Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameLyman Francis HOLYOKE , M
Birth2 Oct 1838, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Death26 Sep 1884, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
BurialMain Street Cemetery; Hudson, Middlesex, MA
FatherJacob HOLYOKE , M (1791-1853)
MotherLydia HOWE , F (1796-1875)
Spouses
Birth21 Dec 1846, Kalida, Putnam, OH
Death9 Apr 1871, Lyndon, Osage, KS
BurialLyndon Kansas Cemetery; Lyndon, Osage, KS
FatherBenjamin Garner HALL , M (1816-1890)
MotherMary “Polly" SEITZ , F (1821-1869)
Marriage29 Jul 1869, , Osage, KS
ChildrenCharles Hall , M (1871-1871)
 Leslie E , F (~1871-1909)
Birth9 Jan 1849, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA
Deathabt 1916
BurialMain Street Cemetery; Hudson, Middlesex, MA
FatherAbel S BURCE , M
MotherElizabeth REIST , F
Marriage1 Nov 1876, Hudson, Middlesex, MA
ChildrenLeslie I. , F (~1877-1909)
Notes for Lyman Francis HOLYOKE
• Some records spell his first name as” Lymann.”

• Also went by the name “Frank”

• His tombstone has his middle initial as “E” and another record has his middle initial as “D”

• Served with C Company, 32nd Mass. Infantry during Civil War.

• Enlisted as a Private in Company C, 32nd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 15 November 1861 at the age of 23.

• Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 29 June 1865 and Mustered out on 29 June 1865.

• In 1880 he was living in Hudson, Middlesex, MA working in a shoe factory


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Notes for Rebecca Ann (Spouse 1)
• Dies giving birth to Charles.

• Has been suggested that her date of birth may be off by a year (1846). This speculation is probably correct given her sister was born in 1845.


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Notes for Helen E. (Spouse 2)
• Her Middle initial has also been recorded as “M”.

• When she married Lyman, her last name was recorded as “Burce”, but when she filed for Lyman’s Civil War Pension as a widow, she used “Carpenter” as her last name.


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