Charles John 'Jack' HOLT II & Margaret Helen WOOD

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Charles John HOLT II, a.k.a., Jack HOLT
Margaret Helen WOOD

Husband: Charles John HOLT II
Birth: 31 May 1888, Bronx, New York City, New York Co., NY
Death: 18 Jan 1951, Sawtell, Los Angeles, CA
Disposition: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Residence: grew up in Winchester, VA
Education: Trinity School, Manhattan, NY; Virginia Military Institute
Military Service: World War II (horse buyer for the cavalry)
Occupation: film star
Event: Founder (one of 36), Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Trivia: cartoonist Chester Gould based comic-strip character Dick Tracy on Jack's "granite-jawed" profile
Father: Charles John HOLT I
Mother: Frances Barton MARSHALL

Marriage: 1917, CA

Wife: Margaret Helen WOOD
Birth: 25 Jan 1891, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
Death: 15 Jan 1963, Ojai, Ventura Co., CA
Father: Henry Stanley WOOD
Mother: Elizabeth M. NIXON

Children — born in Los Angeles Co., CA:

1. Imogene W. "Gene" HOLT, b. 10 Nov 1911
2. Charles John HOLT III (a.k.a., Tim HOLT — actor), b. 5 Feb 1919, Beverley Hills
3. Elizabeth Marshall HOLT (a.k.a., Jennifer/Jacqueline HOLT — actress), b. 1924/5, Hollywood; d. 21 Sep 1997, Dorset, England; m1. William BLAKEWELL (actor); m2. Mr. CARDINAL

Elizabeth is said to be born 10 Nov 1920, but the census says she is younger.

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 20): 1632 Laurel Avenue, Crescent, Cahuenga Twp., Los Angeles Co., CA, Roll 102 (Book 1), p. 253B, SN 22B, SD 8, ED 34, enumerated 24 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

* 1632 131 134 Holt Jack Head O F M W 32 M Y Y NY NY CA Y Actor Film Co W

____ Margaret Wife F W 28 M Y Y CA CA CA Y None

____ Emmagene Dau F W 7 S Y CA NY CA None

____ Jack (Jr) Son M W ¹¹/₁₂ S CA NY CA None

Howard Mary S Servant F W 48 S Y Y MO Ire Eng Ire Eng Y House keeper ???? W

Norris Katherine Servant F B 50 Wd Y Y AL AL AL Y Nurse Practical W

Laughin Charles W Boarder M W 48 D Y Y MI Can Eng NY Y Salesman Shoe W

*Laurel Ave

3. 1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 39): 1632 Laurel Street, Los Angeles City (Assembly Dist. 56), Los Angeles Co., CA, Roll 135 (Book 1), p. 195A, SN 6A, ED 19-90, SD 16, enumerated 5-18 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 1632 117 105 Holt Charles J Head 0 100000 R N M W 41 M 27 N Y NY WV VA Y Actor Motion Pictures W Y N

____ Margaret W Wife F W 39 M 18 N Y MN MN MA Y None

____ Gene W Dau F W 18 S Y Y CA NY MN Y None

Holt Charles J Jr Son M W 11 S Y Y CA NY MN Y None

____ Elizabeth M Dau F W 5 S Y Y CA NY MN Y None

Folae? Gertrude Servant F Neg 24 M 17 N Y CA CA CA Y Servant Private Family W Y

Dickens Mattie L Servant F Neg 37 M 20 Y Y TX LA LA Y Servant Private Family W Y

*Laurel St

4. CADI: California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com; missing columns contained no data):

Last
Name First
Name Middle Birth
Date Mother
Maiden Father
Last Sex Birth
Place Death Place
(County) Death
Date SSN Age

Holt Charles John 05/31/1888 Marshall Holt M New York Los Angeles (19) 01/18/1951 62 yrs

Holt Margaret H 01/25/1891 Nixon F Michigan Ventura 01/15/1963 548-44-988 71 yrs

Margaret was born in Minnesota, not Michigan.

5. Millenium File (online at Ancestry.com).

6. Various movie-buff web sites.

7. GNIS: Geographic Names Information Service (online at USGS.gov): shows Laurel Avenue in/near the Crescent subdivision in West Hollywood.

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