Who's Who at Hollywood Bible Chapel, FL

Hollywood Bible Chapel, Hollywood, Broward, Miami, FL (OB) +1927-2022

Correspondents

• Dr. Nathaniel Brewster Webber +1927+ (1881-1951)
• Robert Lyndon Conlon +1927+; +1950-1956 (1889-1969)
• E.P. Corey +1941-1943
• Lyndon C. Conlon +1947-1948+; +1958-1962+

Families

Conlon family

Robert Lyndon Conlon (d. 1969) was regarded as a pioneer resident of Florida, owned a successful realty company, past president of the Hollywood Board of Realtors, a real estate developer in Miami and Hollywood, former director of the Hollywood Bank & Trust, and a member of the Gideons. His wife was Grace Bellinger Conlon. Her eldest brother Charles James Bellinger (b. 1873 NYC) was instrumental in founding "The Fields" which became CMML, he was based at Maplewood Bible Chapel in New Jersey.

• Robert Lyndon Conlon @ Buena Vista +1927+; +1950-1956+ (b. 1889 Jersey City, N.J. - d. 1969 Miami, FL).
  • Lyndon C. Conlon +1947-1948+; +1958-1962

Corey family

• E.P. Corey +1941-1943+

Frogley family

Charles Frogley was a retired businessman who moved to Miami from Toronto. He emigrated from England in 1872, and was PB by 1881. He setup a bakery, which in 1882 was located at 67 Yonge Street. That address was later the location of the city's very first (and tallest) skyscraper, the Trader's Bank Building, which survives. After retiring, he emigrated about 1920 to Hollywood, and co-founded and hosted the Chapel from his home. His memorial service was at the old 29th Street Gospel Hall in Miami, conducted by R.L. Conlon & Steven Wall.

• Charles James Frogley, Jr. +1927+ (b. 1853 Wheatley, Oxford, England - d. 1945 Hollywood, FL), son of Charles James Frogley, Sr. (b. 1821 Churchill, Oxford, Eng. - d. 1895) & Martha Jordan Frogley (b. 1819 Great Hageley, Oxford, Eng.). Martha lived in Toronto in 1891, and Ridgetown, Elgin, ON in 1901 and identified as PB. Her daughter, Mary Frogley Irvine also identified with the PB in 1891, as did Martha's other children.
• Susan Amelia Sacks Frogley +1927+ (1851-1909 Toronto, ON), daughter of George Sacks & Ellen Sacks. Baptist wedding in 1875.
  • Ellen Martha Frogley Bier (b. 1876 Toronto, ON - d. 1968 Brantford, ON). Husband: Dr. Thomas Henry Bier (1873-1933 Brantford, ON), son of John Bier (b. 1847 Eng. - d. 1921 Brantford, ON) & Sarah Blackwell Bier (b. 1844 Ireland - 1911 Brantford, ON). Thomas & Ellen were PB 1891-1901, then Baptist. Thomas' parents were PB 1891-1911 also. Thomas & Ellen's 15-year-old domestic servant in 1901, Mildred Taylor (b. 1885 Baysville, Muskoka, ON - d. 1918 Brantford, ON), was also PB. Mildred later married Robert Henry Robbins (b. 1882 Brantford, ON - d. 1930 Detroit, MI), an Anglican.
  • Charles James Frogley III (b. 1878 Toronto, ON - d. 1921 Winnipeg, MB). Wife: Nellie Sarah Smith Frogley; Charles founded Elim Chapel in Winnipeg in 1910, a non-denom church.
  • Mary Frogley
  • Fanny Frogley
  • George Frogley (Toronto, ON)
  • Frank Frogley (Winnipeg, MB)
  • Wyn Frogley (Rochester, N.Y.)
  • Mrs. T.H. Bear (Bransford, Canada)
  • Mrs. T.H. Smith (Winnipeg, MB)
  • Mrs. Charles Stephens (Toronto, ON).

Webber family

Dr. Webber's father was a physician in Detroit, MI and a Civil War surgeon. His wife's maternal grandmother's father, William Brewster, served as president of the American Fur Company. He also built the first two ships on Lake Superior, owned two lumber mills, was the first president of the Detroit Board of Trade, and incorporated the Peninsular Bank (in 1849). For many years prior to 1855, William Brewster was considered the wealthiest man in Michigan.

His ancestor William Brewster (1566/1567-1644) was a Mayflower passenger in 1620 from Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, and upon reaching the Plymouth Colony, became the senior elder, and Puritan preacher of the colony, as well as eventually an adviser to Gov. William Bradford. He was the first member of the colony to have been university-educated, having studied at Peterhouse in Cambridge, and the first with political and diplomatic experience. His other descendants include Bing Crosby, Nelson Rockefeller, Seth MacFarlane, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Gere, Ted Danson, Sarah Palin, Richard Gere, Julia Child and Seth MacFarlane.

Dr. Webber's paternal grandmother's direct ancestor (6G), Christopher Wadsworth (1609-1677) emigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632 from Yorkshire, England, an early settler of Duxbury, which was allegedly named by Myles Standish who accompanied the Pilgrims on the Mayflower in tribute to his ancestral home in Lancashire, England. Christopher Wadsworth was also a maternal (6G) ancestor of William Wadsworth Longfellow, the renowned American poet.

• Dr. Nathaniel Brewster Webber +1927+ (b. 1881 Detroit, MI - d. 1951 Hieleah, FL), son of Dr. Nathaniel Wilbur Webber +1927+ (b. 1839 ME - d. 1907 Detroit, MI) & Caroline Gertrude Brewster Webber (1850-1901 Detroit, MI).
• Marion Francis Holznagle Webber +1927+ (b. 1888 Birmingham, MI - d. 1979 Pompano Beach, FL), daughter of Francis Frederich "Frank" Holznagle (b. 1862 Hazlett, N.J. - d. 1950 Birmingham, MI) & Emily Gamble Holznagle (b. 1861 Hurstborne Priors, England - d. 1954 Birmingham, MI).

Wolstenholme family

• Mrs. Lily Wolstenholme @ 1932 Filmore St. +1937-1939+

Yeager family

• Miss Yeager @ 1932 Filmore St. +1937-1939+

Sources

• OB AB's
• Ancestry.com