Amasa Amidon Holden

Amasa Amidon Holden Given Name: Amasa Amidon Surname: Holden Sex: M

Note: AMASA AMIDON HOLDEN

(Samuel, Amasa A., John , James, James, Justinian, Richard, Wm) by B. Lake Noyes b.May 16, 1872, at Mark Island, ME; m.Apr. 12, 1899, at Malden, MA, Mary Emma Barnes, b.March 4, 1875, at Somerville (A.B.Boston Univ., 1897; A.M. Brown, 1908; Phi Pata Kappa) d/o Albert Lemuel and Clara Robinson (Shepard) Barnes.

Mr. Holden worked in Boston a year after graduation from the Malden High School. He then entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leaving to teach school from 1892 to 1897, but returned and took his degree as Bachelor of Science in 1899. In 1908 he received a master's degree in arts from Brown University for graduate work, and did other graduate work in eduation at Rhode Island College and the University of Chicago. He was Principal of high sschools at Woonsocket, RI (1903-12), and at York, Pa. (1912-19). Since 1919 he has been Superintendent of Schools of Hillsboro Supervisory Union, with at Hillsboro, NH. Since 1878 he has lived in Malden, Roxbury, Wellesley, and Winchester, and the places mentioned above.

The Deer Isle Messenger of June 25, 1903 printed the following article:

"Amasa A. Holden, formerly of this place, has recently been elected principal of the Woonsocket, Mass., High School. His salary is fixed at $1,500. The following from a Woonsocket paper may interest the young man's relatives and friends here:

"Mr. Holden was born May 16, 1872 at Deer Isle, Maine. He is the third genreation of teachers of mathematics in his family, his father and grandfather each having taught in this branch. His grandfather, born in [Mendon?], Mass., taught in Woonsocket and surrounding towns over 100 years ago. Mr. Holden was educated at a Boston grammar school and was graduated from the Malden, Mass., high school and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed his college education with post-graduate work at Harvard. He has been teaching for ten years in Tennessee, Virginai, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He came here from the Chelsea, Mass. High School where he taught English and History, three years ago. Mr. Holden is married; is socially well liked and is prominently identified with religious work in this city, especially in connection with the Globe Congreational Church and the Young Men's Christian Association."

-- MERGED NOTE

AMASA AMIDON HOLDEN

(Samuel, Amasa A., John , James, James, Justinian, Richard, Wm) by B. Lake Noyes b.May 16, 1872, at Mark Island, ME; m.Apr. 12, 1899, at Malden, MA, Mary Emma Barnes, b.March 4, 1875, at Somerville (A.B.Boston Univ., 1897; A.M. Brown, 1908; Phi Pata Kappa) d/o Albert Lemuel and Clara Robinson (Shepard) Barnes.

Mr. Holden worked in Boston a year after graduation from the Malden High School. He then entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leaving to teach school from 1892 to 1897, but returned and took his degree as Bachelor of Science in 1899. In 1908 he received a master's degree in arts from Brown University for graduate work, and did other graduate work in eduation at Rhode Island College and the University of Chicago. He was Principal of high sschools at Woonsocket, RI (1903-12), and at York, Pa. (1912-19). Since 1919 he has been Superintendent of Schools of Hillsboro Supervisory Union, with at Hillsboro, NH. Since 1878 he has lived in Malden, Roxbury, Wellesley, and Winchester, and the places mentioned above.

The Deer Isle Messenger of June 25, 1903 printed the following article:

"Amasa A. Holden, formerly of this place, has recently been elected principal of the Woonsocket, Mass., High School. His salary is fixed at $1,500. The following from a Woonsocket paper may interest the young man's relatives and friends here:

"Mr. Holden was born May 16, 1872 at Deer Isle, Maine. He is the third genreation of teachers of mathematics in his family, his father and grandfather each having taught in this branch. His grandfather, born in [Mendon?], Mass., taught in Woonsocket and surrounding towns over 100 years ago. Mr. Holden was educated at a Boston grammar school and was graduated from the Malden, Mass., high school and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed his college education with post-graduate work at Harvard. He has been teaching for ten years in Tennessee, Virginai, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He came here from the Chelsea, Mass. High School where he taught English and History, three years ago. Mr. Holden is married; is socially well liked and is prominently identified with religious work in this city, especially in connection with the Globe Congreational Church and the Young Men's Christian Association."

Birth: 16 MAR 1872 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 4

Father: Samuel Eaton Holden b: 11 JAN 1816 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Mother: Melissa Elwood Colby b: 27 MAY 1844 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Marriage 1 Mary Emma Barnes b: 4 MAR 1875 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts Married: 12 APR 1899 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Children Has Children Edward Fuller Holden b: 29 AUG 1901 in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Has No Children Albert A Holden b: ABT 1904 in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Has No Children Margorie A Holden b: ABT 1907 in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island Has No Children John W Holden b: 30 AUG 1913 in Pennsylvania

Sources: Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, ED 397, roll T9_540, page 351.1000, image 0517. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004) Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Middlesex, Massachusetts, ED 846, roll T623 662, page 12B. Abbrev: 1910 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006) Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910 Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com

Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Woonsocket Ward 3, Providence, Rhode Island, ED , roll T624_1440, part , page . Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009) Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920...">NARA</a>. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, ED , roll , page , image 800. Abbrev: 1930 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002) Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls. Deering, Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, ED 6, roll 1301, page , image 379.0. Abbrev: 1880 United States Federal Census Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, ED 397, roll T9_540, page 351.1000, image 0517.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmcolby&i...