Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman and their Descendants

by Glenn N. Holliman

Virginia Ruth Holliman Cornelius, 1922

the Sixth Child of Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman

Born in Irondale, Alabama, my Aunt Virginia was the third and last daughter of my grandparents.  Below in 1923 is baby Virginia on the left in the hat, with an unnamed baby on the right.

Below is a fantastic photograph from cousin Charles Halford Ferrell of four of the Holliman siblings from 1928.  Left to right is Virginia, Ralph in the wheel barrel, and his two oldest sisters, Loudelle and Vena, who are both in bib overalls!  Notice the car with the canvas top in the background.  

Below in the middle 1930s, Virginia is supervising young Mary Daly Herrin's dip in the Gulf of Mexico.  Robert Daly took his extended family every summer to Florida to enjoy sun and sand.  Paved roads and more reliable automobiles made middle class vacations possible by the third decade of the 20th Century.  As with her brother Ralph and Bishop, Virginia attended and graduated from Shades-Cahaba High School.  As with the rest of the family World War II would change her world forever.

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Plan now to attend the Holliman and Associated Families Genealogical Round Table at the Fayette County, Alabama Civic Center, 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011. For information and reservations for lunch, contact Glenda Norris at gnorris@bcbsal.org or Glenn Holliman at Glennhistory@gmail.com.  Sessions to include Tracing the Holymans from England to Alabama, Holliman Farm Sites in Fayette County and sharing of information on Associated Families.  All invited  All invited, including the Holliman social at the Rose House Inn, Fayette, 5:30 pm to 9 pm, Friday, October 14th.