Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSydney Archibald HOLYOKE , M
Birth26 Sep 1881, Bangor, Penobscot, ME
Death24 Jun 1974, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
BurialSan Gabriel Cemetery; San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA
FatherFrank Herbert HOLYOKE , M (1843-1911)
MotherCharlotte Elizabeth CAMBELL , F (1848-1907)
Spouses
Birth24 Jan 1890, S. Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA
Deathabt Apr 1984, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA
BurialSan Gabriel Cemetery; San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA
FatherAlbert C. GIBBS , M (1846-1920)
MotherKate Wanostrocht PECK , F (1866-1954)
Marriage17 Jul 1914, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA
ChildrenJohn Gibbs , M (1915-1999)
 Catherine Vroom , F (1918-1983)
 Caleb William , M (1920-2005)
 Thomas Campbell , M (1922-2017)
 James Peck , M (1923-2017)
 Peter Chater , M (1929-2014)
 Mary Charlotte , F (1932-2014)
Notes for Sydney Archibald HOLYOKE
• Changed the spelling of his first name from Sidney to Sydney.

• Birth date has also been recorded as 23 Sep 1881

• Abt 1887 he went to Weymouth, Nova Scotia to live with his grandmother.

• Graduated from Harvard College.

• Moved to Milwaukee about 1902 as an executive trainee for Pfister & Vogel Leather Company, at that time the world's largest producer of leather.

• While in California to assist in the trial to overturn his father's will, he met and later married Mary Gibbs.

• He and his family (Mary, John, Catherine, Caleb, Thomas & James) traveled from Halifax, Nova Scotia arriving in Boston, MA on 11 Sep 1926 on the ship Farnorth.
Notes for Mary Wanostrocht Chater (Spouse 1)
• Another record lists her birthdate as 3 Jul 1902.

• Mary was a registered nurse before marrying ... graduated with first class at Pasadena Hospital.

• Lived most of her life in Milwaukee, WI.
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