My Family

Marion Kay HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Ellis Dee HOLDAWAY and Clista BECK.

Marjorie Janette HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: John Shadrach HOLDAWAY and Margaret Janette ADAMSON.

Mark Lionel HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY and Mary Elizabeth WHITE.

He was married to Neeltje BRUIN on 15 Apr 1931.

Marla HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Harold HOLDAWAY and Doreen SIMMONS.

Martell HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: David Dean HOLDAWAY and May ARROWSMITH.

Martha Angeline HOLDAWAY was born on 2 Jan 1853 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 12 Jun 1870. She was endowed on 23 Oct 1876. She died on 11 Jun 1928. She was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: David Oscar HOLDAWAY and Mary Elizabeth HAWS .

She was married to John Charles (Monte) EDWARDS on 13 Dec 1876. Children were: Charles Henry EDWARDS , Myrtle May EDWARDS, Lena Maude EDWARDS, Casmo Fremont EDWARDS.

Martha Melvina HOLDAWAY was born on 24 Jun 1860 in Utah, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 12 Jun 1870. She was endowed on 23 Oct 1876. She died in 1902. She was sealed to parents on 4 Aug 1975. Parents: David Oscar HOLDAWAY and Elizabeth Amanda PRATER.

She was married to Robert BLACKBURN.

She was married to David LUCAS .

Marvon Duanne HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Hugh Von Loy HOLDAWAY and Margaret Emma YOCUM.

Children were: Marvon Hugh HOLDAWAY, Duane Dee HOLDAWAY, Steven Earl HOLDAWAY, Brenda Jean HOLDAWAY, Randy Scott HOLDAWAY.

Marvon Hugh HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Marvon Duanne HOLDAWAY and Colleen RANDALL.

Mary Blair HOLDAWAY was born on 6 Sep 1897 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 15 Sep 1905. She was endowed on 19 Feb 1930. She was sealed to parents BIC. She died on 11 Jan 1964. She was buried on 13 Jan 1964. Parents: Logan Gilbert HOLDAWAY and Mary Texanna East BLAIR.

She was married to Leon Gay PRITCHETT on 1 Jun 1914. Children were: Jeraldean PRITCHETT, Maureen PRITCHETT, Lois Gay PRITCHETT, Jerry PRITCHETT.

Mary Elizabeth HOLDAWAY was born on 12 Sep 1856 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 11 Dec 1915. Mary Elizabeth Holdaway
by her Grandson, Grant Tell Muhlestein

