1872 - 1934

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• Birth	6 Jan 1872	Ledyard,New London,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jul 1934	Ledyard,New London,Connecticut
  Person ID	I34081	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Daniel HOLDRIDGE, b. 1814, Groton,New London,Connecticut
  Mother	Eliza Jane MAIN, b. 18 Dec 1830, Groton,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F14436	Group Sheet
  Family	Phebe Jane HOLMES, b. 27 Aug 1873, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Married	27 Mar 1895
  Children	1. Samuel Archie HOLDRIDGE > 2. Ray Daniel HOLDRIDGE, b. 12 Jul 1900, Norwich,New London,Connecticut > 3. Carl Holmes HOLDRIDGE, b. 14 May 1904, Ledyard,New London,Connecticut   4. Leslie Rensselaer HOLDRIDGE > 5. Paul Orrin HOLDRIDGE, b. 29 May 1912, Ledyard,New London,Connecticut > 6. Samuel Archie HOLDRIDGE > 7. Leslie Rensselaer HOLDRIDGE
  Family ID	F14439	Group Sheet

• Notes

  FROM INFORMATION FOUND IN THE BILL LIBRARY. Samuel E., the youngest son of Daniel, married Phebe Jane Holmes ofPreston in 1895. They were the parents of five sons. They bought a farmon Geer Hill now Route 117 in Ledyard where they first farmed with oxenand developed retail egg, poultry, fruit, vegetable and strawberry routein Norwich, delivering with house and market wagon. The farm businessbecame known as S. E. Holdrideg & Sons. A LIFE WITH A PURPOSE, by S. Archie Holdridge, private printing by author1991. In my library. p. 5. My parents were married in 1895 and went to housekeeping in what isnow signalled as one of the historical houses in North Stonington. Laterthey bought what became the Mattern Farm in Preston and then bought aplace on Laurel Hill in Norwich where Ray and I were born. My father worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for 1 yearand 9 months when they lived on Laurel Hill. During that period and aftermoving to Ledyard, my father was a teaching principal in two two-roomschools, one out Hamilton Ave. in Norwich and the other in Poquetanuck. They bought the Geer Hill Farm in Ledyard and moved there on August27, 1900. My father wanted to move back into the country. He chose thatlocation principally, he said, because it was near a church and a school. Mary Rogness's - Fifth cousin 4 times removed