Rosabelle Hollis was an early or significant Bermudan.
Biography
The subject of the book, "Rosabelle: a diary of Bermuda in the last century" by Clara Frances Edith Hollis Hallett. [1]
ROSABELLE HOLLIS, b. September 01, 1850, Devonshire, Bermuda; d. August 15, 1934, King Edward Hosp, Paget East, Bermuda; m. ALPHONZOHOLLIS, January 25, 1872, Methodist Church, Pembroke, Bermuda; b.1841, of Hamilton parish, Bermuda; d. September 15, 1899, lost at sea.[2]
Notes for ROSABELLE HOLLIS:
diarist
lived in Bailey's Bay, Bermuda from 1864 until 1867.
moved to Hamilton, Bermuda in 11/18/1867.
died after a fractured hip:
"Rosabelle Hollis died on August 15th, 1934, at the age of eighty-four, at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, from the effects of a fractured hip, after having lived with her widowed sister Rebecca at "Elevado" for many years. She was buried in Wesley Cemetery." Source: C. F. E. Hollis Hallet, Rosabelle, p. 107.
When born she was the first to live as her parents had previously lost two girls in infancy (see Hollis Hallet, Rosabelle, p. 4).
Her siblings were: a brother Arthur Douglas Hollis. Three sisters: Thompson 'Tommy' Robinson Hollis, Rebecca Elizabeth Hollis and Jesse Ellen Moore Hollis.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154573892/rosabelle-hollis: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Rosabelle Hollis Hollis (1 Sep 1850–15 Aug 1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154573892, citing Grace Methodist Church Cemetery, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda; Maintained by K.M. Cargill (contributor 48711876)
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