Barbara Lee Brenholts (1914 - 1995): Our Family History

1914 - 1995 (80 years)

Name	Barbara Lee Brenholts
Birth	9 Dec 1914	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States [1]
Gender	Female
Ω Census daughter	1 Jan 1920	911 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States [2]
	Roy was a manager in the coal business, owned his home with no mortgage. Witness Role: Principal: [I756] Roy BRENHOLTS Witness Role: head of household: [I756] Roy BRENHOLTS Witness Role: wife: [I757] Jessie Marguerite MATTICKS Witness Role: daughter: [I758] Virginia Ruth BRENHOLTS Witness Role: daughter: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS Witness Role: son: [I763] Alfred Roy BRENHOLTS Witness Role: mother-in-law: [I791] Lillian Gertrude LEGGE
FACTSailed	From 12 Jun 1928 to 22 Jun 1928 [3, 4]
	from Italy to New York
	Marguerite Brenholts and her 3 children (Virginia, Barbara, Alfred) returned to the port of New York from Genoa, Italy, via the SS Conte Grande. This was the maiden voyage of the SS Conte Grande sailing from Genoa, to Naples, and then on to New York City. The captain of the ship sent a postcard to young Barbara as he was leaving NYC. Her friend Gladys Chamberlain, with Gladys' son Tom, returned from Southampton England in August of this same year. Not sure of the duration of this trip or the itinerary, though this seems to be the "return to America" after an extended stay in Europe for the recently divorced friends, Marguerite and Gladys, with their children. Witness Role: Principal: [I757] Jessie Marguerite MATTICKS Witness Role: Child: [I763] Alfred Roy BRENHOLTS Witness Role: Child: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS Witness Role: Child: [I758] Virginia Ruth BRENHOLTS
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Ω Census granddaughter	1 Apr 1930	258 Hudson Avenue, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States [5]
	Sharing her home with her daughter Marguerite, and Marguerite's two youngest children. The census taker wrote that Marguerite was a widow, she was in fact divorced. Witness Role: Principal: [I791] Lillian Gertrude LEGGE Witness Role: head of household: [I791] Lillian Gertrude LEGGE Witness Role: daughter: [I757] Jessie Marguerite MATTICKS Witness Role: grandson: [I763] Alfred Roy BRENHOLTS Witness Role: granddaughter: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS
Misc	Abt 1932	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
	Competed in a night horse show at the county fair
	Undated newspaper clipping shows Barbara Brenholts preparing to compete at the Franklin County Fair in Hilliard, home address is given in the article.
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Name	From 13 Nov 1937 [6]
	Barbara B. Chamberlain
Ω Census wife	1 Apr 1940	316 Taylor Road, Short Hills, Essex, New Jersey, United States [7]
	He was a clerk in the insurance industry. He was making $2,500 per year, and owned a home worth $12,500. The twins, Barbara and Deborah, would be born one month after this census was taken. Witness Role: Principal: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: head of household: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: wife: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS Witness Role: daughter: [I768] Lynne Taber CHAMBERLAIN
FACTTrip	Jul 1940 [8]
	to the Bahamas
	Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain traveled to and from Nassau Bay, Bahamas shortly after their twins were born. They returned to New York Harbor on 5 Jul 1940, aboard the SS Acadia. The return date is 2 days before the twins' turned 2 months old, no information as to when this trip began. Witness Role: Principal: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Spouse: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS
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Ω Residence Spouse	Jun 1944	2708 Greene Ave, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
	Tom and Barbara moved from New Jersey to Texas with their three girls. The girls stayed with their Grandma and Grandpa Zan while their parents made the move. Witness Role: Principal: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Spouse: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS Witness Role: Child: [I772] Barbara CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Child: [I3] Deborah CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: Child: [I768] Lynne Taber CHAMBERLAIN
Ω Census wife	1 Apr 1950	2300 Medford Court East, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States [9]
	They'd been in this house for less than a year. Witness Role: Principal: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: head of household: [I762] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: wife: [I761] Barbara Lee BRENHOLTS Witness Role: daughter: [I768] Lynne Taber CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I772] Barbara CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: daughter: [I3] Deborah CHAMBERLAIN Witness Role: son: [I778] Thomas Taber CHAMBERLAIN
Group	Apr 1969	Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States [10, 11]
	member of DAR
	Member #541051, Mary Isham Keith Chapter #6074TX, via Record: "Silas BATES". Legacy via her grandmother Clara Alma Bates Brenholts. Her sister Virginia Ruth Brenholts Campbell joined 2 years prior.
DAR ID	541051
Family Search ID	LX3Z-56Z
Find A Grave ID	202195800
Photos	Go to Photo Gallery for Barbara Brenholts
Residence	From 1986 to 13 Feb 1995	Houston, Harris, Texas, United States [12, 13]
_UID	65A2CA5A22D94E76940A731766A7B7F1C780
Death	13 Feb 1995	Houston, Harris, Texas, United States [6, 14, 15]
	Cause: aortic stenosis due to calcific aortic valve
Burial	Aft 13 Feb 1995 [16]
	Cremated. Ashes buried in undesignated location.
Person ID	I761	My Genealogy
Last Modified	28 Apr 2025

