Peter Felix HOLDEN

                   Birth and Marriage Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co. Uncle Johnny killed himself.  My Dad told me the
story about slashing his wrists and coming out of the bathroom to show
his daughters saying,"Look what I've done"
                  

                   Birth and Marriage Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co.

According to Alice Holden Fahy the family called her Me-Ann.

From information my Father, George A. Holden has given me.  Also Alice Holden
Fahy, daughter of William H. Holden has given me information.

E-mail from my Genealogist, Judy Wight, supplied confirmation of birth and baptism dates.  She also found sponsors Jerry Donevan (Likely the husband of her sister and Ellen Moloy who could be a relative of my grandmother, Mary Molloy.)
                  

                   Birth and Marriage Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co.

When we visited with Alice Holden Fahy in Lowell, Mass 14 June 1991 for
Florence Gallagher's daughter,Lisa's wedding, she told us a horse kicked
William causing a heart aneurysm and his death a few months later. She said
the H. stood for Henry.
                  

                   BIRTH-MARRIAGE: information from family records given to Richard C. Holden
of Colorado Springs, CO
DEATH: Personal knowledge  of  Richard C. Holden. Grandad was buried at the
Holy Cross Cemetary, near his home in Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA.  He
was married after gradmother died to Mable Raymond Fitzgerald who is also
buried at Holy Cross. I can remember
my Grandfather as a stout (abt 300 #s), cigar smoking,slightly protruding blue
eyes which were quite large. Dad called him "PA". He had been a millionaire
in the days before prohibition. At one time he owned extensive property
encluding a beautiful house on Florence Ave in Lowell. Dad said they only lived
in this beautiful house one year.  This is the house was saw and took
pictures of.  It is beautiful today.  Dad remembers a circular staircase,
the stained glass window, a beautiful library, and a maid with smelly feet.
The house is located in a suburb called The Highlands.  Dad attended
the Bartlet School which we saw a couple of blocks away.  There was also
a house on Stevens St in Lowell, I Think.  We saw and took a picture of this
house and the house where Peter Felix and Catherine Coyne lived when they
came from Ireland on Salem St.  Grandad also owned a hotel in Lowell and a
Movie Theater in Detroit, Michigan. They also talked of Grandad owning a movie
Theater in Wydandott, Canada.  Grandad walked with his head to one side...a
family trait.  My Dad did also, and I think I might walk this way as well. Dad
can remember lots of wealth. When his mother was ill, Grandad was earning lots
of money, and Dad remembers him coming home and throwing pockets full of money
on the bed beside her.  After Florence Ave the family moved to Walker Ave which
Dad said was a come-down from Florence Ave.  He married Mable Fitzgerald on
Feb 3, 1908 eight months after Mary Molloy died. Dad remembers waiting for
his Dad on Florence Ave when he got off the streetcar. He remembers running to
Grandad when he got off the streetcar, and Grandad saying,George, you are
always running.   Dad also remembers Grandad bringing home many pairs of
shoes.  He would put them on the floor and the boys would grab the ones they
liked. This led to seriously malformed feet for my Dad.  He had toes which
layed over one another. James Francis loved hats. He would go below the bar
where he worked as a bartender, and come up with a silly expression and various
hats.  He always had a beautiful big car. I would watch the tail lights when
he and Mabe, who drove, left, and I would think, someday I will have a car like
that. 5 June 1900 Census shows James Francis and Mary Molloy, also called
Minnie, living at 93 Salem St with their children, Gertrude, Walter, and Harden
(the Irish name for Harold. Peter Felix and Catherine Coyne also lived their.
Aunt Gert said her father was born April 13,1877. Dad said it was 1870.
Grandad was a gambler.  He also owned a liquor store, a bar,  a comb, barrette
and a suspender factory in Lowell. Grandad lost his money due to a Sandwich Law
which made it necessary to give a free sandwich with a glass of beer.
Dad came out to California with his Dad. In those days there were few roads
and I don't think major highways existed.  They drove their own car, and Dad
told of sleeping in haystacks, and one night in a cemetery  without knowing it
until the next morning.  Before they left for California, Grandad spent much
time in Detroit.  Their first apartment in Los Angeles was called the Gaviotta
Apartment (If I can read my writing) located at 2nd and Diamond in Downtown LA.
Next they moved sto 124 Beaudry Ave, and then to Venice where Grandad worked as
a bartender for $22.50/wk.  Times were tough, but Dad said they loved
California.  Aunt Gert even worked as a film star for one of the studios.

When Granddad was baptized as a child into the Catholic Church his sponsors (Or godparents) were Michael Conlon..(surname in question according to Judy Wight..maybe it was illegible) could this be Michael Coyne, his mothers brother and Anna Follard ( Catherine Coyne's sister).

Certificate of birth from the City of Lowell  lists Granddad's birth as 13 April 1870  (Copy in Filing Cabinet.)
                  

                   Birth: Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co.

E-mail of 17 March 2003 from Genealogist, Judy Wight gives exact date of birth and mentions the sponsors were Edward McDermott, probably her mother, Winifred McDermott's brother and Catherine Collins, no doubt a relative of her brother, Michael Coyne's wife Mary Collins.
                  

                   Birth and Marriage Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co.

E-mail from Judy Wight (listing births obtained from the Archdiocese of Boston) in filing cabinet listed the sponsors as Martin Nevyland (name in question) and Harriet McCormac
                  

                   Birth: Records are in the possession of Richard C. Holden
Colorado Springs, Co.
17 March 2003 E-mail from Judy Wight, Genealogist giving date of baptism.  Sponsors were John Leanard and Kate McKarney