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Note: Avis Blakeman: Clara Genevieve Holden came to KS by covered wagon in 1870 with her parents, residing on a farm SE of Carbondale, Osage Co., KS. Before her marriage, Clara rode horseback around the countryside giving organ lessens and was very musically talented. My mother told me that Grandma would have the supper ready, the table set, and while she waited for the men folks to come in from choring, Clara would play marches on her organ, always "Going To the Cotton Field", her favorite. When cousin Marjorie and I stayed overnight at Grandma's, we would play the John Phillips Sousa marches on the Victrola. One afternoon Grandma decided we'd play and march around following the leader. Grandma led the way. She pulled out the dresser, we went behind it, crawled under the bed to the other side, stepped up on Frances' arched behind, marched behind curtains and finally ended our march by flopping down on the last note, sitting in a row on the divan. Marjorie and I were laughing so hard we could hardly follow Grandma ... and she had to have been in her sixties! She even put on a record showing us how to do the Schottish. _________________ Ruth I. Stude: Avis Blakeman told me that John H. and Clara Tregemba started housekeeping with their wheat patterned dresser with glass knobs in Dec. 1899. At that time it had two handkerchief drawers on top and a frame for the mirror. Avis remembered that Clara had it in her bedroom and it was painted white. Avis inherited this dresser and then gave it to me. By then, the handkerchief drawers and mirror frame was gone. The top was warped and patched up with scrap wood. My husband, John, made a new top for it and I refinished the remainder. _________________ Lloyd Laverle Moody: There was always music to be enjoyed around Grandmother's house. She had a reed organ in the parlor that she operated by pumping two foot pedals in front. Grandmother loved to play church hymns. Grandfather love to listen to John Phillips Sousa's marches played on their Victrola. _________________ Alice Cox: At Christmas time I remember that we'd go to Grandma's and she always kept the parlor door closed until after dinner. Then she would open the door and we'd see the beautiful decorated tree. We drew names and exchanged gifts. _________________ Joy Christie: Grandma had a pump organ in the living room. We liked to look at their steroschop or stereoptgan slides. After Grandpa died, Grandma moved to Overbrook. She moved to an apartment and really did enjoy town life. Every summer she came to visit us for a few weeks. She always brought a satchel with her that had a little aluminum pan, Postum, saccharine and her bottles of pills that she set out at her place each mealtime. She always boiled her food, never fried it, and she didn't consume any sugar or caffeine. She was very careful of her diet. She would cut out quilt pieces and crochet beautiful rag rugs when she visited. We would tear strips of rags, stitch the ends together and roll them into balls according to colors for her to use. She had a swing rocker and gave it to my mother, who then gave it to me. When I was sixteen, Grandma died in her sleep at out home. She left a very empty place in our lives. _________________ Ethel McGinty: My mother told me that Clara Holden's grandmother was a Green and a descendant of General Nathaniel Greene (July 27, 1742 - June 19, 1786). I remember Grandma very well. She spent time with us each summer and if we misbehaved, Grandma would give Mom a stern look and say, "Mercy!" which would led to a stern lecture from my mother. In the afternoon, either Mom or Grandma would play the piano and Grandma would encourage Joy and I to sing the good old church songs. I remember Grandma calling our mother "Ruthie". _________________ Marjorie Tregemba Messenger: Grandma loved to cook and bake, although she couldn't eat the sweets herself. She was always busy with making quilts, fancy work, etc. She liked music and played the piano. We had our most fun when we could talk her into Shottisching for us and when she marched around the room with us to some of the march tunes played on the phonograph. ________________ Michele Tregemba, daughter of Bob: Avis Blakeman told me once how Great-grandpa (John) would always catch Great-grandma (Clara) and chuck her under the chin and/or pull her into his lap and say, "Isn't your Grandma just the prettiest little thing you ever saw?" ________________ Elaine Tregemba Evans: Grandma Tregemba always made bread pudding or milk toast when we visited her. ________________ General Nathanael Green family trees are on Family Treemaker WFT #2, pedigree #2693; WFT Vol. E1, pedigree #0497; and some on WFT #4, pedigree 286 but not much information on it. Holden family and Nichols family members are listed on some of these trees. None showed descendants late enough to help our branch make a connection. --------------------------------- Overbrook Citizen, Aug. 21, 1947. Overbrook, Osage Co., KS Mrs. Clara Tregemba Mrs. Clara Genevieve Tregemba, 78, of Overbrook, died Wednesday, August 13, 1947, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Moody at Baldwin. Mrs. Tregemba was born in New York state, the daughter to James and Avis Holden, and came to Kansas when she was a year old. The family first settled on a farm between Overbrook and Carbondale, and she spent her entire life in this community. Clara Genevieve Holden was united in marriage with John H. Tregemba December 25, 1889 and to this union five children were born, three daughters and two sons. One daughter died in infancy and her husband preceded her in death. Mrs. Tregemba united in the Methodist church in young womanhood and continued in the faith throughout her life. Her interests were always in her church activities and her family. Surviving are the two daughters, Mrs. Moody of Baldwin, and Mrs. Myrtle Talley of Ottawa; the sons, Will and Eugene Tregemba, both of Overbrook; one sister, Mrs. Ivan Presley of Spokane, Wash., and a half-sister, Mrs. Hattie Rilands of Geneva, NY; 19 grandchildren and 16 great grand children. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Overbrook Methodist church with Rev. Earl O. Harbour officiating. Mrs. Nell Sullivan was at the piano and songs were a solo, "There Will Be No Tears in Paradise" by Mrs. Elmer Ray and two duets by Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Joe Coffman. The were "Sometime We'll Understand: and :in the Garden". Pallbearers were her grandsons, Don Talley, Robert Tregemba, Carrol Blakeman, Gayle Talley, Laverle Moody, and Harry Moody. Interment was in Valley Brook Cemetery. -------------------------------- The Baldwin Ledger, August 21, 1947, pg. 1 Mother of Mrs. Moody passed away suddenly Mrs. Clara Tregemba of Overbrook passed away in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Moody on Wednesday night, August 13. She had been as well as usual Tuesday evening and her death was discovered when she did not arise as usual. Clara Genevieve Holden was born at Canandaigua, NY Feb. 4, 1869 and died at the age of 78 years, 6 months and 9 days. Services were held in the Overbrook Methodist Church Saturday, August 16 at 3 pm. in charge of Rev. E.O. Harbour of Topeka. She was laid to rest in the Valley Brook Cemetery beside her husband who passed away in 1938. Mrs. Tregemba came to Kansas with her parents in 1870 residing on a farm southeast of Carbondale till her marriage to John Tregemba Dec. 15, 1890. She spent the rest of her life in and near Overbrook. She joined the Methodist Church when a young woman and remained a faithful member. Five children were born to this union: Mrs. Myrtle Talley of Ottawa, Mrs. Ruth Moody of Baldwin, Will and Eugene Tregemba of Overbrook. One daughter, Hattie Christina died in infancy. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ivah Presley, Spokane, Wash.; a half sister, Mrs. Hattie Rilands, Geneva, New York. These grandsons acted as pallbearers: Gayle Talley, Don Talley, Harry Moody, Laverle Moody, Robert Tregemba and Carrol Blakeman.
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