{"id":20579,"date":"2017-03-10T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2017-03-10T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:10:10","slug":"her-obituary-tells-her-story-margaret-hollman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/her-obituary-tells-her-story-margaret-hollman.html","title":{"rendered":"Her Obituary Tells Her Story: Margaret Hollman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Margaret Hollman (1896-1957) died, she was lauded in her obituary for her skills and accomplishments as a homemaker and Mom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20581\" style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1243C89DEE4DC187%40GB3NEWS-161BABF1612B4A41%402435865-16195BF0F3D12155%405-16195BF0F3D12155%40?search_terms=hollman\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0126-1957-margaret-hollman-obituary.png\" alt=\"An obituary for Margaret Hollman, Jersey Journal newspaper article 26 January 1957\" width=\"781\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0126-1957-margaret-hollman-obituary.png 781w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0126-1957-margaret-hollman-obituary-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0126-1957-margaret-hollman-obituary-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jersey-journal-newspaper-0126-1957-margaret-hollman-obituary-400x210.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank.com, Jersey Journal (Jersey City, New Jersey), 26 January 1957, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps today we\u2019d call her \u201cold school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her obituary, she:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026never missed church, never missed the choir rehearsals on Thursday nights and the meetings of the Missionary Guild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026known as \u2018wonder-baker\u2019\u2026 She baked every day \u2013 pies and marble cake and the family never bought from the bakery. She had a special way of making pot roast, and her gravy was something wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026liked to serve \u2018big dinners\u2019\u2026 they were good dinners with homemade biscuits, and the guest looked forward to the coffee and pies afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her long obituary went on to say that she spent:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026long, patient hours crocheting and knitting. She made several patched quilts and fancy blankets for cribs \u2013 and she enjoyed giving them as presents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few hours before she died, Mrs. Margaret J. Hollman asked that the family Bible be brought to the hospital. She wanted the Bible, inspiring guide of her 61 years on earth, by her bed when the end came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her obituary also contained this passage:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe lived a life of contentment, accepting the joys and sorrows of life, its burden of cares and its moments of happiness \u2013 \u2018in good spirit, and with faith in her heart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find your ancestors\u2019 stories in GenealogyBank\u2019s online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&s_referrer=social&s_siteloc=blog&s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&kbid=69919&pq=1&prebuy=no&intver=&CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> \u2013 record those stories and pass them down in the family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/using-obituaries-for-genealogy-faq.html\">Using Obituaries for Genealogy: FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/peculiar-unusual-and-stranger-than-fiction-obituaries.html\">Peculiar, Unusual, and Stranger-than-Fiction Obituaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/obituaries-provide-clues-for-more-family-history-research.html\">Obituaries Provide Clues for More Family History Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article about the life of Margaret Hollman, based on details in her obituary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12557],"tags":[12,2020,1084],"class_list":["post-20579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-stories","tag-genealogy","tag-newspaper-archives","tag-obituaries"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/photo-0810-2016-cemetery.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}