Hi to Janet Matteson who mentioned the name Lightholder and Blanche Holmes Lightholder. She was the 3rd wife of John3 Lightholder who was a building contractor and owned a lumberyard in Streator (perhaps later owned by a Brown?), at one time located at 608 N. Vermillion Street (1925 Streator city directory). John3's first wife was Mary Ellen Rahn, married 26 July 1905 at Arenzville, IL. She was the daughter of John and Susan (Koffin?) Rahn, and he was the son of John2 and Ellen (Cullen) Lightholder, and grandson of William1 (the immigrant from County Meath, Ireland to Saratoga Co., NY, to Peoria Co., Chenoa, McLean Co., and Saunemin, Livingston Co., IL) and Margaret (McGuire) Lightholder. Mary Ellen (Rahn) Lightholder 31 August 1927 in Geneseo Twp., Henry Co., IL, in a freak accident involving a ceremonial sword in a car on a trip to a Knights Templar meeting in the Quad Cities (IL death certificate 0370153). All three children Olive, Margaret, and Helen were born to Mary Ellen. John3 married a second time to Olive (Legore) Messersmith, born 1889 and died 24 October 1937, one week before their divorce was final. Obviously this was not a happy marriage. John3 married third in June 1946 to Blanche Holmes, born 26 December 1890, died 13 February 1977. It was during his marriage to Blanche that John3 built their new home at 307 Court Street, Streator. John3 died 15 March 1954 in Streator. He was buried 18 March at Riverview Cemetery, Section 28, Plot 6. His first wife Mary is buried to the right of his stone and his third wife Blanche is buried to the left. William1 Lightholder is my ancestor also, but through his son Thomas2 and wife Elizabeth (Brown) Lightholder, married 1880 at St. Mary's in Pontiac. Their son Joseph3 was my grandfather. My uncle was Glen4 Lightholder born in 1908, and my dad was Harold4 Lightholder, born January 1910. This 4th generation came to Chicago in the late 1920s, and Joseph3 moved there also. To my knowledge, there are no Lightholders left in Streator or Pontiac, and only my dad's cousin Lyle Dolton and wife Helen are still in Pontiac. There used to be huge family reunions at the park in Pontiac, certainly in the 1930s and 1940s. Linda5 (Lightholder) Kmiecik Girard, Macoupin Co., IL