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MRS. HATTIE (GRUPE) HOLMAN
The daughter of a well-known
pioneer, and herself a native daughter of the Golden State, Mrs. Hattie (Grupe) Holman was born in San Joaquin County on the Linden
Road about nine miles from Stockton. She
is the eldest daughter of Carsten and Margaret (Behnke)
Grupe, natives of Hanover and Bremen, Germany,
respectively. Carsten
Grupe came to California around the Horn in
1849. Settling in San Joaquin County, he
mined in the hills east of Linden, and later he purchased 1,300 acres of grain
land in the same section of the county.
Eight children were born to these California pioneers: Hattie, of this sketch; Katherine, now Mrs.
Ramsay of Stockton; Doris, now Mrs. Stowe of Stockton; Henry residing in
Linden; John, also of Linden; Mattie, Mrs. Smith, who resides in Linden;
Charles, deceased, and George, of Stockton.
On September 12, 1876, Miss Hattie Grupe was united in marriage with Herman C. Holman, a
native of Germany, son of Henry and Margreta
Holman. Herman C. Holman came to
California in 1862 and engaged in farming.
He removed to Stockton and became the proprietor of the old United
States Hotel; later he rebuilt it, and it is the present United States Hotel on
South Center Street. In 1905 he erected
his splendid residence at 307 East Oak Street and retired from the hotel
business, his sons, George and Leland, assuming the management of the
hotel. Four children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Holman: Charles, a dairyman in
Stockton; George; Leland of Stockton, and Hattie, residing at home with her
mother. Charles, the eldest son, married
Miss Bertha Salbach, of Stockton, and they have two
children, Herman and Katherine. Mr.
Holman died in 1910 at the age of sixty-seven years, a highly respected
citizen. Mr. Holman was a friend to the
cause of education and served four terms as a member of the board of
education. He was a Republican in
politics, and fraternally was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and of the
Encampment and Ridgely Canton, Stockton, and also a
member of Stockton lodge, No. 218, Elks.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1040. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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