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  ^{PETER HOLDEN PETER HOLDEN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WEXFORD COUNTY IRELAND MARRIED ANNASTACIA SINNOTT  AND GAVE THE HOLDEN FAMILY ITS NEXT GENERATION. WILLIAM HOLDEN (1827-1900) DANIEL HOLDEN (1838-1909) RICHARD HOLDEN (----1889) THIS PART OF THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA AND STARTED THEIR FAMILY IN THE NEW COUNTRY} 

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^{1838-DANIEL HOLDEN-1909 DANIEL HOLDEN, AFTER ARRIVING WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM AND RICHARD FOUND THEIR NEW HOME IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND. DANIEL'S OCCUPATION WAS LISTED AS A STONE CUTTER AND POLISHER. HE MARRIED  ANNA MURPHY AND THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN.} MARGARET, JAMES, WILLIAM, MARY, ANNASTACIA, THOMAS, M.RICHARD, AND ELLA HOLDEN. 

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1877-MICHAEL RICHARD HOLDEN-1940 ^{MICHAEL WAS MARRIED TO  MARY BERTHA (KROEDEL) ON 12-17-1901 AT ST. ANNS CHURCH IN BALTIMORE.THEN RESIDED AT 1342 SARGEANT ST. THEY CONTINUED WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOLDENS, ADDING TEN CHILDREN TO THE TREE. ELLA, ANNA, AGNES, LAWRENCE, RICHARD, GENAVIEVE, WILLIAM, JOESEPH, BURNADETTE, AND JOHN HOLDEN.}

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1909- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLDEN -1978 LAWRENCE MARRIED SARAH ALICE (LAMARTINA) AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEXT GENERATION WITH ELEVEN CHILDREN. ANGELO, RICHARD, BERTHA, LAWRENCE, CARMELLO, SALVATORE, RAYMOND, JOSEPHINE, ROSEMARY, PETER, AND JOSEPH HOLDEN. HE WORKED AS A STEAM ENGINEER AND FITTER PRODUCING STEAM FOR LEVI SHRINKING COMPANY. THE EXCESS STEAM WAS PURCHASED BY THE BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY AND WAS USED MAINLY TO HEAT MANY LARGE BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY. 

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