Father	Roy Brenholts, b. 12 Aug 1886, Monday Creek Junction, Hocking, Ohio, United States d. 24 Dec 1962, Park Medical Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States (Age 76 years)
Mother	Jessie Marguerite "Peggy" Matticks, b. 15 Nov 1889, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States d. 11 Sep 1945, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States (Age 55 years)
Marriage	16 Jun 1910	First Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States [17, 18, 19, 20]
	Transcribed by Record: "Joan Campbell", (granddaughter of the couple) from an undated newspaper clipping BRENHOLTS - MATTICKS Wednesday evening at eight o'clock was the hour when in the First Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. L.C. Sparks united in the holy bonds of matrimony Miss Marguerite Matticks, daughter of Mrs. David William Matticks of 202 West Church street, and Mr. Roy Brenholts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brenholts of Woodland avenue, Columbus. The ring service was used and the wedding was beautiful in its simplicity. Miss Pearl Bourner presided at the organ and at the appointed hour the bridal party entered to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, while the recessional was Mendelssohn's march. Mrs. Matticks gave her daughter in marriage and Miss Bernice Bates of Parlette, Ohio, cousin of the groom, was her maid of honor. Mr. Raymond Matticks, brother of the bride, attended the groom. Miss Matticks, who is one of Newark's most charming and beautiful young women, was a vision of loveliness in a white silk voile robe over white messaline with trimmings of Duchess lace and pearls and a full length veil caught in her coiffure with bride's roses. She carried a bouquet of bride's roses with a shower of swansonia and her only ornament was an exquisite gold necklace of amethysts, pearls and diamonds, the gift of the groom.Miss Bates was gowned in white chiffon over satin, carried pink sweet peas and wore a wreath of the same flowers, while Mrs. Matticks wore a dainty gown of white bastiste and Valenciennes lace. Following the marriage service the relatives and a few intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs.Brenholts were invited to the home of the bride's mother where an informal reception was held and a buffet luncheon served. The parlors were elaborately decorated with ferns, smilax, laurel and other spring flowers. When the bride's cake was cut the thimble was found by Miss Ruth Miller, the coin by Mrs. Williams, and the ring by Miss Bernice Hatch, who also was the fortunate recipient of the bride's bouquet. During the evening many congratulations and best wishes were given and received. Sometime during the evening the young people slipped away from their guests and entering Mr. Brenholts' White Steamer touring car started on a trip through Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. On Saturday they will join a house party at the home of Miss Gladys Taber in Araor, Ind., a schoolmate of the bride at Oberlin, and in the evening a dance will be given in their honor. They will then proceed through Michigan, visiting Gull Lake and many other points of interest, returning through Detroit and Toledo. They will reside for the present at the home of the groom's parents in Columbus and probably this fall will take up their home in West Virginia. Mrs. Brenholts' going away gown was a grey cloth Russian blouse suit with accessories of the same color. The bride was one of the most popular young women of this city's younger social set and has lived in this city all her life. She is a graduate of the Newark High school in the class of '08, and this past year was a student at Oberlin College. Mr. Brenholts graduated from the Ohio State University in '07 in the mechanical engineering department, is a member of the Iota Chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity and is also a member of the honorary fraternity for engineers, the Sigma Xi. He and his father are coal mine operators in the Hocking Valley, West Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs.Brenholts presented her maid with a beautiful topaz brooch, while the groom gave his best man a pearl scarfpin. Among the out of town guests present at the marriage were Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, and Miss Dorothy Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brenholts, Miss ___m Smith, Mrs. Z. Williams, Dr. and Mrs. Woods, all of Columbus, Mrs. ___uhar and Mrs. Corbin, aunts of the bride from Zanesville, Misses ___ha and Bernice Bates of Parlette, Ohio, Mr. George Fairbanks of Springfield, Mrs. John Hoagwood of Mt. Vernon, Mr. Brown of Columbus, Mrs. Charles Adams of Parkersburg, W. Va., Miss Spencer of Granville, Mrs. A. K. Keller of Pittsburg, Miss ___rd and Miss Eva Brenholtz of ___esville. --From an undated, tattered newspaper clipping. The wedding date was June 15, 1910 in Newark, Ohio.
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Notes	Marriage Status: Divorced
Family ID	F255	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Husband Thomas Taber Chamberlain, Sr., b. 18 Aug 1913, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States d. 2 Oct 1980, Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States (Age 67 years)