Mary Elizabeth Holdaway, born 12 Sept. 1856 to Shedrick Holdaway and Lucinda Haws, was reared in a large pioneer family where work and austerity gave demands to all family members. Mary Elizabeth carried the attributes of a true pioneer throughout her life. She was frugal, but generous, and no visitor ever left her garden (after her family was raised) without taking along a bouquet of flowers, or something from the fruit and vegetable garden. She was a great lover of all kinds of plants, and learned the art of grafting so that the seedling fruits could be grafted with better varieties if they did not produce a better kind than anything in the fruit orchard. "Grandfather Charles Conrad, born 12 Nov. 1831 to Charles Ferdinand Conrad and Sarah Adams Bitely, saw this Mary Elizabeth Holdaway as a child -- attractive, brown eyes, curly dark hair, and winsome smile -- and vowed that he would wait until she grew to womanhood at which time he would marry her. When this young lady reached seventeen years and ten months, they were married the 10 Nov. 1873 in the Salt Lake Endowment House" My mother, their first child was born 21 March 1875 and, like her mother, learning, as well, to care for their food and clothing needs. Grandfather was a self-made veterinarian and often cared for sick animals through a full night. His clients promised grains or fruits at harvest time and often this fell through, so Grandmother was compelled to grow and produce most of their food needs. Grandfather had acquired considerable land in the northeast part of Provo. They built their home on the corner of 7th East and 8th North -- a large one-story, double-brick home with a small fruit and vegetable cellar. This was a double-brick construction and the lumber came from the Shedrick Holdaway Lumber Mill in South Fork of Provo Canyon -- a very hard and sturdy native pine almost impossible to drive nails into or to cut with a saw once cured, as we found later when the ceilings were liowered and rooms built in the attic area. This high-ceiling home was cool both in summer and winter. Good home-produced foods seemed to keep the family in health. There was plenty of milk and cream and home-churned butter. The grains were taken to the Mill and used in their natural state. Grandmother was an excellent cook and seamstress, providing wholesome food for the family and clothing for all. The landmark for the Conrad home was a huge cottonwood trees which was painted by nature long before the white man made inroads to the West. this tree provided the Conrad home with shade and comfort in the summertime. When the home was finished, one of the first things planted near the large cottonwood tree were some black walnut seeds. One grew vigorous and tall and provided the family with much enjoyment each year. As the grandchildren came to visit Grandmother, they would ask to crack nuts under the Cottonwood, sitting on a large stone bench that surrounded it. The soil near the home was quite rocky -- being the residue of streams that once came over the area. In fact, my father-in-law, Gordon Philips, sold land and gravel from an area which he purchased from the Conrad estate just north of the Conrad home, They had seeds of select cantaloupe and watermelon brought from Kentucky. Grandmother would save seeds from the cantaloupe with the smallest centers and the most meat, and the thin-rinded melons with the best flavor. As a child I remember the strong and pleasant odor of the melons as Grandmother cut them open to serve them to her guests or relatives. The sweetness and perfume of those days seems to be missing in the melons we purchase at the market today. They kept both beef and dairy cattle and, if necessity, a herd bull, one of which was notoriously mean. On one occasion Grandmother had to cross the pasture where the bull was kept and he was aroused and came at her loudly bellowing. When he got too close, she feel to the ground, lying on her back, and, as the bull charged her, she would kick him in the mouth and continue to push herself toward the barn area where the hog pen offered some kind of retreat. She reached the pig sty at a moment when the bull had stopped to appraise this strange woman's actions, and she was able to get over the wall and fall to the ground and gratefully mingle with the hogs. When their sixth child, Angus, died at the age of eight months, Grandfather brought home a buck fawn deer which Grandmother breat fed until it was weaned. This fawn grew to maturity and loved Grandmother, of course, but he was hard to control since few fences would hole him and he was mean with strangers -- and especially with the boys who came by and threw rocks and sticks at him. One day some boys up on the "university" property threw stones and ones truck him in the head and he fell to the ground dead, thus he provided meat for the Conrad family for some time. Grandmother loved to share plants with anyone who showed an interest in them. She grew many kinds of perinnials and always had colorful annuals. She was able to plant sweet peas in the late fall and give them winter protection and have them grow and blossom for Memorial Day. Often the hundreds of peony plants she grew would not quite make their blooming coincide with Memorial Day and, if they were early, she would cut the buds and put them in cold storage at the "Ice Plant". But she could usually provide her "customers" with some flowers for this occasion. Any money she recieved for flowers, roots, or vegetable or fruit was put into a jar in the kitchen to pay her taxes in the fall. Grandmother gave her five sones, Charles, Warren, Arthur, Milton, and Lewis, their "inheritance" as young men who wished to establish themselves in a new land in Canada (Taber, Alberta). She gave her daughter, Eva, a like stipend so she and Uncle John Walker could purchase a home in Provo. Aunt Alice Bertin was given a pece of ground west of the home which land was now too much for Grandmother to care for. This land was mostly pasture land, yet, as the city drained it to put in streets, Alice was able to sell lots to private individuals as well as Brigham Young University.
Grandmother had a flare for words and was a natural born poetess. She would get an inspiration in the night (in her later life) get up and write these thoughts. She wrote a poem based onb her experiences through the early years of her life and entitles it "The Pioneers" which describes their simple pleasures, entertainment, dress, customs, and dancing (beneath the drip of candles). When my mother and I came to Utah in the fall of 1935 so I might attend the University, she was still working on and revising this bit of prose. Grandmother was invited to recite this poem to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and went to Salt Lake City to give it but was disappointed by another taking too much time and they decided to delete her from the program. She was beginning to ail when Mother and I arrived in the fall of 1935 she was unable to care for her garden and home, yet she taught me how to irrigate, and we were able to harvest the fall crops and enjoy the "fruits" of her labor. Mother was her constant nurse during her terminal illness and, although she was suffering, she never complained. Mother and I had prayer at her bedside every night. We, her descendents, appreciate the faith and love of the Gospel of Jesus Christ which she instilled in all her family, whom she dearly loved, and her every effort was expended in their behalf and for their happiness. A great and monumental heritage. Parents: Shedrick HOLDAWAY and Lucinda HAWS.

