C. Irvin Golliday

C. Irvin Golliday

Golliday, Claude Irvin (1920-2002)

Photograph of Claude Irvin Golliday, seated, with his hands folded on his lap.

Irvin was born in Maryland, the son of Thomas Fletcher and Olive (Carrier) Golliday. He served in the Merchant Marines and later made his living as a bricklayer.

He moved to Woodstock as a boy. In 1930, he and his three brothers lived with their widowed mother, “Ollie B.” on South Main Street. Ten years later, he was still single and living with his mother on Muhlenberg Street. He worked as a bricklayer.

In the 1940’s, he married Ethel Lorraine (Barrow) Golliday and they spent their years together in Woodstock. They had a son, Donald I. Golliday. Irvin lived on South Summit Avenue in Woodstock when he died.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

Labelled "Oct 1941" on box of plates.

Identified by Landon Walker who was a friend of the subject.

Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.

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