The Flow of Information

A little over a year ago, in a post titled New Discoveries are Delightful, I wrote the following: "my genealogy research is pretty casual these days." I went on to say how I was running out of information and was content to sit back and take it slow. I also acknowledged that "new stuff shows-up." Those thoughts were all pretty genuine but what I did not realize was that just around the corner, a massive amount of family history was waiting for me. First, some background information,

Green County Historical Society

When I wrote that post, in January of 2011, this blog was only about three months old and I had yet to write any posts on individual family members. It would not be until February of 2011 that I would write my first post on one of those family members - the Goldner Family.  That was followed a couple of months later with a post on the Peterson / Moe Family. Both of those two talked as much about the process as the families themselves.

David Hollister & the Hollister Family (3)

Part Three - The Next Generations
If you missed Part 2 of the story, go here . . .
If you missed Part 1 of the story, go here . . .

By the 1880's David Hollister, along with a number of his grown children where living in western Iowa, near the Nebraska border. There were also a few children who stayed back in Wisconsin. Some farmed and some had other occupations and a few moved on to other places. The Hollister clan would grow and multiply in Iowa and David would live out his life with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren nearby.

The Children of David Hollister

The fate of most of David's children, from both marriages, has recently become available and seems well documented. By the turn of the century, there were children and grandchildren in Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington, California and other places.

The Children of David and Celinda:

• Rachel, married Harmon Renshaw in 1851 and raised at least 11 children. He was the son of David's one-time mill partner. They farmed in Iowa and Lafayette Counties in Wisconsin and are buried in Darlington, Wisconsin.
• Emily, married Miles Wilcox in 1851 and raised at least six children. They farmed in Iowa county but later relocated to Washington State. At some point, they may have divorced.
• John, married Mary Jane Robb in 1864 and raised at least five children. They farmed in Green County, then lived in Blanchardville, Wisconsin. After Mary died, John lived with a daughter in Minneapolis.
• Hiram, married Sarah Batman in 1859 and raised at least 11 children. They first farmed in Iowa County, Wisconsin. In the 1870's the family headed west and farmed in the town of Maple in Monona County, Iowa.
• Niles, married Eliza Schrechengaust in 1863 and raised at least 10 children. They may have been the first to head to Iowa, soon after their marriage, and where farming there before 1870.

  

  Wedding photo of Hiram, the son of Niles Hollister