The Tennant/Grawbarger Journey: The Hollmer side of things

Peter Hollmer and Katarina Martinsen

Peter Hollmer was born on March 17, 1848, in Wöhrden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the son of Jacob. He married Katharina Christine Elisabeth Martinsen and they had four children together. He then married Margaret Ann Hudson on April 14, 1903, in Renfrew, Ontario. He died in Chalk River Ontario on November 18, 1903, at the age of 55.

Peter Hollmer is listed as passenger #1 on the ship "Steinhoft". He left Hamburg by himself at the age of 48 as listed on the manifest on the Steinhoft with 148 other passengers on the 15th of September and arrived in Montreal on the 4th of October 1894.

Peter's wife, Katarina, and their children left Hamburg on September 29, 1894 on a different ship called the "Baumwall" and arrived in Quebec City on the 17th October 1894.

John Hollmer, his son Percy and my grandpa George Tennant

One of those children was Jacob (John) Hollmer, my great grandfather on my dad's side. When John (Jacob) Christopher Hollmer was born on March 20, 1881, in Germany, his father, Peter, was 33 and his mother, Katharina, was 32. He married Ella Lena (Elsie) Bergman on October 24, 1905, in Chalk River, Ontario. They had eight children in 10 years. He died on June 8, 1948, in Chalk River, Ontario, at the age of 67. When Elsie Bergman was born on October 21, 1885, in Germany, her father, Paul, was 35, and her mother, Annie, was 34. She married John (Jacob) Christopher Hollmer on October 24, 1905, in Chalk River, Ontario. She died as a young mother in the great influenza outbreak of 1918-1920 on October 21, 1918, in Chalk River, Ontario, at the age of 33.

Annie Pearl Hollmer

One of those eight children of John and Elsie was my grandmother Annie Pearl Hollmer. When Annie Pearl Hollmer was born on January 7, 1909, in Chalk River, Ontario, her father, John, was 27, and her mother, Elsie, was 23. She married George Edward Tennant (my grandfather) on January 11, 1927, in her hometown of Chalk River. They had six children in 26 years. She died on December 20, 2002, in the hospital at Deep River, Ontario, at the age of 93.

George Edward Tennant

When George Edward Tennant was born on June 3, 1906, in Chalk River, Ontario, his father, George, was 29 and his mother, Margaret, was 19. George Edward Tennant was born on June 3, 1906, in Chalk River, Ontario, to Margaret McAuley, age 19, and George Cardiff Tennant, age 29. He married Annie Pearl Hollmer on January 11, 1927, in his hometown. They had six children in 26 years. He died on June 9, 1989, in Chalk River, Ontario, at the age of 83. George worked on the local Canadian Pacific Railway establishment in Chalk River. George and Pearl are buried in Forest View Cemetery (just off highway #17 at Fields Road) in Chalk River Ontario.