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

In 1937, Robert Daly rented a house in Miami, Florida for his summer vacation in the Sunshine state. As usual his sister-in-law Virginia went along to help supervise Mary Herrin, now six years old. Here the two sit on a porch. Note Virginia's dress and shoes.

And the war came....Virginia met a gregarious young student while in high school, Walter Cornelius.  He later attended Howard College (now Samford University) in Woodlawn.  By late January 1942, they were married, and by 1943, Walter (above) was in uniform.  Here he is in the yard between the Holliman and Daly houses in Irondale, a lawn where countless photographs were taken from the 1930s to the 1950s.

While Walter was in school in 1942 and 1943, Virginia began working in her brother-in-law's bank in Woodlawn.  Robert Daly had lost several men to the draft by 1942, and Virginia started working, temporarily.   Little did she know it would be a life-time career, and she would pioneer women in Alabama banking.

After World War II, Walter returned home from the Pacific, finished law school and began a career at an attorney.  For Virginia and Walter, two girls were soon born - Nancy Carol Cornelius Morton(1945) and Susan Cornelius Williams (1949).

The above clipping ran in 1950 in the Birmingham News.  It shows, of all things, Ulyss Holliman with Carol Cornelius, five years old, at a cooking school in downtown Birmingham.  Forgive this grandson of Ulyss, but it is difficult for me one to fathom my grandfather attending a cooking demonstration and second, taking a grandchild with him!  On the right of the clipping is a portion of Mary Daly and E.C. Herrin's 1951 wedding article.  My thanks to cousin Mary for the loan of the article which I scanned into my computer.


More on the sixth child of Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman in the next post....



Note: The information and opinions expressed in these family biographies are those of the writer alone. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. The purpose of these articles is to capture a period and family in American history and to pass this legacy along to future generations who share the common bond of family.

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.