Hi,
In reference to the postings by lulu777 (7/8/06) and finnisfinder (20/4/08), I am researching the same family for one of my friends. However, I have discrepancies with some of your information.
I can tell you that William Holyman, son of Mary Finnis and John Holyman, was born in 1776 and christened at St. Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent.
According to the IGI, William married Sarah Williams (not Greenway) in 1821 at Walmer, Kent. This now confuses me, as the name Greenway appears in one of their children. As far as I am aware, their issue were: Wilhelmina Elizabeth 1821; Caroline Finnis 1823; Georgiana Mary Greenway 1825; and Mary Anne 1827, all born Kent.
I understood that William and Sarah and their family then travelled to Tasmania, where they had a son William in 1833 in Devonport. Yet you say that William die in 1827 and Sarah remarried Dolbey??
Can you put me straight on this? I have other information on this family and would be happy to exchange it.
Cheers,
AEnone.