 37, b. NC
Mary C., dau, 12, b. PA
George A., III, son, 8, b. NY

1956. US Register of Civil, Military & Naval Service
Dept of Defense, Navy, Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy
Office of Industrial Relations
Rear Adm. George A., Holderness, Jr., Chief, of N.C.

The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 on Ancestry.com, does list George Allan Holderness. His enlistment date was 8 Jun 1923; he retired 30 Jun 1958.

Burial: Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Bladen Co, NC, as is his wife Mary.

Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, NC, 19 Apr 1987, Sunday, p.2
George Allan Holderness
Tarboro - George Allan Holderness, 86, a retired rear admiral in the Navy, died Friday at the Carriage Hill Nursing Home in Bethesda, MD
A private service will be Monday at the Naval Chapel in Washington, DC
Surviving: wife, Mrs. Mary Clark Holderness of Chevy Chase, MD; one daughter, Jan Holderness of Washington, DC; one son, George A. Holderness III of Bethesda, MD; two sisters, Mrs. William Transou of Greensboro; three brothers, Howard Holderness, T. T. Holderness, both of Greensboro, and H. D. Holderness of Tarboro.

Birth	10 Nov 1900	Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Marriage	1 May 1937	Bladen County, North Carolina - Mary LeGrande Clark
Death	17 Apr 1987	Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland

Spouse	Mary LeGrande Clark (1912 - 2002)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	George Allan Holderness (1867 - 1947)
Mother	Harriet Howard (1871 - 1954)
Sibling	Howard "Chick" Holderness (1902 - 1992)
Sibling	William Henry Holderness (1904 - 1965)
Sibling	Thomas Thurston "Turk" Holderness (1906 - 1988)
Sibling	Haywood Dail Holderness (1909 - 1989)
Sibling	Anna Stamps Holderness (1909 - 1987)
Sibling	Harriett Howard "Pat" Holderness (1911 - 2006)