Jane Elizabeth Holliday

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.

Jane married Herbert Merton Cooley on 26 Apr 1905 in Holliday Farm, Knox Co, Nebraska. Herbert (son of Robert Reed Cooley and Stella Alfresine Owen) was born on 15 Oct 1875 in McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa; died on 4 Nov 1914 in Yankton, Yankton Co, South Dakota; was buried in Missouri River. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ronald Delos Cooley was born on 28 Jan 1906 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; died on 11 Jan 1980 in St Luke's Hospital, Denver, Colorado; was buried on 15 Jan 1980 in Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado.
2. Merton Beth Cooley was born on 7 Dec 1907 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; died on 3 Nov 1992 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado; was buried on 6 Nov 1992 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado.

Notes:

It is said Hugh S Holliday Sr and at least his son Robert William crossed the US-Canadian border in 1893 however, Canadian National Archives records begin in 1895. They eventually came to Verdigris Twp, Holt County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska does not have the exact date of death of Hugh Sutton Holliday, Sr who died in year 1937.

ObituaryThe Orchard News, Orchard, Nebraska, 25 Jun 1937, Page 1
HUGH HOLLIDAY SR. . After several weeks illness, death claimed Hugh S. Holliday, of this city Wednesday night about midnight [23 Jun 1937]. Mr. Holliday has lived in Antelope county for over thirty-six years; and for the past many years has made his home at this nlace with his daughier, Miss Mary. The deceased would have been 92 years of age the 26th of July [1937]. He is survived by three sons, John and Robert of Orchard. Hugh, Jr of Page [Holt County, Nebraska]; three daughters, Miss Mary, Orchard; Mrs. Vollertsen, Battle Creek, Iowa; and another daughter. Miss Martha. Beverly Hills, California. Funeral - services will be held at the home Saturday morning at ten oclock conducted by Rev. Paul H. Riggs. Interment will be made in the Plainview cemetery beside a daughter who passed away a number of years ago.

(Research):Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. It was bordered by Northumberland to the east, County Durham to the southeast, Westmorland and Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish counties of Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire to the north. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1914) and now forms part of Cumbria.
Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county of Cumbria was created in April 1974 through an amalgamation of the administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's county town is Carlisle, in the north of the county, and the only other major urban area is Barrow-in-Furness on the southwestern tip of the county.
Carlisle is a cathedral city in Cumbria in North West England as well as the administrative centre for both Carlisle City Council and Cumbria County Council. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril, 16 km south of the Scottish border. Originally in the historic county of Cumberland, it is now the largest town in the county of Cumbria. The earliest recorded inhabitants were the Carvetii tribe of Britons who made up the main population of ancient Cumbria and North Lancashire. According to Boethius and John of Fordun, Carlisle existed before the arrival of the Romans who built a timber fort at the site of present Carlisle Castle in the winter of 73 BCE.

Hugh married Jane Dufton about 1877 in Penrith, Cumberland, England. Jane was born on 14 Feb 1846 in Middlesceugh, Cumberland, England; died on 30 Mar 1893 in Orchard, Antelope Co, Nebraska; was buried about Mar 1893 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Pierce Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]