Father's Parents:
Henry Holtzman & Christine Lienhardt Holtzman
Mother's Parents:
Henry Johnson & Gertje Huisinga Johnson
Father & Mother:
Father: Jacob Holtzman (1851-1926)
Mother: Zwaantje Johnson Holtzman (1867-1964)
Children:
Ruth (1905-1976)
Great-grandparents and Grandmother:
Jacob and Zwaantje Johnson Holtzman
Ruth Holtzman Hey
"I, Jacob Holtzman, was born near Phillipsburg, Waterloo County, Wilmot township, West Ontario, Canada on March 7th, 1851"
And so begins the eleven page memoir of Jacob L. Holtzman.
Born in Canada, and migrating through Michigan to Illinois, J.L. Holtzman (1851-1925), a Methodist, circuit-riding preacher, married Zwaantje Johnson (1867-1964), owner of a tailor shop, in 1904.
Grandpa Holtzman's Memoir
(Complete Original Memoir.)
(Complete Memoir Translated.)
(Page 1, Original Memoir, Below)
