Descendants of Henry Hollingsworth
Ninth Generation
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1013. Ella Shimp
Diament Hollingsworth [scrapbook]
(Thomas Nicholas , Thomas Nicholas , James
Nicholas , Samuel ,
John , Thomas , Thomas , Henry
) was born on 19 May 1902. She died on 23 Sep 1970 in Severna Park,
Maryland. She was buried in 1970 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn,
Maryland.
Ella was a wonderful lady, a graduate nurse and I have
very fond memories of her. She was always so nice to me and my father
James.
Her husband James B. Crafton Jr., his mother and their son Richard were
always the opposite. Being nice to us was not in their vocabulary, and
they never failed to express their dislike for the Hollingsworth side
of the family. James Crafton would even go as far as to rush into his
bedroom and stay there until our visit had ended.
I always thought even as a child what a strange people he and his
mother were. After Aunt Ella died I tried to keep in contact with my
"Uncle Dick", but I found out at his death he miss took that
as a ploy to get some of the Crafton valuables. He put in his will that
I was not to recieve anything from the house etc. He was rotten even at
the bitter end of his life, little did he know I wasn't looking for a
damn thing.
What is really sad, there was an entire room filled with my
grandparents things that were taken from the house in Westport after
their death. My Aunt Ella would take me in there as a child and show me
things that belong to her mother and father and tell me about them.
There was hardly room to move around in the space, I remember many,
many boxes of things, but one thing that stands out in my memory is my
grandfather's black high hat. My would I love to root through that room
now just for fun, just imagine the family memorabilia to be found.
Ella married James B. Crafton Jr.
[scrapbook] son of James B Crafton Sr and
Henrietta (maiden unk) Crafton. James was born on 27 Jul 1897. He died
in Apr 1975 in Severna Park, Maryland.
They had the following children:
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Richard Crafton [scrapbook] was born on 26 Nov 1922 in
Baltimore. He died in Dec 1984 in Severna Park, Maryland. |
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Richard married Mary Ellen Crafton. |
1016. James Thomas
Hollingsworth [scrapbook] (Thomas Nicholas , Thomas Nicholas , James
Nicholas , Samuel ,
John , Thomas , Thomas , Henry
) was born on 12 Sep 1908. He died in Aug 1992 in Laurel, Maryland.
James married (1) Emma Hoffman
[scrapbook] daughter of Wiley Hoffman and
Mollie Wholley in 1924. The marriage ended in divorce.Emma was born
about 1908/1910. She died in 1956.
Robin Kearney says, "Although I do not remember
Emma as she died when I was two, everyone who talked about her just
loved her. Even my father loved his mother-in-law.
She would "come down from the city", and spend time with
my mom and dad when Mom was pregnant with my older sister. Mom said
they would sit around and play cards for hours. In those days my dad
was a volunteer fireman in Rivieria Beach and when the siren rang Emma
insisted on going with him.
Even Mom's cousins who are only 5-10 years older than me would
remark how much fun she was. Her famous line was when they were kidding
her she would lament "Im packing my drawers and going home."
End of quote.
James and Emma had the following children:
James married (2) Annette Rose Zelinski
[scrapbook] daughter of Adam J. Zelinski
and Myrtle Mary Montroy in 1934. The marriage ended in divorce.Annette
was born on 23 Jul 1916 in St Louis, Mo.. She died on 4 Dec 1995 in
Carroll County, Boring, Maryland. She was buried on 7 Dec 1995 in Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland.
Shortly after her son Thomas was born she went in the
hospital with TB. Annette stayed for almost 12 years at Mount Wilson
Hospital in Baltimore County where she met and married Hugh Freeman.
Hugh owned the Pikesville Cab Company for many years before selling the
business and settling down to their country home near Boring, Maryland.
Annette and son Thomas's relationship was a strange one their entire
lives, she never bonding with her son and Thomas not knowing how to
react to her indifference to him and his family.
James and Annette had the following children:
James married (3) Marion Martin in 1946 in
Baltimore, Maryland. The marriage ended in divorce.
James married (4) Agnes Louise Kern
[scrapbook] daughter of August Kern and
Mary Ann Klaran about 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. Agnes was born on 23
Jun 1916.
1017. Mrs Frank
C.(Schiedt) Bateman (Martha Jane
Hollingsworth , Thomas Nicholas ,
James Nicholas , Samuel , John ,
Thomas , Thomas , Henry
) was born about 1916.
She had the following children:
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