Thomas Holland 1802-1853 and Mary (Bywaters) 1793-1849.

Thomas Holland was the elder son of John Holland and Sarah and was baptised in Culmington on the 31st January 1802. I assume he was born earlier the same month, some three months after John and Sarah were married. In June 1824 he married Mary Bywaters in Culmington. The entry in the register says that Thomas is from the parish of Stanton Lacy and Mary from Culmington, but I suspect it was in fact the other way round. Mary Bywaters was baptised in Stanton Lacy in October 1793 and her brother James was baptised there some five years later. There is no indication of where her parents originated, but they don’t appear in Stanton Lacy before 1793. Since Thomas, Mary and the two witnesses all made their marks instead of signing, they were probably illiterate and would not have realised that there was an error in the record.

Thomas and Mary remained in Culmington until around 1835 and then moved north to Dinchope in the adjacent parish of Halford, where they appeared in the 1841 census. The eldest daughter, Mary (aged 16) was in service at Priors Hatton nearby, but the other six children were all present.

                 |-Mary Holland 1825-18??        1841 servant at Priors Hatton.
                 |-Anne Holland 1828-18??        1861 servant at Stanton Lacy
Thomas Holland   |  
1802-1853        |-Elizabeth Holland 1829-18??   1851 servant at Onibury.
mar 1824 --------|
Mary Bywaters    |-William Holland 1831-18??     1881 at Wroxeter.
c1795-1849       |	mar Sarah      at least 2 children born at Eyton-on-Severn
                 |-James Holland 1832-1897
                 |	mar 1859 Jane Jones -----------11 children.
                 |-George Holland 1834-18??
                 |	mar 1862 Elizabeth Everall----- 2 children.
                 |-Martha Holland c1836-18??     1851 at Halford.

In September 1849, Mary wife of Thomas Holland died at the age of 54. After this, the family seem to have scattered – in the 1851 census Thomas and his daughter Martha (now 15) were still at Dinchope but the others were missing. His daughter Elizabeth, now 21, was a “house servant” at the Cottage in Onibury. The others have yet to be found. In March 1853, Thomas himself died, reputedly of a “diseased heart” and the death was reported by his son George.

In 1851, the eldest daughter, Mary aged 26 may have married, this has not been checked. Ann Holland, aged 23, was still unmarried in 1859 when she was a witness at her brother's wedding and she has not been found. The next daughter, Elizabeth, aged 21, was at Onibury. The later history of the four daughters, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth and Martha has yet to be traced. Their eldest son William was missing from the censuses from 1851 to 1871, but appeared in Wroxeter in 1881. More information about him is still needed.

Relevant records.

1793 Oct. 23 Mary d.of William Bywaters & Susanna, bap, Stanton Lacy.
1798 Mar.11 James s.of William Bywaters & Susanna, bap, Stanton Lacy.
1802 Jan. 31st Thomas son of John and Sarah Holland baptised Culmington.
1824 June 7 Thomas Holland, b, of the parish of Stanton Lacy mar at Culmington Mary Bywaters, s, of this p. by banns. Witnessed Elizabeth Jones & Richard Bywaters. None signed.
1825 Jun. 5 Mary d.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.28 no.222.
1828 Jan.11 Anne d.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.32 no.254.
1829 Oct.10 Elizabeth d.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.35 no.277.
1831 Feb. 8 William s.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.37 no.294.
1832 Dec.30 James s.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.40 no.318.
1834 Mar.16 George s.of Thomas Holland (lab) & Mary of Culmington, bap, p.43 no.340.
c1836 Martha baptised, probably at Halford.
Certificates:
1849 Sep.17 Death certificate of Mary Holland, age 54, wife of Thomas Holland labourer of Dinchope in Halford. Cause: consumption, not certified. Reported by Thomas Holland of the same address, present at the death. He made his mark instead of signing.
1853 Mar.20 Death certificate for Thomas Holland, labourer of Dinchope, Halford, age 51. Cause: diseased heart, not certified. Reported by George Holland, in attendance at Dinchope, Halford. 

            1841 Census for  Halford in Stokesay. 
Thomas Holland    age 35  agricultural labourer y.
Mary Holland      age 45                        y.
Ann Holland       age 13                        y.
Elizabeth Holland age 11                        y.
William Holland   age 10                        y. 
James Holland     age  8                        y.
George Holland    age  7                        y.
Martha Holland    age  5                        y.
          1841 census for Priors Hatton, Bromfield.
Mary Holland      age 16  female servant        y.
         1851 Census for  Halford in Stokesay. Dinchope.
Thomas Holland    head  widr  age 50   agricultural labourer born Culmington.
Martha Holland     dau   unm  age 15   labourer's daughter   born Halford.
         1851 census for Onibury, The Cottage.
Elizabeth Holland servant unm age 21   house servant         born Culmington.
         1861 census for Stanton Lacy. 42 Onibury Green, township of Woolton.
Anne Holland servant unm  age 30(actually 33) household servant born Culmington.
                       1881. Wroxeter 
William Holland  head  mar  age 50   farm labourer/cowman  born Culmington.
Sarah Holland    wife  mar  age 50   laundress             born Sheinton.
William Holland   son       age 10   scholar               born Eyton on Severn.
Robert Roberts   gson       age 10   scholar               born Eyton on Severn.

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