Charles Wesley Holt (1877 - 1951)

Born 28 Feb 1877 in West Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Alberta Sarah (Hicks) Holt — married 6 Oct 1924 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Died 27 Oct 1951 at age 74 in Petitcodiac, Westmorland, New Brunswick

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Biography

Charles Wesley Holt was born on 28 Feb 1877 in West Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, son of James Holt (1848– ) and Venecia Jane Delesdernier (1849–1923).

Charles had a sister, Maude E Holt (1875– ).

Charles (47) married Alberta Sarah Hicks (27) (born September 29, 1897 in Midgic, Westmorland; daughter of Frank Hicks (1877–1927) and Lillian (Estabrooks) Hicks (about 1881–1960)) on 6 Oct 1924 in Sackville, Westmorland.^[1] Their known children were:

• Charles Wesley Holt (1925–2021)
• Frank Holt (1933–2015)
• Edith Alberta Holt (1936–2021)

Charles died on 27 Oct 1951 in Petitcodiac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, aged 74. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Petitcodiac.^[2]

Obituary

^[3]

Petitcodiac, Oct 28 (Special)- The death of Captain Charles Wesley Holt of Peticodiac, age 75 occured at 2:30 this morning at his residence. Mr. Holt, who had been in falling health for the past year and a half, was born in Leicester, Cumberland county, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Holt. Captain Holt had been a resident of Peticodiac for the past 16 years. He was well known and had a host of friends who will learn with regret of his passing. A Methodist by faith, he had been a member of the I.O.O.F. in Amherst for 48 years and also a member of the Acadia Masonic Lodge there. He was an army captain in the First World War and was decoratated while serving overseas for the 25th Battalion. Surviving are his wife, the former Alberta Hicks of Midgic; four daughters, Ethel (Mrs Harold Bannister), Hawkshaw, York County, and Venisha, Edith and Eva at home; seven sons Charles, Petitcodiac, James A., Fort Erie, ON, Robert L., Herbert E., Frank A. and John T. at home, and seven grand children.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Index to New Brunswick Marriages, Westmorland, Number 3732, Code B4/1924, Microfilm F19686 – Marriage of Alberta Hicks and Charles W. Holt
2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181656800/charles-wesley-holt: accessed 08 April 2023), memorial page for Capt Charles Wesley Holt (1878–27 Oct 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 181656800, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Petitcodiac, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by MP (contributor 49073234).
3. ↑ Moncton Transcript (New Brunswick, 29 October 1951)

• Moncton Transcript (New Brunswick, 29 October 1951)
• Marriage: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=BF20B78D-C26C-4F54-8058-9CA6D2CC8B5A
• Death: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=9ab592f2-6586-4c1d-b8a3-c63bb7100a5d
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 December 2022, 20:55), entry for Charles Wesley Holt (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L51Q-C4L ); contributed by various users.