San Joaquin County Biographies


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MRS. HATTIE (GRUPE) HOLMAN.
 
        The daughter of a well-known pioneer, and herself a native daughter of 
the Golden State, Mrs. Hattie (Grupe) Holman was born in San Joaquin County on 
the Linden road about nine miles from Stockton. She is the eldest daughter of 
Carsten and Margaret (Behnke) Grupe, natives of Hanover and Bremen, Germany, 
respectively. Carsten Grupe came to California around the Horn in 1849. Settling 
in San Joaquin County, he mined in the hills east of Linden, and later he 
purchased 1,300 acres of grain land in the same section of the county. Eight 
children were born to these California pioneers: Hattie, of this sketch; 
Katherine, now Mrs. Ramsay of Stockton; Doris, now Mrs. Stowe of Stockton; 
Henry, residing in Linden; John, also of Linden; Mattie, Mrs. Smith, who resides 
in Linden; Charles, deceased, and George, of Stockton.
        On September 12, 1876, Miss Hattie Grupe was united in marriage with 
Herman C. Holman, a native of Germany, son of Henry and Margreta Holman. Herman 
C. Holman came to California in 1862 and engaged in farming. He removed to 
Stockton and became the proprietor of the old United States Hotel; later he 
rebuilt it, and it is the present United States Hotel on South Center Street. 
In1905 he erected his splendid residence at 307 East Oak Street and retired from 
the hotel business, his sons. George and Leland, assuming the management of the 
hotel. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Holman: Charles, a dairyman in 
Stockton; George; Leland of Stockton, and Hattie, residing at home with her 
mother. Charles, the eldest son, married Miss Bertha Salbach, of Stockton, and 
they have two children, Herman and Katherine. Mr. Holman died in 1910 at the age 
of sixty-seven years, a highly respected citizen. Mr. Holman was a friend to the 
cause of education and served four terms as a member of the board of education. 
He was a Republican in politics, and fraternally was a member of the Odd Fellows 
Lodge and of the Encampment and Ridgely Canton, Stockton, and also a member of 
Stockton lodge, No. 218, Elks.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p  1040        
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.