Wilbur Jack Holiday

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      Sex: M

AKA: Jack

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 23 Dec 1890 - Pennsylvania, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 10 Sep 1967 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 12 Sep 1967 - Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Clarisse Genevieve Gettwerth
       Marriage: 12 Aug 1912 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
       Children:
                1. Stanley W. Holiday

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Notes

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General:

Per WWI Draft Regidtration Card 6/5/1917
Wilbur Holiday, age 26, born Dec 23, 1890 in Scranton, Penn., America. A natural born citizen, he resides at 1200 N. Miro, NO, LA. He is employed as a life insurance agent for Virginia Life Ins Co, 402 Macheca Bldg. He is white, married, and has a wife and 1 child, for which he is claiming exemption from service. He is described as tall, slender, gray eyes and dark brown hair.

Per 1920 US Census January 5, 1920, 1200 N. Miro St., Ward 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Wilbur Holiday is the 29 year old white male head of household, who rents his home. He was born in Pennsylvania, his father in New York, his mother in Pennsylvania. He works as an insurance agent. His wife, 27 year old Clarisse Holiday, was born in Texas, her parents in Louisiana. Their 6 year 1 month old son, Stanley Holiday, was born in Louisiana.

Per 1930 US Census April 7, 1930 2960 Fortier St, 7th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Wilbur Holiday is the 36 year old white male head of household, who rents his home for $35 a month, and owns a radio set. He was born in Pennsylvania, his parents in the United States. He works as an insurance agent, and is not a veteran. His wife, 36 year old Clarisse G. Holiday was born in Texas, her parents in Louisiana. They were both 19 years old when they got married. The have a 16 year old son, Stanley W. Holiday, born in Louisiana, attends school.

Per numerous ads in the Times-Picayune 1932 [during the great depression]
BY MATHEWS BROS
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Bankrupt Sale
No. 6401 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisana
In Re Wilbur Holiday, Bankrupt
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Will be sold at public auction Wednesday, February 3, 1932, at 11 a. m. from our auction rooms, 528 Canal St.
By virtue of an order of the Hon. E. J. Thilberger, Referee in Bankruptcy, dated January 21, 1932, the undersigned auctioneer will sell at public auction on Wednesday, February 3, 1932, from our auction room, 528 Canal St., the following as per inventory on file.
3-pc. parlor set, Linoleum, chairs, rockers, kitchen table and chairs, shades and draperies, kitchen safe, iron beds, springs, mattresses, refrigerator, desk and chair, glassware, chifforobe, dresser, porcelain top table, lamps, Victrola, tables, violin, books, rugs, bedroom set, and many other household effects.
Terms Cash.
JEFFERSON P MATHEWS, Auctioneer
528 Canal St.
JAS. J. CULLAINE Trustee
Jan. 22-31, Feb 1.

Per Times-Picayune 2/19/1932 Page 4
U. S. DISTRICT COURT
REFEREE'S DECISION
4401 - In re Wilbur Holiday, bankrupt, final account of trustee.

Per Times-Picayune 3/3/1932 Page 6
U. S. DISTRICT COURT
REFEREE'S DECISION
4401 - In re Wilbur Holiday, bankrupt; trustee's discharge.

Per Times-Picayune 11/4/1948 Page 13
Didn't Like 'Wilbur' So He Almost Misses Reunion With His Sister
Because he though his first given name of Wilbur sounded "sissified," Jack Holiday Wednesday almost missed a reunion here with a sister whom he hadn't seen in 38 years.
Holiday, 54, 5428 Baccich, told the story this way:
His sister, Ms. Harriett Wilson, Lyndhurst, N. J., heard his son, Stanley Holiday, speaking on a broadcast during the January 1 Sugar Bowl football classic. That convinced her that her brother was living in New Orleans.
So Mrs. Wilson and her husband, William J. Wilson, a heating contractor, stopped by New Orleans Monday on a return trip home from a convention in Phoenix, Ariz. But she ran into complications when she tried to locate Holiday.
"When we got here." she said, " I looked in the telephone book for Wilbur Holiday. Bu I could not find it and called Stanley's residence and asked for Wilbur, and they told me they didn't know him."
Holiday said when his sister called his son's residence, his son's brother-in-law answered the telephone and " he didn't know my real name." However, Mrs. Wilson scanned the city directory and found Mrs. Jack Holiday's given name, which she recognized.
She called Stanley's residence again and "we got everthing straightened out," she said. "The last letter I received from Wilbur - or Jack - was in 1922, and I did not know what happened to him."
Said Jack Holiday: "Wilbur is a sissy name. I've always hated it. Sissies in the funny papers are always named Wilbur and so were a lot of sissies I knew when I was a kid."

Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 9/12/1967 Page 2
HOLIDAY -- On Sunday, September 10, 1967, at 7:20 o'clock, WILBUR JACK HOLIDAY, husband of Clarisse Holiday; father of Stanley W. Holiday; grandfather of Mrs. Albert F. Dussan III and Mrs. Ralph Grimaldi; great-grandfather of Albert F. Dussan IV and Randy Holiday Dussan; brother of Mrs. Harriet Wilson and Edward Holiday.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.
Services from Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 S. Claiborne ave. (parking entrance, adjoining), on Tuesday morning, September 12, 1967, at 9:00 o'clock, followed by Requiem Mass at St. Raphael Church.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

Per Social Security Death Index
Name: Jack Holiday SSN:433-05-5241
Last Residence: 70122 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Born:23 Dec 1893 Died: Sep 1967
State (Year) SSN issued:Louisiana (Before 1951)

Per Times-Picayune 3/25/1975 Page 47
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT SUCCESSIONS
Succession of Clarisse Gettwerth Holiday and Jack Holiday, possession.

Per Times-Picayune 4/24/1975 Page 27
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT VALUE OF ESTATES AND INVENTORIES
Clarisse Gettwerth and Jack Holiday, $18,142.92

JUDGE GARAFALO
Succession of Clarisse Gettwerth Holiday & Jack Holiday, judgement of possession.

Marriage Notes (Clarisse Genevieve Gettwerth)

Per New Orleans marriage index:
1912
Bride: GETTWERTH, CLARISSE GENEVIEVE
Groom: HOLIDAY, WILBUR
Orleans parish Page: 587 Volume: 34

Per New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1920
Name: Clarisse Genevieve Gettwerth
Birth Date:abt 1890 Age: 22 Gender: F (Female)
Spouse: Wilbur Holiday
Spouse Age: 20 Spouse Gender: M (Male)
Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1912

Per 8/14/1912 Times Picayune Page 9
VITAL STATISTICS MARRIAGES
Wilbur Holiday and Miss Clarisse G. Gettwerth.