Celinda (Giddings) Hollister (1803 - 1842)

Born 10 Sep 1803 in Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States

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Died 14 Mar 1842 at age 38 in Shenango, Crawford, Pa. [uncertain]

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Biography

"David Hollister married Celinda Giddings (b.1803, d.1841) on Oct. 23, 1832. She was first married to Abraham Hollister (Abram) for a very short time, they were married in about 1825. The marriage of Celinda to the Hollister brothers is confirmed in "The Giddings Family, the Descendants of George Giddings" compiled by Minot Giddings in 1882. Abraham and Celinda had at least two children, Phebe and Asenath. Information on Phebe has not been found but Asenath married Hiram French. They farmed in Crawford County, Pennsylvania and raised at least three children.

David and Celinda had at least five children: Rachel (b.1830, d.1921), Emily (b.1834), Hiram (b.1836, d.1886), John (b.1838, d.1924) and Niles (b.1840, d.1929). At some point, David, Celinda and family moved to Pennsylvania and then briefly to Indiana. Most of their children are reported to have been born in New York but at least two might have been born in Indiana and they appear to have lived there for a short time around 1840. A few years later, David and family were back in Pennsylvania and that appears to be where Celinda died. In the biography of David and Celinda's son Hiram, it notes that Hiram went from New York to Pennsylvania, then to Indiana, then back to Pennsylvania and then to Wisconsin."^[1]

"The gravestone of Celinda Giddings at State Line Cemetery, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. She was the wife of Abraham Hollister and then David Hollister. The cemetery report indicates that Abraham died in Dansville, New York and that both Abraham and David were the sons of John Hollister of Steuben County. The record also indicates that a "baby Hollister" is buried at the cemetery and died at the same time as Celinda which may indicate that she died during childbirth"^[2]

"Celinda, b. Sep. 10, 1803, m. Abraham Hollister, and had Phebe and Asenath. Mr. Hollister d. and she m. (2) his brother, David Hollister, by whom she had ch. They reside in Chenango, Penn."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://brblog-myotherblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/david-hollister-hollister-family-1.html
2. ↑ http://brblog-myotherblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/david-hollister-hollister-family-1.html
3. ↑ No. 572, pg 138-139 - The Giddings family: or, The descendants of George Giddings, who came from St. Albans, England, to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. With a record of others of the name not yet traced. Also a sketch of prominent persons connected with the family by Giddings, Minot S. (Minot Samuel), 1887 - https://ia902708.us.archive.org/11/items/giddingsfamilyor00gidd/giddingsfamilyor00gidd.pdf

• http://brblog-myotherblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/david-hollister-hollister-family-1.html

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000,(https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/167178386/person/222391757399/fac)