She was married to Charles CONRAD on 10 Nov 1873 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. Children were: Mary Elizabeth CONRAD, Charles Shadrach CONRAD , Warren Nephi CONRAD, Arthur Marion CONRAD, Milton William CONRAD, Angus Moroni CONRAD, Eva Lucinda CONRAD, Lewis Alexander CONRAD, Alice (Allie) CONRAD .

Mary Gwen HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Elmer Harold HOLDAWAY and Norma SUMSION.

Mary Jane HOLDAWAY was born on 27 Mar 1872 in Utah, Mammoth, Juab County. She died on 27 Mar 1872 in Utah, Mammoth, Juab County. Parents: John Madison HOLDAWAY and Jane Peterson GILLESPIE .

Mary Murl HOLDAWAY was born on 23 Aug 1888 in Utah, Lakeview, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 10 Jul 1898. She was endowed on 17 Jan 1912. She died on 22 Mar 1923. She was sealed to parents on 30 Oct 1950. Parents: Andrew Nathan HOLDAWAY and Lydia Ann RIDDLE.

She was married to Alfred Henry JOHNSON on 16 May 1906. She was sealed to spouse on 17 Jan 1912 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: Harold J. JOHNSON, Dean A. JOHNSON, Nathan H. JOHNSON, Lelia JOHNSON, Robert Earl JOHNSON.

Mary Unita HOLDAWAY was born on 14 Apr 1895 in Utah, Aurora, Sevier County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 12 Jul 1903. She died on 10 Apr 1922. She was endowed on 19 Oct 1922. She was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: George Timothy HOLDAWAY and Laura WHIPPLE.

She was married to Ernest CONDVER on 6 Jul 1918.

Mattie Pearl HOLDAWAY was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 29 Sep 1904. Parents: David William HOLDAWAY and Bertha M. POTTER.

Maybel Carter HOLDAWAY (Foster) (Private). Parents: William Shadrach HOLDAWAY JR. and Melvina Christina HOLT .

She was married to Raymond Garret PACE on 26 Nov 1923.

Merlin Ray HOLDAWAY was born on 28 Feb 1930 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was buried on 8 Oct 1991 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Wasatch Lawn. East Hillsdale Lot 50 3 East Parents: Wallace Parley HOLDAWAY and Geneva Alice GREEN .

He was married to LaFaye.

Michael Brian HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Loren Lamar HOLDAWAY and Marian Elizabeth MAXWELL.

Milton Leroy HOLDAWAY was born on 20 Apr 1884 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He was sealed to parents BIC. He was baptized into the LDS church on 1 Apr 1893. Parents: Amos David HOLDAWAY and Lydia THROWER.

He was married to Martha Maud Needham TUCKFIELD on 13 Aug 1932 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. Children were: Leroy Tuckfield HOLDAWAY, Child HOLDAWAY.

Minnie Maude HOLDAWAY was born on 10 Mar 1878 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 4 Aug 1958. She was baptized into the LDS church on 9 Feb 1961. She was endowed on 14 Feb 1962. She was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY and Julia Ann FAWCETT .

