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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Warwickshire => England => Warwickshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: R.H.H. on Saturday 27 November 04 15:26 GMT (UK)
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HOLLIDAY:would welcome contact with anyone whose ancestors were born in Culworth/Syresham, Northants, who moved to Aston/Birmingham about 1870.
I seem to have lots of relatives from these émigrés, but very few of them doing their FT.
Please prove me wrong!
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I have 14 generations of Holliday from Scotland. Starting with Thomas Holliday (1766) and residing in Pa. I have no info on when or how he came to the USA. Would be interested in exchange of info just to check on a possible connection. Doc :)
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I have the Hollidays from Culworth, some of whom moved to Aston in my tree. I connect to them through William (c1822) who married Eliza Bricknell (c1823) in Culworth on 15 Nov 1842.
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I am related to the Hollidays in Culworth, but further back. I have Sarah Holliday who married Jonas Rogers my GG Grandparents.
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I am related to the Hollidays who hailed from Culworth - my great grandfather was Reuben/Edward Holliday who eventually ended up in Aston, Birmingham. His father was John Holliday (married to Ann Clarke). I know John Holliday was born in 1810 in Culworth, but can get no further back than him. Does anyone have any useful information?
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From the Northamptonshire Baptism Index
John son of James and Catherine HOLLIDAY bapt at Culworth 15th Aug 1810
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Just beat me to it ;D ;D
John was the brother of my Sarah, she was baptised at Culworth in 1813.
BTW Culworth PRs are on FreeREG.
James Holliday married Catherine Lamb on 12/10/1809 at Culworth.
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I have nothing definate before the marriage of James and Catherine at the moment.
Now it appears Catherine Lamb was born c1779
There is a baptism of a Catherine Lamb at Epwell Oxfordshire in 1780. Epwell is 16 miles from Culworth and my experience is that many people did move around at the end oif the 18th century and 16 miles wasn't far to move.
That Catherine was the daughter of John and Sarah Lamb, James and Catherine named their first 2 children John and Sarah, coincedence? I don't know.
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I suspect that the Holliday, Holiday, Holyday, Hollyday family came from Syresham Northants, not far from Culworth. I haven't got the baptism indexes after 1750, but a look up might find a James baptised c1775, and looking at marriages it looks like there were Lambs in Middleton Cheney/Chacombe, again not far away, so Catherine may have come from one of those villages.
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There is just this in the baptism index
Catherine dau of Edward and Catherine 26th Apr 1781, born 6th Feb, at Daventry
In the bapt of another child Edward is described as an 'Attorney'
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Mmm Thanks but it sounds a bit posh for my Ag Labs ;D ;D
I think I'll ask on the Oxfordshire board to see if anyone can follow the Epwell Catherine through.
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That's what I thought 'posh'
My other half has LAMB in the South Newington area early 1700's
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Many thanks for help re John Holliday. I am not very knowledgeable about using Roots Chat so it is all very hit and miss! I assume the people chatting about James Holliday and Catherine Lamb was in response to my query??
If I want to find out info about another line of my family - surname beginning with S - do I have to go to an S page or just post the message here? Finding it all very confusing at moment.
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Don't panic ;D ;D
What may confuse you is that this thread is on the Warwickshire board and we are talking about the Holliday family when they lived in Northamptonshire.
Normally you use the relevent county board, so as I am looking at the Lamb family living in Oxfordshire I have put a thread on the Oxfordshire look up requests board for that.
So what county were the family you are looking for living in?
We can help you find your way around Roots.
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Thank you so much for helping me out. The other family line I wanted to post a message about lived in Warwickshire - the Snape family. I didn't know whether I had to go to an "S" section or what. I sort of presume I go to "Warwickshire Lookup Requests"? Hopefully if I do that it will be self explanatory what to do next? I am on the verge of giving up with this particular line, but hey ho you never know I may get a result on Roots. If not, I shall just have to accept that this particular ancestor was spirited away by aliens! Once again - many thanks for your assistance.
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Morning Yes put your request on Warwickshire look up requests and see if anyone can help you. If you really get stuck then we do what we call a Scavenger Hunt which goes on the Common Room board and everyone chips in and tries to help. Mind you the family have perhaps joined my great grandmother on the other side of the family she went to Plant Zog with the aliens.
If I get anywhere with Catherine Lamb then I'll let you know.
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Thanks once again! Not had much time lately to do much at all but am hoping to make time!! Any info you come up with re Hollidays would be much appreciated. I am very much an amateur and often need pointing in the right direction.