James Matheson Holdt (1866 - abt. 1944)

Born 19 Apr 1866 in Solsted, Denmark

Husband of Christina Marie (Rhode) Holdt — married 10 Mar 1896 in Sherman, Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died about 4 Aug 1944 at about age 78 in Hazard, Sherman, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

He was born Jens and anglicized his first name to James, as indicated in the 1930 Census. I have seen, but cannot prove that his original middle name may have been Mettevsa.

Parents are Jorgen & Christina Holdt of Denmark

Per unsourced family tree provided by Karalee Walker [Faw-310]: When he was 24 he left his home in Denmark and sailed on the ship Augustua Victoria, from Hamburg Germany. He landed in New York in 1890 after 5 days. He settled in Hazard, NE and worked various jobs in Omaha, NE. He married Christina Rhode, a sister of Mrs. Jens Krichau on 10 Mar 1896.

The couple lived on a farm 2.5 mi NE of Hazard. They lived for sometime in a sodhouse until they built a frame house and other farm improvements. They made their living and reared and educated their children at the farm. They were quiet, friendly people, good neighbors and good citizens. They enjoyed their neighbors, many of the Danish descent, such as the Jacobsons, Andersons, Spangburgs, Petersons, Jensens, and Bensens, to name a few. They were both baptized in the Danish Lutheran Faith. They continued to live in the home on the farm until forces to retire in 1937 for health reasons. They then moved into a small home across the street west of the Methodist Church where they lived until their deaths (James 4 Aug 1944 & Christina 26 Jul 1949).

Sources

• New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7488&h=7409248&indiv=try&ftm=1)

• Passenger Ships and Images (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=JlN78&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&f2=Augusta%20Victoria&db=passengerships&gss=angs-d&pcat=40&fh=0&h=31&recoff=&ml_rpos=1&queryId=8a40b1e12274030d1ed16c0c3247ff29)

• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X58W-NW2 : 8 June 2021), James Holdt, 1896.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M313-31V : 14 January 2022), James Holdt, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKG-BPM : 2 February 2021), James M Holdt, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MR-2VP : 6 January 2021), James Holst, Hazard, Sherman, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-8, sheet 1A, line 30, family 11, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2266.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73866802/james-m-holdt : accessed 03 May 2022), memorial page for James M Holdt (Apr 1866–1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73866802, citing Hazard Cemetery, Hazard, Sherman County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Kathy Burgess Burr (contributor 47226369) .