She was married to Rock Marcus POPE on 10 May 1895 in Utah, Vernal, Uintah County. She was sealed to spouse on 24 Sep 1963 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: Julia Afton POPE, Jay Rock POPE, Cecil Devon POPE, Norval Leduc POPE, Lloyd Severn POPE.

Morris Dale HOLDAWAY was born on 17 Dec 1928 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He died on 17 Nov 1979 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was buried on 20 Nov 1979 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Wasatch Lawn. Memorial Lot 72 2 West Parents: Wallace Parley HOLDAWAY and Geneva Alice GREEN.

Mrs. Timothy HOLDAWAY was born about 1748 in Virginia, Culpepper County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 16 Jun 1891. She was endowed on 10 Jun 1969.

She was married to Timothy HOLDAWAY Sr.. Children were: Henry HOLDAWAY, David HOLDAWAY, Henry HOLDAWAY, Timothy HOLDAWAY Jr., David HOLDAWAY.

Nan HOLDAWAY (Twin) (Private). Parents: Ellis Dee HOLDAWAY and Clista BECK.

Nancy Emaline HOLDAWAY was born on 16 Aug 1863 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 16 Nov 1866. She was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: Shedrick HOLDAWAY and Lucinda HAWS.

Nancy Jane HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Levi Stewart HOLDAWAY Jr. and Pauline MILLER.

Ned HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Ellis Dee HOLDAWAY and Clista BECK.

Nellie Fay HOLDAWAY (Twin) (Private). Parents: Francis Marion HOLDAWAY and Nellie Ann HANDLEY.

She was married to Myron Howk VAIL on 16 Nov 1926 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. She was sealed to spouse on 7 Oct 1937 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: Richard Eldon VAIL, Flora Fay VAIL, Roger Myron VAIL, June Marion VAIL, Albert Rae VAIL.

Nora HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Reed Amos HOLDAWAY and Margaret TAYLOR.

Norman G. HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Francis Ray HOLDAWAY Twin and Sylvia Marie CONDER.

Orin John HOLDAWAY was born on 27 Aug 1899 in England, Samlesbury, Lancashire. He was baptized into the LDS church on 9 Jun 1908. He was endowed on 2 Jun 1926. He was sealed to parents BIC. He died on 8 Feb 1971 in Utah, Fillmore, Millard County. He was buried on 10 Feb 1971 in Utah, Fillmore, Millard County. Parents: John Shadrach HOLDAWAY and Margaret Janette ADAMSON.

He was married to Fern MELVILLE on 2 Jun 1926 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to spouse on 2 Jun 1926 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: John Melville HOLDAWAY, Gordon Kieth HOLDAWAY, Ronald Melville HOLDAWAY (Twin A), Donald Melville HOLDAWAY Twin B, Scott Melville HOLDAWAY.

Orrin Charles HOLDAWAY was born on 28 Feb 1896 in Utah, Lakeview, Utah County. He died in 1945 in California, Inglewood Park Cemetatary, Inglewood. Parents: Andrew Nathan HOLDAWAY and Lydia Ann RIDDLE.

He was married to Roberta MCDONALD on 22 Oct 1914. He was divorced from Roberta MCDONALD. Children were: Orrin Charles HOLDAWAY Jr..

Orrin Charles HOLDAWAY Jr. (Private). Parents: Orrin Charles HOLDAWAY and Roberta MCDONALD.

Children were: Terrell Michael HOLDAWAY, Darrell Charles HOLDAWAY, John Vincent HOLDAWAY , David James HOLDAWAY.

Owney Melvin HOLDAWAY was born on 15 Feb 1892 in Utah, Vernal, Uintah County. He died on 27 May 1892. He was sealed to parents BIC. He was baptized into the LDS church CHILD. He was endowed CHILD. Parents: Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY and Mary Elizabeth WHITE .

Parley Parker Pratt HOLDAWAY was born on 1 Feb 1876 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He died on 30 Jul 1931. He was baptized into the LDS church on 12 Jun 1951. He was endowed on 13 Jun 1951. He was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: William Shadrach HOLDAWAY and Phoebe Soper PRATT .

