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John Holland 1823 – 1901 (77) b. 6.04.1823 Penybryn bap. 4.05.1823 Wrexham d. 27.03.1901 Healesville, Victoria, Australia |
m. 11.05.1847 St John’s, Preston (by licence) |
Charlotte Gething 1818 – 1849 (31)
bap. 13.02.1818 Chirk bur. 1.08.1849 Chirk |
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C1841 Joseph Holland (55, carpenter) with John (18), Sarah (26), Eleanor (13) and Martha Jones (20, servant) living at Crogen Iddon, Denbighshire. (all born in county, but Joseph was actually born in Warrington) C1841 Zophar Gething (65, Coal Agent) and wife Aquila (60) with daughters Maria (30) and Charlotte (25) and grandson William Gething (5) living at Penypark Cottages, Chirk Benjamin Gething (25, Office Clerk) and wife Catherine (25) with son James (3) and daughter Maria (1) and Margaret Jones (70) living at Penypark Cottages, Chirk. (next door to his father Zophar). |
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Marriage |
Name / Age / Residence |
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Father / Occupation |
Witness |
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11.05.1847 |
John Holland / 23 / Chirk |
Bachelor / Carpenter |
Joseph Holland / Carpenter |
John Jones |
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St John’s Preston |
Charlotte Gething / 24 / Glover St, Preston |
Spinster |
Zophar Gething / Agent |
Mary Procter |
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1849 Baptism of Charlotte Maria at Chirk on 31.07.1849 - daughter of John and Charlotte Holland of The Sun (carpenter) 1849 Death of Charlotte Holland of The Sun - buried 1.08.1849 (31 years) at Chirk 1850 Second baptism of Charlotte Maria at Ruabon on 17.02.1850 - daughter of John and Charlotte Holland of Rhosymedre (builder) |
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C1851 John Holland (27, widower, builder) with sister Eleanor Holland (23, house keeper) at Rhosymedre. C1851 Charlotte Maria Holland (1, foster child, ?wheelwright’s daughter?) at the home of James Green (68, shoe maker) and his wife Charlotte (54) with wife’s daughter, Charlotte Davies (10) at Bronygarth, Oswestry C1851 Maria Gething (40, Annuitant) living with her mother Aquila Gething (71, Annuitant) at Sun House, Pentre, Chirk. |
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C1861 Charlotte Holland (11, niece) at the home of Maria Gething (50, late school mistress) with 3 other Gething relatives and one servant at Sun Head, New Bridge Gate, Chirk |
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C1871 Charlotte M Holland (21, niece, dress maker) at the home of Maria Gething (60, living on interest) with 2 other Gething relatives at Pentre the Sun, Chirk |
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1871 Marriage (by licence) at Whittington on 12.07.1871 of Samuel Oliver (23, bachelor, policeman of Wrexham) and Charlotte Maria Holland (22, spinster of Chirk). Fathers – Edward Oliver (gardener) and John Holland (cabinet maker). Witnesses - Joseph Jones and Fanny Oliver |
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1873 Baptism of Albert Samuel Oliver at Isycoed, Denbighshire on 30.03.1873 - son of Samuel and Charlotte Oliver of Isycoed (police constable). |
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1874 Death of Samuel Oliver of Gobowen - buried 12.11.1874 at Hengoed, Shropshire |
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1875 Death of Charlotte Maria Oliver - (death recorded twice at Oswestry - ond 1875 and jfm 1876) |
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C1881 Albert S Oliver (nephew, 8, scholar) with uncle Thomas Beckett (34, plumber) and his wife Fanny (31, dressmaker) living at Portland Place, Oswestry. |
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C1891 Albert S Oliver (relative, 18, groom) at the home of Sarah Beckett (78, widow) and her sons Thomas Beckett (42, widower, plumber) and James Beckett (48, assistant surveyor) at Prince St, Oswestry. |
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1895 Death of Albert Samuel Oliver (age 22yr) jas 1895 Oswestry district |
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John Holland and Harriet Jones
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1852 Marriage (2) (by licence) at Ruabon on 24.07.1852 of John Holland (29, widower, builder of Rhosymedre) and Harriet Jones (24, spinster of Fron). Fathers - Joseph Holland (builder) and John Jones (farmer). Witnesses - Robert Roberts and Caroline Jones |
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C1841 Harriet Jones (15) with father John (35, farmer), sister Caroline (10), brothers John (10) and Edward (5) and 4 other people at Ty Ucha, Llangollen, Corwen |
