Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameEdward George William KINGSMILL 
, M
, MSpouses
1Margaret GOWEN , F
, FBirth7 Jul 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH
Death31 Mar 2009, Corona del Mar, Orange, CA
FatherAlbert Younglove GOWEN , M
MotherMarion E ELLIOTT , F (1889-1969)
Family ID4824
Marriage28 Nov 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Notes for Margaret (Spouse 1)
• According to a newspaper article, Margaret was born in Cleveland, went to school in Paris, France and then moved to Kasmir, India for 7 years.”
• According to the article, while in India she married, and had twin daughters and a son. She is also recorded as saying “… she helped the Maharaja with official dinners and balls …”
• She returned to England just as the war was declared (probably around 1937). She lived in Sussex, England and turned her home into a hospital for evacuated children she took charge of, “… 22 children in all”.
• Then, there is a gap; what happened to her marriage, her children or when did she leave England ???. At the moment, I can find no information about her three children, and there is no mention of them when she married Edgar.
• She resurfaces again with her marriage to Edgar in 1942. Interestingly, Edgar had been to and returned from India in 1941
• After his marriage to Margaret, they moved to Washington D.C. and he worked with the “… Indian section of lease-lend.” Not sure if that was with the US government, or still with General Motor. That said, the newspaper article (Evening Star, 2 April 1943) that I’m referring to is a paper about social events of family members of, and members of the military.
• During 1942 to 1943, Margaret work with the Officer’s Service Club and the Red Cross District Chapter Public Relations Committee.
• The article also mentions Edgar and Margaret bought a house and furnished with “… things they bought years ago in India.”
• Margaret probably divorced Edgar Holyoke sometime around 1952 … she remarried in 1954.
• According to the article, while in India she married, and had twin daughters and a son. She is also recorded as saying “… she helped the Maharaja with official dinners and balls …”
• She returned to England just as the war was declared (probably around 1937). She lived in Sussex, England and turned her home into a hospital for evacuated children she took charge of, “… 22 children in all”.
• Then, there is a gap; what happened to her marriage, her children or when did she leave England ???. At the moment, I can find no information about her three children, and there is no mention of them when she married Edgar.
• She resurfaces again with her marriage to Edgar in 1942. Interestingly, Edgar had been to and returned from India in 1941
• After his marriage to Margaret, they moved to Washington D.C. and he worked with the “… Indian section of lease-lend.” Not sure if that was with the US government, or still with General Motor. That said, the newspaper article (Evening Star, 2 April 1943) that I’m referring to is a paper about social events of family members of, and members of the military.
• During 1942 to 1943, Margaret work with the Officer’s Service Club and the Red Cross District Chapter Public Relations Committee.
• The article also mentions Edgar and Margaret bought a house and furnished with “… things they bought years ago in India.”
• Margaret probably divorced Edgar Holyoke sometime around 1952 … she remarried in 1954.