Robert HOLLIDAY

1861 - 1949  (88 years)

• Name	Robert HOLLIDAY
  Born	31 Jan 1861	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  NATU	17 Sep 1890	Court of Common Pleas, Providence, RI
  OCCU	Machinist -New London Northern RR, Standard Machine, Mystic, CT  [2]
  Died	Feb 1949
  Person ID	I63	The Turses
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Janette (Nettie) DYER,   b. 16 Feb 1869,   d. 4 Apr 1938  (Age 69 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1887  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Bertha May HOLLIDAY,   b. 16 Oct 1887,   d. 20 Apr 1909  (Age 21 years) + 2. William Francis HOLLIDAY,   b. 9 Nov 1889, Richmond, RI ,   d. 10 Nov 1974, Mystic, CT  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Laura ENGEL
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jan 1861 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Family oral history has it that the family originally went to Canada from England, and moved down to Connecticut. Robert’s Certificate of Naturalization give Boston as the port of arrival, with a date of 1 August 1879. William Clark and William Jordan, both of Stonington, CT were his witnesses. After first working for Browns Cotton Gin in New London (1888 New London Directory), Robert worked as a machinist first for New London Northern Railroad (1892 New London Directory), and then for Standard Machine in Mystic. When his son’s doctor advised him to see to it that the boy lived his life in the outdoors, he became a fisherman. Son William, spent most of his life fishing out of Mystic/Stonington, CT. Robert (no middle name) became a US citizen 17 September 1890 in Hopkinton, Washington, R.I. [1, 4] Born: Not Verified - Yorkshire also in file

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] Robertha Holliday Recollections. [S4] Robertha Agnes Holliday. [S422] Holliday Family Bible Records. [S716] Certificate of Naturalization.