Unity Chapel 1890's

This was the first miracle from the website--sent to us in 2001.  Nico Hugenholtz in the Netherlands was looking for the grave of his fifteen-month-old great aunt, Françoise Louise Hugenholtz, interred at a place called "Hillside."   He tracked her down to Unity Chapel, to a grave marked "Our Lily of the Valley."  The baby's father was the Reverend Hugenholtz, resident Unity Chapel minister and teacher of classical languages at the nearby Hillside Home School run by the Lloyd-Jones Sisters.  

Suddenly, Nico understood the importance of a small scrapbook filled with unnamed photos, like the one of Unity Chapel, above.  It was given to the Reverend Hugenholtz when he returned to Holland in 1895, passing through subsequent generations as a family heirloom.  By sending its images to the Unity Chapel website in 2001, Nico sparked a decade-long frenzy to identify the remaining photos in the album. 

That is where the miracle comes in. A family which knew only vaguely of its heritage now speaks with knowledge and respect of places and people long lost to time.  We've seen and identified the Hugenholtz photos and gone on to search for more.  We've identified people--and discovered their writings, their visions, their challenges. The goad of the Hugenholtz album has spurred questions, research, surmises, and the essence of a remarkable family--OUR family--has emerged from the mists of lost history.  A little girl's death, a relative's quest, and a kindly gesture to our website has given us a precious piece of our past.

* Georgia Snoke

Unity Chapel 2010

Lloyd-Jones Family

Unity Chapel Marker

Unity Chapel 2007