Mary Ann Gardner Holland (1823 - 1895)

Born 1823 in Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1895 at about age 72 in Somerville, Somerville, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary was a Civil War Nurse.

Mary was born in 1823.

She was a nurse during the US Civil War. After the war, Mary compiled and edited "Our Army Nurses", a book about the experiences of many women who served as nurses during the war. The book consists of letters written by the nurses about their experiences.

In her narrative, she mentions seeing to her nephew, William K. Nason of Maine, the son of Mary's sister, Sarah June (Holland) Nason. Miss Holland writes about working in Columbia College Hospital, Seminary Hospital, and Lincoln Barracks Hospital in the Washington, D. C. area as well as at Annapolis in all about fourteen months beginning in the Spring of 1864. She also mentions working with Rebecca Wiswell and Aunt Becky during her service.

She passed away in November 1895 at her home in West Somerville, Massachusetts.

Sources

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: M6V3-7T4 (accessed 23 October 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-65XS-T8M Image number 00039
  Name: Mary A Holland; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1825; Birth Place: Maine; Age: 25; Source House Nbr: 236.
• Death: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  citing Death, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011956.
  FamilySearch Record: Q2QK-N2Y2 (accessed 23 October 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-F9WD-1 Image number 01241
  Name: Mary A Gardiner Holland; Death Date: 21 Nov 1895; Death Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; Birth Date: 1823; Age: 72; Source Certificate Nbr: 753.
• Death: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
  citing Somervile, Massachusetts, v 455 p 378, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,516.
  FamilySearch Record: N7BL-8L1 (accessed 23 October 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DZRS-YPL
  Name: Mary A. Gardiner Holland; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Occupation: At Home; Death Date: 21 Nov 1895; Death Place: Somervile, Massachusetts; Birth Date: 1823; Residence Date: 21 Nov 1895; Residence Place: Som, MA; Age: 72y; Event Type: Death; Cemetery Name: Somerville Tomb; First Letter: G; Lname Fname: Gardiner Holland, Mary A., 1895.

See Also:

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #92379709 (accessed 23 October 2022)
  Memorial page for Mary Ann Gardner Holland (1825-21 Nov 1895), citing Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Scott Leonard (contributor 47229103).
• Holland, Mary A. Gardner. Our Army Nurses. Boston: B. Wilkins & Co. 1895. pp. 15-25.
• Wikipedia:Mary_A._Gardner_Holland
• Wikidata: Item Q28848674
• "The Hollands of Central Maine" in Old Blue Genes by Scott Leonard. internet blog 24 Oct 2022