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Hattie E. Holdridge was born on 22 Apr 1855 in Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania to Harvey Holdridge and Fannie Sophia Hull Holdridge.1

As a toddler, Hattie spent much time with her aunts, Ann Hull and Mary Hull Lyons, her family, and the Harmony community.2

As a young woman, Hattie worked as a clerk in a dry goods store, while living with her parents and younger sister, Jessie, in Oakland in Susquehanna County.3

Ann M. Hull, Diary of 1857, (Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania), Births in back of diary, Hattie E. Holdridge, 22 Apr 1855, privately held by Faulkner-Hull Collection
Ann M. Hull, Diary of 1857, (Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania), births in back of diary, Hattie E. Holdridge, 22 Apr 1855, privately held by Faulkner-Hull Collection. Ann Hull was Hattie Holdridge’s aunt.

Hattie married Samuel Pettingill Loomis, the son of Confucius Fitch Loomis and Betsey Lyons.4 Hattie and Samuel had two sons, Harvie (1883-1963) and Frederick (1886-1925).5 Samuel died on 23 Aug 1891, when the boys were quite young.6

"Harvie C. Loomis, 79, of Hallstead is Dead," obituary, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1963, p. 10, col. 5.
“Harvie C. Loomis, 79, of Hallstead is Dead,” obituary, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1963, p. 10, col. 5.
"Scranton Victims in Wreck," Fred Loomis photograph, The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 17 Jun 1925, p. 14, col. 5.
“Scranton Victims in Wreck,” Fred Loomis photograph, The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 17 Jun 1925, p. 14, col. 5.

Hattie remained in Hallstead in Susquehanna County and never remarried. In the years before her death, she lived with her son, Harvie, and grandson, Herbert.7

"Mrs. Hattie Loomis Visits Sister, Mrs. Proctor," news article, The Montrose Democrat (Montrose, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1909, p. 4, col. 4.
“Mrs. Hattie Loomis Visits Sister, Mrs. Proctor,” news article, The Montrose Democrat (Montrose, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1909, p. 4, col. 4.

Hattie E. Holdridge Loomis died at the age of 82 on 17 June 1939 in Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania and is buried in Hallstead.8

  1. Entry in Ann M. Hull’s diary, back inside cover, reads: “Hattie E. Holdridge, Born April 22nd 1855.” Ann M. Hull, Diary of 1857, (Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania), back inside cover, privately held by Kimberli Faulkner Hull, Faulkner-Hull Collection. Location from Note: Death certificate states birth of 22 Apr 1857; this is not possible as Hattie was in numerous entries in her aunt’s 1857 diary, with the first being 5 Jan 1857 when Ann babysat Hattie. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Vital Statistics, certificate of death, 58717, Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Hattie E. Loomis, 17 June 1939. Birth: 22 April 1857, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. Parents: Harvey Holdridge, born in New York, and Fannie Hull, born in Vermont.

  2. Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author, “People in the Ann M. Hull Diary of 1857,” Chasing Light Media, Cool Adventures ( https://cooladventures.com/genealogy/people-in-the-ann-m-hull-diary-of-1857/#Hattie-Holdridge : posted 2021), Hattie Holdridge entries. Also,
    1860 U.S. census, Harmony, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p. 154, dwelling 1200, family 1223, Harvey Holdridge household.
    – Harvey Holdridge, age 30, carpenter and joiner, born in New York
    – Fanny Holdridge, age 26, born in Vermont
    – Hattie Holdridge, age 5, born in Pennsylvania

  3. 1880 U.S. census, Oakland, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 135, p. 8 (penned), dwelling 73, family 75, Harvey Holdridge household.
    – Harvey Holdridge, age 52, builder, miller and farmer, born in New York
    – Fannie S. Holdridge, age 46, wife, born in Vermont
    – Hattie E. Holdridge, age 25, daughter, clerk in dry good store, born in Pennsylvania
    – Jessie F. Holdridge, age 17, daughter, born in Pennsylvania

  4. A. B. Lyons, G. W. Lyon, Eugene F. McPike, editors, Lyon Memorial, Massachusetts Families (Detroit, Michigan : William Graham Printing Co., 1905), p. 216, no. 1771, Betsey Lyons Loomis.
    Also, A. B. Lyons, G. W. Lyon, Eugene F. McPike, editors, Lyon Memorial, Massachusetts Families (Detroit, Michigan : William Graham Printing Co., 1905), p. 248, no. 1979, Samuel Pettingill Loomis.

  5. “Harvie C. Loomis, 79, of Hallstead is Dead,” obituary, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1963, p. 10, col. 5. Also, “Scranton Victims in Wreck,” Fred Loomis photograph, The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 17 Jun 1925, p. 14, col. 5. Also, “Scranton Victims in Wreck,” newspaper articles, The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 17 Jun 1925, p. 14.. Also, “Buried With Masonic Rites,” Fred Loomis funeral notice, The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 18 Jun 1925, p. 3, col. 1.

  6. Headstone reads: Samuel P. / Loomis / Died / Aug, 23, 1891 / Aged 50 yrs
    Find A Grave, memorial 93092669, Samuel Pettingill Loomis (1840-1891); headstone photo by Paul R, memorial created by Robert Hinkley (contributor 47802486).

  7. “Mrs. Hattie Loomis Visits Sister, Mrs. Proctor,” news article, The Montrose Democrat (Montrose, Pennsylvania), 18 Feb 1909, p. 4, col. 4. Also,
    1930 U.S. census, Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 58-19, sheet 5A, dwelling 116, family 121, Hattie Loomis household.
    – Hattie E. Loomis, age 69, widow, born in Pennsylvania
    – Harvey C. Loomis, age 46, son, born in Pennsylvania
    – Herbert E. Loomis, age 16, grandson, born in Pennsylvania

  8. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Vital Statistics, certificate of death, 58717, Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Hattie E. Loomis, 17 June 1939. Birth: 22 April 1857, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. Age: 82 years, 1 month, 25 days. Parents: Harvey Holdridge, born in New York, and Fannie Hull, born in Vermont. Widowed. Spouse: Samuel P. Loomis. Cause of death: Chronic myocarditis. Informant: Harvey C. Loomis, Hallstead, Pennsylvania. Burial: Hallstead, Pennsylvania, 20 June 1939. 

  9. Find A Grave, memorial 168825185, Hattie E. Holdridge Loomis (1857-1939); memorial only, no burial location, no headstone photo. 

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