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-IS YOUR NAME-—Hollister?--DO YOU KNOW THAT:HOLLISTER, an o’.d and honored surname, la of English origin. Of relatively simple derivation. It was applied, when surnames came into vogue, to these whose homes were at or near a grove of holly trees.ELISHA HOLLISTER 0722-1800) and ISRAEL HOLLISTER (1741-1818) served respectively as captain and sergeant ofConnecticut troops during the Revolutionary War.Hartford County. Connecticut is apparently the ancestral home of a substantial number of the present day members of the HOLLISTER family in this country for the first census of the United States, taken in 1790. lias 39 listings of persons by the name of HOLLISTER who were residents of Connecticut and heads of families at the time, 30 of whom lived in Hartford County. In contrast, the census records of Pennsylvania for the same year have no references to persons by the name of HOLLISTER.However, the census records of Pennsylvania for the year 1850 have 17 references to jicrsons by the name of HOLLISTER, six of whom lived in WAYNE County. The latter were ALANSON HOLLISTER, ALBERT HOLLISTER. A PH El .S HOLLISTER. THOMAS HOLLISTER and WILLIAM HOLLISTER, all of SALEM Township, and ASA HOLLISTER of STERLING Township.• The HOLLISTER Family of America” Is a genealogy dealing with the descendants of JOHN HOLLISTER 11612-1665) who emigrated from England to America in about 1642 and settled hi Wethersfield. Connecticut. It is a substantial work, consisting of 805 pages.niere are 21 listings of persons by the name of HOLLISTER in the latest directory of Phi Beta Pappa. the honorary scholastic society.JOHN HAMILCAR HOLLISTER lt;1824-1911). a physician of note, practiced his profession In Chicago where he served also as professor of medicine. Northwestern University School of Medicine.HOWARD CLARK HOLLISTER «1856-1919 was US. District Judge lor the Southern District of Ohio, with offices in Cincinnati.CLAY HARVEY HOLLISTER lt;1902-1967) was professor and head of the department of engineering administration. Case Institute of Technology .now Case-Western Reserve University) Cleveland. Ohio.JOHN B. HOLLISTER is vice-president in charge of sales, cieveland-CllfT. Iron Company, Cleveland. Ohio, substantial producer of iron ores and hardwood lumber products.LINCOLN STEFFENS HOLLISTER is professor of geology. Princeton University.ROBERT E. HOLLISTER is vice-president In charge of manufacturing, Viking Conoration. Hastings. Michigan, manufacturer of industrial machinery*.
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Honesdale Wayne Independent
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jun 14, 1977
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