Jane Elizabeth Holliday

1884 - 1908  (23 years)

• Name	Jane Elizabeth Holliday  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Mar 1884	Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Abt Jan 1908	Pleasant View Cemetery, Pierce Co, Nebraska   [6, 7]
  Death	1 Jan 1908	Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska   [3, 5, 8]
  Person ID	I24	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Hugh Sutton Holliday,   b. 26 Jul 1845, Hayton, Cumberland, England d. 26 Jun 1937, Orchard, Antelope Co, Nebraska (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Jane Dufton,   b. 14 Feb 1846, Middlesceugh, Cumberland, England d. 30 Mar 1893, Orchard, Antelope Co, Nebraska (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1877	Penrith, Cumberland, England   [9]
  Family ID	F501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Merton Cooley,   b. 15 Oct 1875, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 4 Nov 1914, Yankton, Yankton Co, South Dakota (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1905	Holliday Farm, Knox Co, Nebraska   [10]
  Children	1. Ronald Delos Cooley,   b. 28 Jan 1906, Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska d. 11 Jan 1980, St Luke's Hospital, Denver, Colorado (Age 73 years)   2. Merton Beth Cooley,   b. 7 Dec 1907, Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska d. 3 Nov 1992, Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Gravestone_Elizabeth Holliday and Mert.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  The following is from a newspaper clipping, just the story; no source, no dates. I will make an educated guess it was from the Plainview News, Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska, in January 1908. Death of Mrs. Merton Cooley The sad intelligence was received in our city yesterday, announcing the sudden death of Mrs. Merton Cooley [Jane Elizabeth Holliday] at her home in Crofton [Knox County, Nebraska]. The remains will arrive here [probably Plainview] this afternoon and the funeral services will be conducted from the M.E. Church Friday. The deceased was the daughter of H.S. Holliday, and was well and favorably known by all in Plainview and vicinity. On April 26th, 1905, she was united in marriage to Merton Cooley, to which union were born two children, one son [now] twenty-one months of age [Ronald Delos Cooley] and another but two weeks old [Merton Beth Cooley]. Her death was caused from contracting a severe cold shortly after giving birth to their little son. The bereaved husband and other relatives have the heartfelt sympatthy of all in ths their sad hour of tribulation. Obituary Plainview Republican, Plainview, Nebraska, 9 Jan 1908 Jane Elizabeth Holliday was born March 20, 1884, in Hallfield, the country home of her parents in Castle Sowerby Parish, Cumberland county, England, and died at Crofton, Neb., Jan. 1, 1908, of acute peritonitis. While yet a child she was baptized in the Church of England. In 1892 she moved with her parents to Canada, remaining there but one year. During this brief stay the mother died. In 1893 she with her father and family came to Plainview, Nebr., where she resided until her marriage to Herbert Merton Cooley, April 26, 1905, when she with her husband moved to Crofton, Neb.; remaining there until her death. Mrs. Cooley was a true and faithful wife, a loving and solicitous mother, a kind and obliging neighbor. She was highly respected by all, for to know her was to love her. She leaves a devoted husband, two little sons, Ronald aged two years and a babe scarcely four weeks old; a father Hugh S. Holliday; three sisters, Martha who resides in California, Mary who lives at home and Hannah now Mrs. Jack Menret, three brothers, Robert, John and Hugh Jr.; other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her departure. All the near relatives were present at the funeral except her father who was confined at home on account of sickness and the sister in California. Impressive funeral services were held at the Plainview Methodist Episcopal church January 3, conducted by Rev. J. P. Yost, pastor, assisted by Rev. DeWeese of the Congregational church and Rev. Grey of the Baptist church. Her remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery north of town, there to await the "Glorious Resurrection Morn". When some beloved voice that was to you Both sound and sweetness faileth and deny And silence, against which you dare not cry Aches round you like a strong disease and new What hope? What help? What music will undo That silence to your sense! Not friendship's sigh Not reason's subtle count. Nay none of these Speak Thou availing Christ and fill this pause. L. CARD OF THANKSWe desire to express our heartfelt thanks to all who so kindly and tenderly assisted us in laying away our loved one - H. Merton Cooley and Family (Research):Castle Sowerby, (or Sowerby-Castle), a parish in Leith ward, in the county of Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Hesket-Newmarket, 10 S. of Carlisle, and 11 N.W. of Penrith, its post town and railway station, being 295 from London. It lies within the limits of the forest of Inglewood, near the river Caldew, and includes the townships of Bustabeck Bound, How Bound, Row Bound, Southernby Bound, and Stockdalewath Bound. In How Bound formerly stood a castle, of which all traces have disappeared." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Cumberland was a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. It bordered Northumberland to the east, County Durham to the southeast, Westmorland and Lancashire to the south, and Dumfriesshire in Scotland to the north. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1914) and now forms, along with Westmorland and parts of historic northern Lancashire, Cumbria.

  
  

• Sources

  [S591] Marriage Cert gen, "Jane E Holliday" on marriage certificate (Reliability: 3). [S577] english census, (Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. ), 1891, enumerated as "Lizzie" Holliday (Reliability: 3). [S510] Obituary, Plainview Republican; Publication Date: 9 Jan 1908; Publication Place: Plainview, Nebraska. Exact birth and death dates, and places of birth and death. (Reliability: 3). [S827] General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England , England and Wales Births, (Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. ), Births registered in April, May, and June 1884, HOLLIDAY, Jane Elisabeth, Penrith district, Vol 10b, p465 (Reliability: 3). [S398] Carrie Louella Miller interviewed by Daniel Berton Cooley 1968 , CL Miller Cooley Bible. [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Memorial ID 114423223 (Reliability: 3). [S478] Gravestone. [S478] Gravestone, Recent gravestone has this exact date (Reliability: 3). [S821] FreeBMD database on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006 , England & Wales Civil, (Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. ), Jane Dufton, 1997, 1st quarter, Penrith district, Cumberland county, Vol 10b, p503; m. Hugh Sutton Holliday (Reliability: 3). [S630] Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska., Marriages Nebraska, (Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. ), Knox County Marriage Records p356, Marriage License nr 2065 (Reliability: 3).