Mary C “Molly” HollandAge: 90 years1862–1952
- Name
- Mary C “Molly” Holland
- Given names
- Mary C
- Surname
- Holland
- Married name
- Mary C Buss
- Married name
- Mary C Burge
- Nickname
- Molly
 Birth | June 3, 1862 29 26 |
 Marriage | Thomas Mckelvey “Tom” Burge — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Martha E “Mattie” Holland 1864 (Age 18 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Holland 1866 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jerimiah “Jerry” Holland April 18, 1867 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 25, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James S Holland December 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel L Holland November 26, 1873 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Barbara Agnes Holland January 30, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | June 12, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage | Henry Buss — View this family November 7, 1882 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lola Mae Buss November 18, 1883 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a husband | Henry Buss August 26, 1885 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy Elizabeth Mason October 4, 1886 (Age 24 years) Cause: Fever of 30 days duration |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a sister | Georgella W “Ella” Holland May 12, 1897 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Jerimiah “Jerry” Holland July 8, 1904 (Age 42 years) Cause: Accident in RR Yard |
| Marriage of a child | Frederic Samuel Robertson — Lola Mae Buss — View this family November 22, 1905 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Monica M Robertson 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Samuel V Robertson February 12, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | James S Holland January 8, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Annie Elizabeth Holland June 5, 1928 (Age 66 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a daughter | Lola Mae Buss June 10, 1935 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Wesley Holland April 26, 1936 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Mckelvey “Tom” Burge March 6, 1942 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Samuel L Holland March 4, 1949 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 87 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | July 22, 1952 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Allen Samuel Holland Birth: 1833 28 30 — Hodgenville, Larue, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Lucy Elizabeth Mason Birth: November 25, 1835 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 4, 1886 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 23, 1855 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Annie Elizabeth Holland Birth: December 6, 1858 25 23 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 1928 — DeWitt, Illinois, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Georgella W “Ella” Holland Birth: October 9, 1859 26 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1897 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary C “Molly” Holland Birth: June 3, 1862 29 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1952 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
| sister |
Cora Holland Death: |
| younger sister |
Martha E “Mattie” Holland Birth: 1864 31 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Holland Birth: 1866 33 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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16 months younger brother |
Jerimiah “Jerry” Holland Birth: April 18, 1867 34 31 — Illinois, United States Death: July 8, 1904 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
James S Holland Birth: December 1870 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1917 — McLean, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel L Holland Birth: November 26, 1873 40 38 — Vernon Hills, Lake, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1949 — McLean, Illinois, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Barbara Agnes Holland Birth: January 30, 1880 47 44 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: May 17, 1961 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Jane Neall |
| father |
Allen Samuel Holland Birth: 1833 28 30 — Hodgenville, Larue, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Mary Jane Neall Birth: about 1833 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1855 |
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Marriage: December 9, 1851 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
John Wesley Holland Birth: May 12, 1855 22 22 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: April 26, 1936 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Thomas Mckelvey “Tom” Burge |
| husband |
Thomas Mckelvey “Tom” Burge Birth: February 11, 1856 Death: March 6, 1942 |
| herself |
Mary C “Molly” Holland Birth: June 3, 1862 29 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1952 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Henry Buss |
| husband |
Henry Buss Birth: October 1858 — Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 26, 1885 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Mary C “Molly” Holland Birth: June 3, 1862 29 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1952 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: November 7, 1882 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Lola Mae Buss Birth: November 18, 1883 25 21 — Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: June 10, 1935 — Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States |
Mary C “Molly” Holland has 36 first cousins recorded
Father's family (36)
Parents Lemuel W Harris + Mary Elizabeth Holland
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Sarah M “Sally” Cross
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Agnes Ellen Wimpey
Parents John Wesley Holland + Ann Lucas Walker “Anna” Hunter
Parents Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth + Armelda Ann Holland
Parents George Martin Holland + Emily Phillips
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Holland - Household
Marion, Illinois
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Allen Samuel Holland - Household
Carrigan, Marion, Illinois
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