Marriage 13 Nov 1937 911 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States [21, 22]

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Divorce 6 Jan 1966 Tarrant, Texas, United States [23]

Notes

Marriage Status: Divorced

Children

+	1. Lynne Taber Chamberlain, b. 11 Nov 1938, Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. 3 Jun 2018, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 79 years)
+	2. Living
+	3. Deborah Chamberlain, b. 7 May 1940, Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. 16 Jan 1990, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 49 years)
+	4. Thomas Taber Chamberlain, Jr., b. 31 Jul 1945 d. 26 Feb 2015, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States (Age 69 years)

Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 18 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 9 Dec 1914 - Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census daughter - 1 Jan 1920 - 911 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census granddaughter - 1 Apr 1930 - 258 Hudson Avenue, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States
	Misc - Competed in a night horse show at the county fair - Abt 1932 - Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
	Marriage - 13 Nov 1937 - 911 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Apr 1940 - 316 Taylor Road, Short Hills, Essex, New Jersey, United States
	Ω Residence Spouse - Jun 1944 - 2708 Greene Ave, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
	Ω Census wife - 1 Apr 1950 - 2300 Medford Court East, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
	Divorce - 6 Jan 1966 - Tarrant, Texas, United States
	Group - member of DAR - Apr 1969 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
	Residence - From 1986 to 13 Feb 1995 - Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
	Death - Cause: aortic stenosis due to calcific aortic valve - 13 Feb 1995 - Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Photos
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Sources

[S1539] BirthCert - Brenholts Barbara.
[S338] Cens1920 - OH Franklin Columbus ed77 p4b.
[S799] Travel - Passenger Lists New York 1820-1957.

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[S1341] Email - Campbell Joan to Price Leslie 2019-Feb.
[S339] Cens1930 - OH Licking Newark Ward 6 p12a.
[S193] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
Death date: 13 Feb 1995Death place: Harris, Texas
[S725] Cens1940 - NJ Essex Millburn p16a.
[S799] Travel - Passenger Lists New York 1820-1957.
[S1451] Cens1950 - TX Tarrant Fort Worth p18.
[S1391] DAR Member, #541051, Barbara Lee Brenholts Chamberlain.
[S1387] DAR - Chamberlain, Barbara Brenholts to Silas Bates.
[S195] U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1.
Birth date: 9 Dec 1914Birth place: Residence date: 1986Residence place: Houston, TX
[S200] U.S. Public Records Index.
Residence date: 1987Residence place: Houston, Texas, USA
[S194] Social Security Death Index, Number: 300-07-5546; Issue State: Ohio; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Birth date: 9 Dec 1914Birth place: Death date: 13 Feb 1995Death place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States of America
[S1321] DeathCert - Chamberlain Barbara Lee Brenholts.
[S1035] Find a Grave: Barbara Lee Brenholts Chamberlain.
[S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993, Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.
[S749] MarrAnnc - Brenholts Roy to Matticks Marguerite (engagement).
[S1346] MarrCert - Brenholts Roy to Matticks Marguerite.
[S1410] DAR - Campbell, Virginia Ruth Brenholts to Silas Bates.
[S750] MarrAnnc - Chamberlain Thomas to Brenholts Barbara.
[S395] MarrCert - Chamberlain Thomas to Brenholts Barbara.
[S1540] Divorce - Chamberlain-Thomas-T-Barbara-B.