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Title: HOLLIS Rotherhithe pre 1900
Post by: cantabile on Friday 17 June 05 02:46 BST (UK)
My Hollis family were clerks at the rice mills on the Rotherhithe docks.  They can be traced in this area back to George Hollis married at St John Horsleydown in 1828.     :)
Title: Re: HOLLIS Rotherhithe pre 1900
Post by: HH on Monday 26 September 05 10:28 BST (UK)
Was there an Ada Hollis in your family around 1890?
HH
Title: Re: HOLLIS Rotherhithe pre 1900
Post by: cantabile on Monday 26 September 05 12:32 BST (UK)
Hi HH alas no, no yet anyway, no Ada.  Thanks for your interest,  :)
Title: Re: HOLLIS Rotherhithe pre 1900
Post by: HH on Monday 26 September 05 22:48 BST (UK)
The reason I ask is that my great aunt, Ada Longmuir's middle name was Hollis- a tad unusual! I have found some of her siblings unusual middle names were taken from the surnames of people marrying family members, and possibly even Godparents so I was looking for a connection.
The Longmuir family moved to Walworth from Newcastle in 1891. James, the head of the family ,was a Compositor.
Let me know if you find a connection, PLEASE!
HH   
Title: Re: HOLLIS Rotherhithe pre 1900
Post by: cantabile on Tuesday 27 September 05 01:29 BST (UK)
Sure will.  My Hollises seem to have been in/around Bermondsey and Rotherhithe back to 1800 - as far as I have got! Will keep an eye out for a Longmuir connection!  Happy hunting...