HOLCOMBE, JOHN whose descendants migrated to PA and NJ,

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JOHN HOLCOMBE and descendants
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  • ID: I2624
  • Name: John H. ELY
  • Sex: M
  • Occupation: Architect [sic]
  • Birth: JUN 13 1851 in Pennsylvania
  • Death: APR 21 1932 in Newark, Essex Co, NJ
  • : Ely Genealogy, No 1346, pp 382, 403-4
  • Reference Number: B-4-2-1-4-1-5-2
  • Note:
    John was liberally educated in the schools of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and when he attained his majority, left home and fitted himself for his life-work by the study of architecture. He was prominent in the municipal affairs of Newark, served on
    the City Council, but turned down nominations for the Assembly and other offices stating he wished to devote his whole time to his profession (Ely Genealogy, op cit, pp 404-5).
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    John and Lydia H 29, with their 3 children Wilson C 7, Iada M 2, and Anna F 2/12 b Apr, are located in the 1880 census (ELY JOHN H 29 W PA NJ MERCER PRINCETON TWP 1880; Series: T9 Roll: 788 Page: 153).
  • Note:
    In 1900 he and Lydia are by themselves living in an area surrounded by mostly professional and businessmen (ELY JOHN H 49 M W PA NJ ESSEX 5-WD NEWARK 1900; Series: T623 Roll: 963 Page: 33). At that time it was noted that only 2 of their 3
    children were living, and their marriage was listed as 29 years.
  • Note:
    Living in the same place in 1910, their apparently widowed daughter Ida has moved home (ELY JOHN H 58 M W PA NJ ESSEX 5-WD NEWARK 1910; ELY JOHN H 58 M W PA NJ ESSEX 5-WD NEWARK 1910). It was the same family composition 10 years
    later (ELY JOHN H 68 M W NJ NJ ESSEX 9-WD; NEWARK CITY 1920; Series: T625 Roll: 1033 Page: 220).
  • Note:
    Maxine N. Lurie, Mrc Mappen, Editors, Encylopedia of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press, 2004) p. 251.
    "Ely, John H. (b 1851 d 1932) and Wilson C Ely (b 1873 d 1959). Architects John H Ely and Wilson C Ely formed a well known father-and-son Newark architectural firm. John came to Newark in 1882 as a carpenter and builder and rose to become a
    prominent architect, and Wilson spent fifty-seven years designing buildings and later running the firm. During their lifetimes they designed and built the National Newark and Essex Banking Company building, Newark City Hall, [and other notables]."
    Charles F Cummings.
  • Note: The Newark City Hall is noted on wikipedia.org
  • Note: Newark’s elegant Beaux-Arts City Hall opened in late 1906. The architects were John H. Ely (1851-1932) and his son, Wilson C. Ely.



    Father: Mathias Cowell ELY b: MAR 22 1824 in Pennsylvania
    Mother: Keziah STACKHOUSE b: JUN 3 1829 in Pennsylvania

    Marriage 1 Lydia Helen WILSON b: JAN 1851 in New Jersey
    • Married: DEC 13 1871/2 1
    Children
    1. Has Children Wilson Cowell ELY b: MAY 29 1873 in New Jersey
    2. Has No Children Ida May ELY b: MAR 11 1878 in New Jersey
    3. Has No Children Amy Anna ELY b: APR 3 1880 in New Jersey

    Sources:
    1. The marriage, to be consistent with the birth of their first child and the
      stated length of 29 years in 1900 must have been 1871 or 1872.
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