Glen Holman

I have said it before and I will say it again: I don’t know how anyone decides they are done with family history! I have so much respect for all those people who published books. Anyway, I figure I have collected enough that this could be useful to someone, but please consider this a draft. Here are facts and their sources.

• 1830 – Abel Holman with 5 people in household Windham, Windham, VT (census)
• 21 Aug 1830 – Charles Holman born VT (binder)
• 26 Jul 1832 – Abbie Harrington born Windham Co VT (death cert) or 1831 (HK)
• 1850 – Charles in Windham VT (census)
• 1854 – Abbie and Charles married & moved to Dekalb IL (HK)
• 1856 – Abbie and Charles moved to Rockford IL (HK)
• 1858 – Abbie and Charles moved to Ogle Co IL (HK)
• 1860 – Charles & Abbie & kids in Dement, Ogle, IL (census)
• 1863 – Charles drafted for the Civil War with brother James in IL (draft reg)
• 7 Sep 1863 – George Holman born IL (binder)
• 1865 – Fred born Vermont (binder)
• 1866 – They moved to Kossuth IA – They were early settlers here (HK) Charles’ brother James moved there as well (Reed)

• 5 May 1867 – Nellie Benschoter born to Oliver and Sarah IA (death cert)
• 1870 – Charles & Abbie & 3 kids in Algona IA (census)
• 1880 – Charles & Abbie have 4 kids and a servant in Kossuth IA (census)
• 30 Sep 1880 – Charles died Algona IA (death cert)
• 1885 – Abbie has 3 kids in Kossuth IA (census)
• 25 Oct 1885 – George and Nellie married in Kossuth Co IA (marriage cert)
• 4 Sep 1892 – Fay born Algona IA to Nellie and George (draft card, death, birth cert)
• 22 Sep 1895 – Mabel Vipond born Moline to Isaac and Louise Belle (death cert)
• 1900 – George “Mary” and 5 kids in Kossuth IA (census)

• 1900 – Abbie is with Rose and Anton in Kossuth IA (census)
• 1905 – George, Nellie and 6 kids farming in Big Stone MN (census)
• 1910 – George, Nellie and 5 kids farming in Big Stone MN (census) (owned – look for land records)
• 1910 – Isaac Vipond and Belle and 5 kids farming in Big Stone MN (census)
• 12 Jun 1913 – Fay & Mabel married in Big Stone MN (binder)
• 18 Jun 1915 – Glen Holman born to Fay and Mabel in Odessa MN (death, birth cert)
• 5 Jun 1917 – Fay farming in Odessa MN, wife and 2 kids (draft card)
• 23 Jan 1920 – Frances Fjerstad born to Peter and Clair (death cert)
• 1920 – Fay and Mabel and 2 kids in Ortonville MN (census)
• 1920 – George, Nellie and Ruth in Mpls MN next to the McGaughey’s (census)
• 17 Nov 1923 – George died Algona IA (death cert)
• 6 Feb 1926 – Abbie died Algona IA (death cert)

• 1930 – Fay & Mabel & 5 kids in Big Stone MN (census)
• 16 Feb 1937 – Glen and Fran married in Milbank living in Ortonville MN (marriage cert)
• 1940 – Fay & Mabel & 4 kids in Big Stone MN, Isaac w/ them (census)
• 22 Nov 1944 – Nellie dies Todd Co MN (death cert)
• 1948 – Fay & Mabel in Mpls MN at 1721 4th Ave S (city dir)
• 9 Apr 1966 – Mabel dies Hennepin Co MN (death cert)
• 23 Jan 1968 – Glen Holman dies Hennepin Co MN (death cert)
• 1 Aug 1971 – Fay dies in Anoka Co MN (death cert)
• 17 May 2002 – Fran dies Hennepin Co MN (death cert)
• (As always, there are no details about living descendants to protect their privacy.)

*Fun discovery: Fay and Mabel were neighbors! There was just one family in between their families in the 1910 census. They married in 1913.
*Fay was a Rip Rapper in the 1940 census! What is that?
*I wish we could find out more on Charles parents! Who will solve the mystery?

Sources:

• HK=History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa from 1884: Click here for the ebook
• Reed=Reed’s History of Kossuth Co from 1913: Click here for the ebook (Check out p.301 for a great account of the destructive cyclone of 1894 where George & Nellie lost a child and all their buildings.)
• binder=The Holman-Benschoter Family binder made in 1996 by Marlin Albert McGaughey and Dorothy Lee Swanberg
• Plus all those birth, marriage & death certificates and census records!

The Basic Facts:
Charles Thomas HOLMAN
b. 21 Aug 1830, Windham, VT
d. 30 Sep 1880, Algona, Plumcreek, IA
& Abigail (Abbott) HARRINGTON
b. 26 Jul 1831, Rutland, Windham, VT
d. 6 Feb 1926, Algona, Plumcreek, IA
m. 23 Feb 1854

George Allen HOLMAN
b. 7 Sep 1863, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
d. 17 Nov 1923, Algona, Kossuth, IA
& Nellie BENSCHOTER
b. 5 May 1867, Algona, Kossuth, IA
d. 22 Nov 1944, Park Rapids, Hubbard, MN
m. 25 Oct 1885, Portland, Kossuth, IA

Fay Oliver HOLMAN
b. 4 Sep 1892, Algona, Kossuth, IA
d. 1 Aug 1971, Fridley, Anoka, MN
& Mabel Edna VIPOND
b. 22 Sep 1895, Moline, Rock Island, IL
d. 9 Apr 1966, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
m. 12 Jun 1913, Ortonville, Big Stone, MN

Glen Oliver HOLMAN
b. 18 Jun 1915, Odessa, Big Stone, MN
d. 23 Jan 1968, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
& Evelyn Frances FJERSTAD
b. 23 Jan 1920, Toronto, Deuel, SD
d. 17 May 2002, Brooklyn Center, Hennepin, MN
m. 16 Feb 1937, Milbank, Grant, SD

You might also be interested in:

• Great Old Photograph of George Holman & Nellie Benschoter
• Vipond and Taylor: A Timeline