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C1851 Caroline Jones (21) with parents John (46, farmer) and Jane (53), brothers John (19) and Edward (15) and one servant at Ty Ucha, Llangollen Cysyllte, Corwen, Merionethshire C1851 Harriet Jones (22) visitor at the home of Harriet Roberts (28) and Thomas Roberts (21) (farmers) at Plas yn Bonwm, Corwen |
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(Caroline Jones, sister of Harriet, was a witness at the marriage of Harriet and John Holland) |
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Harriet Jones was baptised at Llangollen on 27.07.1828 - daughter of John and Jane Jones of Cysyllte (farmer) |
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(In 1852 John and Harriet Holland emigrated to Australia - see below) |
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The following information has been extracted from various ‘Ancestry Public Family Trees’ |
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1852 Arrival in Australia on 18.11.1852 at Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, Victoria "This was the time of the ‘Gold Rush’ in Victoria and they appear to have been in the prospecting area for about 10 years as 6 of their 8 children were born in places like ‘Caledonia diggings’ and ‘Smiths Gully’. Life expectancy for children could not have been high as 3 of their children died in infancy and one aged 21 years. However, John Holland didn’t go digging for gold but made his money from the diggers selling them supplies." |
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1864 In 1864 plans were being drawn up for a new town, Healesville, that was on the Watts River and became a setting off point for the Goldfields. "On 21.12.1864 John Holland of New Chum Creek applied for a publican’s licence for a hotel at Healesville, comprising 3 sitting rooms and 8 bedrooms. It was to be known as the Healesville Hotel." "On 6.06.1865 John Holland’s hotel was located on Allotment 1, Section L on Nicholson Street (Corner of Green St), which he purchased at the first sales for 16 pounds per acre." |
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1883 Death of wife, Harriet (1828-1883) (age 55yr) on 10.10.1883 at Healesville, Victoria |
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1885 Marriage (3) on 11.02.1885 at Fitzroy, Victoria of John Holland (widower, 4 children living) and Sarah Harriett Belstead (1832-1915) (widow, 2 children living). Both from 2 previous marriages. |
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1901 Death of John Holland (age 77yr) on 27.03.1901 at his residence ‘Bron-y-Garth’, Green St, Healesville, Victoria Probate on 7.06.1901 - John Holland described as Timber Merchant and Undertaker |
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1915 Death of wife, Sarah Harriett (age 83yr) on 2 .07.1915 |
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Children of John and Harriet Holland |
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John Campbell (1853-1857) |
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William Isaac (1857-1925) married Elizabeth Lindupp (1861-1942) (they had 3 sons and 2 daughters) |
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Mary Elizabeth (1859-1860) |
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Alice Caroline (1860-1928) married Robert Allan (1859-1939) (they had 6 sons and 4 daughters) |
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Ellen (1861-1928) married Edwin Brodrick Wilmot Whittenbury (1865-1926) (they had 6 sons and 3 daughters) |
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James Edward (1863-1884) |
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John (1865-1865) |
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Albert Robert (1869-1946) married Martha Emma Braddy (1869 - ) (no further details) |
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Information on John Holland from 'Healesville History in the Hills' by Sally Symonds. "June 1865 saw the first land sales for the new township of Healesville. Prices started from one pound per block. John HOLLAND had already built a hut on the high ground to the south of the river and found himself in the middle of the main street! He bought the present Grand Hotel site and moved there. The site cost six pound and he erected a store and was granted a victualler's licence which he called the Yorkshire Arms. John Holland was a man of many parts, typical of the pioneers of the times who would try their hand at a number of skills, taking whatever opportunity presented itself. On arriving in Australia he spent 2 years in Melbourne as a carpenter, builder and undertaker and the next ten years as a storekeeper at the Caledonian diggings . At Healesville he built and operated the first saw mill using water power and also constructed a water powered chaff cutter. As well as the hotel he had a timber yard, two stores and 48 acres of good agricultural land within 1/4 mile of the town and was proprietor of a ballroom." |