He was married to Zelphia Lulu DAVIS on 30 Jul 1913.

Patricia HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Elmer Harold HOLDAWAY and Norma SUMSION.

Paul HOLDAWAY was born on 22 Oct 1918 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He died. He was christened. Parents: Wallace Parley HOLDAWAY and Geneva Alice GREEN.

He was married to Grace IVERSON on 26 Apr 1940 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to spouse.

Paul Dennis HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Dennis Frank HOLDAWAY and Carol Grace DEXTER.

Pearl Michelle HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: David Harmer HOLDAWAY and Beverly RIDD.

Phoebe HOLDAWAY was born about 1758 in England. Parents: Timothy HOLDAWAY and HOLDAWAY.

Prudence Eliza (Lida) HOLDAWAY was born on 21 Apr 1883 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 12 Sep 1891. She died on 15 May 1973. Parents: Marion Haws HOLDAWAY and Prudence Eliza PEAY.

She was married to Willard Childs CHASE on 9 Oct 1902 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. Children were: Willard Marion CHASE, Edna Lyle CHASE, Lawrence Dean CHASE, Prudence Lois CHASE.

Randall Bert HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Albert Arthur HOLDAWAY and Anna Isabella CLEGG.

He was married to Ida Marie WAGSTAFF on 28 Nov 1933. He was sealed to spouse on 6 May 1955. Children were: Rita Ann HOLDAWAY , Klin Morvel HOLDAWAY, Dennis Lane HOLDAWAY, Blaine Randall HOLDAWAY , Anabel HOLDAWAY.

Randy Scott HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Marvon Duanne HOLDAWAY and Colleen RANDALL.

Reed HOLDAWAY was born on 12 Dec 1898 in Utah, Aurora, Sevier County. He was baptized into the LDS church on 4 Aug 1907. He died on 26 Aug 1939 in Colorado, Denver. He was endowed on 6 Oct 1960. He was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: George Timothy HOLDAWAY and Laura WHIPPLE.

He was married to Mary Juanita CRAWFORD on 23 Dec 1921.

Reed Amos HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Elmer Thomas HOLDAWAY and Mary Ellen EKINS.

He was married to Margaret TAYLOR on 8 Aug 1938 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. Children were: Karen HOLDAWAY, Don Reed HOLDAWAY, Susan Ellen HOLDAWAY, Claudia HOLDAWAY, Craig Taylor HOLDAWAY, Nora HOLDAWAY, Lee Kay HOLDAWAY.

Reva Emeline HOLDAWAY was born on 9 Sep 1893 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 18 Feb 1922. Parents: David William HOLDAWAY and Bertha M. POTTER.

She was married to Glen D. TAYLOR.

Reva Lucile HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: William Shadrach HOLDAWAY JR. and Melvina Christina HOLT.

She was married to Stanley PORTER. She was divorced from Stanley PORTER. Children were: Ronald Leroy STANLEY .

Rhoda Amanda HOLDAWAY was born on 14 May 1890 in Utah, Lakeview, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 10 Jul 1898. She was endowed on 18 Sep 1907. She died on 5 Jul 1953. Parents: Andrew Nathan HOLDAWAY and Lydia Ann RIDDLE.

She was married to Reed Lorenzo ANDERBERG on 18 Sep 1907. She was sealed to spouse on 18 Sep 1907 in the Alberta, Canada LDS temple. She was divorced from Reed Lorenzo ANDERBERG. Children were: Fay ANDERBERG , Anita ANDERBERG.

Rhonda Gay HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Gloria HOLDAWAY .

Children were: Johnny Vea TUIPULOTU.

Richard Edson HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Hugh HOLDAWAY and Pearl HARMER.

He was sealed to spouse on 26 Jun 1950 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. He was married to Bessie Jean LARSON on 26 Jun 1951 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. Children were: Jennifer Jean HOLDAWAY, Richard Everett HOLDAWAY, James Hugh HOLDAWAY , Jules Ann HOLDAWAY.

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