Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameStella BURBANK 
, F
, FBirthabt 1870
Spouses
Birth13 Mar 1868, Groveton, Coos, NH
Death3 Apr 1934, West Reading, Berks, PA
Burial7 Apr 1934, Charles Evans Cemetery; Reading, Berks, PA
FatherGeorge Edward HOLYOKE , M (1833-1875)
MotherMarion Betsey DAY , F (1837-1909)
Marriage10 Sep 1902, Providence, Providence, RI
Notes for William Edward (Spouse 1)
• Twin of Frank Day HOLYOKE.
• Entered Service in the US Navy from Illinois
• China Relief Expedition Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Boatswain's Mate First Class in the United States Navy. His citation reads "In action with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China, 13, 20, 21, and 22 June 1900. During this period and in the presence of the enemy, Holyoke distinguished himself by meritouious conduct."
• Early at the turn of the century a rebel force in China that called itself the Society of "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", subsequently called the "Boxers," initiated a rebellion in China that threatened the legations of several nations in Peking and Tientsen.
Two detachments of Navy Bluejackets and Marines from the U.S.S. Oregon and U.S.S. Newark were dispatched as guards for the American Legations. On June 13 an estimated 50,000 Boxers began a two-month siege on Peking during which seven men received Medals of Honor for repulsing an attack by 300 militants with a bayonet charge. On June 20 the American guard fought a full-day battle against hidden snipers, and on June 21 turned fought a heated battle against a Chinese cavalry charge.
On June 22 the Bluejackets and Marines fought their way through the wall of an enemy fort. Boatswain's Mate First Class William Holyoke was one of twenty members of this American Legation Guard (of 59 total awards during the Boxer Rebellion) to be awarded the Medal of Honor for meritorious conduct in the presence of the enemy during all four of these engagements.
• Entered Service in the US Navy from Illinois
• China Relief Expedition Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Boatswain's Mate First Class in the United States Navy. His citation reads "In action with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China, 13, 20, 21, and 22 June 1900. During this period and in the presence of the enemy, Holyoke distinguished himself by meritouious conduct."
• Early at the turn of the century a rebel force in China that called itself the Society of "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", subsequently called the "Boxers," initiated a rebellion in China that threatened the legations of several nations in Peking and Tientsen.
Two detachments of Navy Bluejackets and Marines from the U.S.S. Oregon and U.S.S. Newark were dispatched as guards for the American Legations. On June 13 an estimated 50,000 Boxers began a two-month siege on Peking during which seven men received Medals of Honor for repulsing an attack by 300 militants with a bayonet charge. On June 20 the American guard fought a full-day battle against hidden snipers, and on June 21 turned fought a heated battle against a Chinese cavalry charge.
On June 22 the Bluejackets and Marines fought their way through the wall of an enemy fort. Boatswain's Mate First Class William Holyoke was one of twenty members of this American Legation Guard (of 59 total awards during the Boxer Rebellion) to be awarded the Medal of Honor for meritorious conduct in the presence of the enemy during all four of these engagements.