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Alfred Roy Brenholts, Sr

Alfred Roy Brenholts, Sr

Male 1916 - 1988  (72 years)


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  • Name Alfred Roy Brenholts 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 25 Apr 1916  Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Fact Flags: Preferred
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LYH7-5H9 
    Ω Census son 1 Jan 1920  911 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • 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  [4, 5] 
    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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    Keywords: Picture
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    Keywords: Picture
    Ω Census grandson 1 Apr 1930  258 Hudson Avenue, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 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
    Travel Apr 1936  [7] 
    Trip to Bermuda 
    • In April of 1936, Al returned from the Bermuda islands on the SS Monarch of Bermuda, no indication of travelling companion or the itinerary of this trip.
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    Travel Aug 1937  [2] 
    Trip to England 
    • Al returned home from Liverpool via the SS Samaria, arriving port of Boston 29 August 1937. Duration and itinerary for this trip is unknown.
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    Military Service From 1941 to 1945 
    World War II, US Army 
    Photos Go to Photo Gallery for Alfred Roy Brenholts 
    _UID 951C00C254DA4091A0BBF97752B7DD345756 
    Death 6 Jul 1988  Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9] 
    Burial Aft 6 Jul 1988  Garden Park Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
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    gravestones\BRENHOLTS Garden Park Cemetery    		 gravestones\BRENHOLTS Garden Park Cemetery
    Person ID I763  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2025 

    Father Roy Brenholts,   b. 12 Aug 1886, Monday Creek Junction, Hocking, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1962, Park Medical Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Jessie Marguerite "Peggy" Matticks,   b. 15 Nov 1889, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1945, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1910  First Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13, 14] 
    • 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

    Wife Heloise Ramsey Smartt,   b. 21 Apr 1913, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 2005, Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1946  Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Al's address was 911 Franklin Ave, Heloise was at 909 Franklin Ave. She was a sales lady, he was a sales man.
    Children 
     1. Alfred Roy Brenholts, Jr.,   b. 1 Oct 1947, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 2018, Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Living
     3. George Ramsey Brenholts,   b. 13 Jul 1952, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1973, Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S194] Social Security Death Index, Number: 272-18-5455; Issue State: Ohio; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Birth date: 25 Apr 1916Birth place: Death date: 6 Jul 1988Death place: Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States of America


    2. [S231] Travel - Passenger Lists Boston 1891-1943.

    3. [S338] Cens1920 - OH Franklin Columbus ed77 p4b.

    4. [S799] Travel - Passenger Lists New York 1820-1957.
      travel_records\arrival_manifest_conte_grande_new_york_22jun1928      		 travel_records\arrival_manifest_conte_grande_new_york_22jun1928


    5. [S1341] Email - Campbell Joan to Price Leslie 2019-Feb.

    6. [S339] Cens1930 - OH Licking Newark Ward 6 p12a.

    7. [S799] Travel - Passenger Lists New York 1820-1957.

    8. [S67] Death Database: TX 1964-1998, Alfred Roy Brenholts Sr.

    9. [S193] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
      Death date: 6 Jul 1988Death place: Montgomery, Texas


    10. [S918] Find a Grave: Alfred Roy Brenholts.

    11. [S73] Letter - Listenberger Rosemary to Brown Barbara 1993, Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.

    12. [S749] MarrAnnc - Brenholts Roy to Matticks Marguerite (engagement).

    13. [S1346] MarrCert - Brenholts Roy to Matticks Marguerite.

    14. [S1410] DAR - Campbell, Virginia Ruth Brenholts to Silas Bates.

    15. [S1345] MarrCert - Brenholts Alfred to Smartt Heloise.