Ancestor*s Project

John William Holsten
Paige Holsten
Bio Bits
• John William Holsten is Page’s Greatgrandfather
• He was born on November 27, 1925
• He lives in Palm Beach, Florida
• He plays golf every week
Super Sportsmanship
• PopPop Jack loves to play golf
• He is a good golfer and a good sport
• Once he played golf with his son and was
winning but a lot
• So he gave him a putt from 3 feet on the last
hole
• This helped to even the match
Pets
• PopPop Jack loves animals
• He had a dog named Scotty
• He also had a bird named Chippy
Family Time
• PopPop Jack’s favorite family celebrations
happen when great grandkids are all together
• One Christmas everyone went on a cruise
together
• In the summer the family goes to Avalon
School Memories
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PopPop Jack thought school was fun
Sometimes it was difficult
He remembers a nun hitting him with a ruler
He changed schools after that
Connections to PopPop Jack
• I liked learning about John William Holsten!
• What surprised me was that he changed
schools and that the nun was mean to him
• We both played basketball, and we both have
a dog, two things we have in common