Union Cemetery

Holmquist, Maria E

BORN: 1844
DIED: 19230808
AGED: 79
DEATH LOCATION: Franklin St.

OCCUPATION: Home

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  • 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • 1876 Baseball's National League
  • 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
  • 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
  • 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
  • 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
  • 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
  • 1912 The Titanic sank
  • 1920 Prohibition begins
  • 1920 Women get to vote
  • 1920 The Roaring 20's
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MRS. MARIA E. HOLMQUIST

Redwood City Standard

August 16, 1923

Mrs. Maria Holmquist, one of Redwood City’s pioneer residents and mother of R.C.Holmquist, Main street hardware dealer and plumbing contractor, passed suddenly at her home on Franklin street last Wednesday night. Mrs. Holmquist had been in good health up to a few minutes prior to her passing and her death came as a great shock to her relatives and many friends. Heart trouble is believed to have caused her demise. Mrs. Holmquist had been a resident of this city for the past thirty-five years, having come here with the family in 1886. Her husband passed away a number of years ago. In addition to her son here, one other son H.E. Holmquist, survives, The latter is principal of the Aberdeen High School in Aberdeen, Washington and came down in time to attend the funeral of his mother. The deceased was a native of Sweden, and 79 years of age. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the James Crowe Co., and were from the family residence, 127 Franklin Street, Rev, Clayton E. Peck of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, presiding. Interment was in Union Cemetery.

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